Hi Shem thanks for visiting,
Actually the body I’m currently working on came from my molds Shem. I was originally going to produce a few kits but changed my mind and am now just focusing on completing my car and enjoying it .

Now for a update on the build.
The car is over having the exhaust completed with the new muffler. So I now have room in the shop to do the last of the fiberglassing and mold making.

I started to layup new door panels with the the modifications to extend the top to match the outside door . I then made a partial mold of the top and made a new piece. I then attached it to the old door panel resulting in a correct dimensional panel. I then make a mold of it and end up with a finished panel. Very convoluted but it works and is done correctly.
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I also started to mold the rear deck for the car, I attached 4” flange around the edge to allow lots of area to attach the vacuum bag when I do the carbon fibre layup as well as flanges to fill all openings for a complete vacuum over the whole part.



I’m getting all the fiberglass mat cut up to expedite the mold build , I’ll be so glad once all the pieces are built fiberglassing complete and I can just
Finish the car.

Stay safe everyone
Wayne
I got the rear deck waxed , PVC, and Gelcoat completed today so I’ll lay the first two layers tomorrow !!

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Over the last week I was able to get one side of the rear deck mold completed. It was a bit more work than I anticipated with 16 right angle edges which took a lot of extra attention to ensure the fibreglass matt didn’t bridge. Everything turned out great just alot of time.





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Then I flipped over the mold and took all the flanging off a cleaned it up preparing to mold the second side.



Then I demolded the modified inside door panel that I made earlier and cleaned it up ,I waxed and shot it with PVA mold release.
I sprayed White gelcoat onto the mold surface let it set up and layed 3 layers of fibreglass mat. I’ll leave it a week to fully cure before I clean up the part for installation.





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I also got the extension piece layed up using the same process as above but once it’s cured I trim it and repeat the whole process again.



That’s it for now
Stay safe everyone
Wayne

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Hi Sage
Glad to see your still around!! I’m into the final push to get the project finished. Stay safe my friend.


I finished up the the second side of the rear deck mold. I’ll leave it fully cure for a week and layup the final part for the car.



The car is over at a muffler shop right now having a exhaust pipe fabricated to adapt and use the BMW v10 performance muffler I’m using.



Wayne

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Hi Bob , it’s been awhile. I’m hoping that I’ll be on the road this summer if life doesn’t get in the way! Getting the last parts finished has taken way longer than I thought. The extensive electrical wire clean up and new wiring for all the new equipment has been really time consuming.
I hope you’ll be back on your project soon.

Here is a update for those that are following the build.
I pulled the rear deck hood from the mold, it came out relatively easily. I then cleaned the mold up and prepared it for making the part. This time I made a template use to cut the fibreglass mat making sure no excess Matt is used trying to keep the weight down. I’ll lay up the topside mold first then the bottom then bond them together. I’m planning on doing a fibreglass hood first to work out all the bugs before I do a carbon fibre version which will cost about 4 times what it cost to do it in fibreglass.




I thought I’d show the backside of the door panel to show the modification I made to the stock panel to give the a more finished look. It is a 1” rise in the panel. I riveted the new top onto the original panel , then bevel the new edge before make a mold of the new modified panel.



That’s it for now
Stay safe everyone
Wayne

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Well onto the the last part to design and and build.
The lower ducts I built into the car design are for rear brake cooling. The duct terminates with a 3” exit, so I now need to build a extension to the wheels directing the air onto the rotors. It will be built in two halves then bonded together.

I used a piece of 3 1/2 ID PVC drainage pipe then some of my go to resin resistant foam that I sanded down to the design I wanted.
I then took aluminum flashing to separate the two halves.



Then covered everything with packing tape and aluminum duct tape. Waxed and PVA before a layer of Gelcoat. I’ll put a few layers of fiberglass on today to produce the mold.





One side completed


Stay safe everyone

Wayne

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