The Miura project begins (Page 51/84)
Archie FEB 03, 09:03 PM
Well, back to the dirty work.

Monday after we got the car back together & took some pics, Kris got to work on making the 3 parts that UPS lost.

They lost the overhead console, the left lower "B" pillar cover & the right "A" pillar cover.

The console & the left lower "B" pillar cover are fabricated out of sheets of flat Fiberglass.

After making a few templates, Kris cut some shapes out of the fiberglass sheet.

The Fiberglass panels are all hot glued together (glue on the outside), square corners & all.





Then the inside pf the part gets a couple layers of fiberglass with some extra in the square corners.

After glassing Kris put some paint sticks inside to help it keep its shape.





Then the corners on the outside are ground off to form a radius where the straight panels met. Carefully put in holes for the switches & lights & it's close to finished.





While he was working on the console he was doing the same thing for the lower "B" pillar cover.







While Kris was doing some of the fiberglass on these parts he also made this part.



The "A" pillar cover won't be made out of flat fiberglass sheet. When we made these parts before we found that by makeing a part off of a corner of one of the Fino/Finale molds we could come up with a part to modify to make the part we needed.

So as of tonight, Kris has 2 of the missing parts made & is well on his way to making the hardest one of the 3.





Archie
RumbleB FEB 07, 11:44 PM
I have been watching from the background. All I have to say is WOW! This is excellent work, guys. Question for you. Where do you get the sheets of flat fiberglass?
Archie FEB 08, 12:02 AM

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Originally posted by RumbleB:

I have been watching from the background. All I have to say is WOW! This is excellent work, guys. Question for you. Where do you get the sheets of flat fiberglass?



We have a 4' x 4' piece of formica counter top & we make the flat fiberglass on that.

Archie
motoracer838 FEB 08, 03:06 PM

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Originally posted by Archie:

I chased that white whale
Archie




Hey that's my line

Joe
aeffertz FEB 09, 09:39 PM
Just a couple a couple of actual Miura pics for motivation!
Archie FEB 09, 09:58 PM

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Originally posted by motoracer838:

Hey that's my line

Joe



Yes, I know, I used that line on porpose. (<~~~ I used that word on purpose)

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Archie FEB 09, 10:33 PM
After about 3 days Kris has finished making the 3 missing interior parts. They have been sent out for upholstery again. This time they are heavily insured.



We've now started building the inside door panels from scratch.







Once the base of the door panel is established, we have to devise a way to mount them securely.

Kris took several large nuts, put plastic tape over them then laid several layers of fiberglass over them. Once the nuts are removed we the remaining fiberglass "cups". A spring clip is mounted in the botom of each cup & the cups are mounted to the steel door panel that all the window hardware is mounted to.

Then we begin to mount the door panel to the cups.....





After securing those cups in place & grinding them flush with the new door panel, we're ready to fiberglass them into place.....



Here is is glassed up. I'll show you the other side of the door panel tomorrow after the fiberglass has setup overnight.





Archie
madcurl FEB 10, 01:35 AM

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Originally posted by Archie:

After about 3 days Kris has finished making the 3 missing interior parts. They have been sent out for upholstery again. This time they are heavily insured.

Archie



Same courier or different company?
fieroguru FEB 10, 08:49 AM

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Originally posted by Archie:






I like that table!
madcurl FEB 10, 11:21 PM
The Italian Job;
http://www.kidston.com/view_news.php?id=56

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