The latest instalment on my journey 🤪

Hi everyone, so I’m getting down to the last construction items on the car’s back half before primer and paint.
As I discussed previously for the tow bar there will be a 1 1/2” hole drilled into the body behind the license plate,
I’m planning on using a spring Fold down license plate holder and there is a fairly strong spring installed which is fine
but it requires a bit of reinforcement to the body behind the plate attachment point. I bent up some 1/8” steel plate and
bonded it to the fiberglass body inside. The whole underside will be sprayed black so it will disappear.




Then onto the final piece of the puzzle , on the real OEM GTO a the sailplane is actually a duct that directs air to the twin
turbochargers. My car doesn’t actually have turbos but I feel it is an important design of the car that I’m building into mine.





The process I’m using is to start with the duct area behind the window and build forward. You actually do not really see
The duct once everything is done.



Then Made a template and cut up some aluminum ducting and made the shape I needed.



I then layed some mat using only one layer of 1 1/2 oz. mat as it’s not really structural



Next I added the window element to the design.On the real GTO the rear window actually curves inward much like the the
Toyota MR2. But for my build it’s more for the look than function of the glass. I’ll be using black Lexan for a window.
The green bondo is just to fill in the edges for a more finished piece. I’m hoping to build an aluminum frame to
Frame and finish the Lexan window.





The paper will be a template for cutting the Lexan, it will be bent once I complete a buck for the proper curve of the glass.




Thanks for visiting
Stay safe everyone
Wayne

[This message has been edited by dobie1 (edited 04-14-2022).]

Here we go on the lastest progress.
So the bodywork is completed on the rear body and I took the opportunity to spray the underside of the body panels to do two things seal the fiberglass and two give it a coat that is both washable and very durable to rocks and road debris.
A body guy I know told me that I should use a product call “Raptor liner” it is relatively easy to use it can be sprayed , roller, or brushed on. It’s a two part product and I used my cup gun as this stuff is thick a 1.6 spray tip worked great. It’s very stinky and not something you want to breath or get on your skin or eyes so protective ware is a must .
But boy does it ever work great!!!

I closed all the openings to keep the stuff of the surfaces I didn’t want it on.






I get the chassis back in a couple days and will be attaching everything for the final time before it gets painted , fingers crossed.

Stay safe everyone
Wayne

[This message has been edited by dobie1 (edited 04-18-2022).]

Thanks Shem you’ll like the new spray booth I just hung ,I also bagged the rear body mold as I do not want any overspray on the inside mold surfaces.

Here is a shot of the new muffler installed below the resized trunk , it still needs a floor welded in to complete but it turned out great.




So I’ve spent a fair amount of time the last while getting the rear body and roof ready for paint.

Slick sand then 2K primer blocking to 180 grit in between.



It came out really great. One thing that drove me nuts was small pin holes appearing , which required taking a finishing puddy to fill them then having to resand the area. This took a few days finding and filling but it’s done ya!



Then Block sanding the 2K primer up to 600 grit sand paper.





If everything goes according to my plan these parts will be in single stage white paint tomorrow, then I’ll be putting everything together one last time for final fitting before painting everything else.


I’ll be driving the car white for a few months while I workout any bugs and finish the interior before I paint the car Red .

Stay safe everyone
Wayne.

[This message has been edited by dobie1 (edited 05-05-2022).]

I put the rear body on today with the help of Don O and another friend nothing is secured just sitting there but we were tickled pink with the overall look.

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Wayne😎

[This message has been edited by dobie1 (edited 05-07-2022).]