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One custom air kit installed, and wow it fit great. It better I had to build it on the car. Now I think I will clean it up and give it a brushed finish after I get the rest of the car done in case I have to modify it when the body goes on.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...354_Small_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...355_Small_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...356_Small_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...357_Small_.JPG That's it for now I think I'll get her ready to start. Patrick |
Nice job Patrick it looks good. Your doing some nice work.
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Yes good things can happen
Well guess what happened today!
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...h_MVI_2440.jpg http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...h_MVI_2442.jpg 4 years and 11 days since the body shell for my scratch built cobra was dropped off at my house this finally happened, now it was not without issues, coolant and oil leaks to deal with but hey it runs. Patrick |
Congratulations!
So.... looks like you did a "drive by wire"? LOL ....The helper has control of it... That's a big day. Way to go. :thumbsup: |
Awesome!:cheers:
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Yahoo - awesome feeling
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Well guys' I did it fixed the oil leak, routed the coolant overflow differently and changed out the clutch master/slave. Ran the car to temp and the t-stat opened, but I forgot to close the overflow drain so we spilled more coolant on the floor. I found some more wire issues. But I stillTOOK IT FOR A SPIN :mf_w00t1::clap::thumbup1:
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c..._cobraride.jpg Now for the bad news fan relay power supply needs to be rerouted and my speedo is not working, it has good power. I think the signal is messed up, the sender is from the 03 t-3650 will that work with the autometer speedo or do I need the adapter. Patrick P.S. Thanks to Jerry for coming down in his car and keeping me sane while I did this. |
Congrats!!! 4 years. Wow! Very cool to see it on the road. I can not imagine how good that feels after all of your hard work.:cheers:
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Congrats! Very Very cool!! :cheers:
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Congratulation's Patrick, the car sounds great. That first ride must have felt sweet.
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Here is a little in car footage, just thought it would be cool.
http://vid215.photobucket.com/albums...cobraincar.jpg Patrick |
Just saw this for the first time. Awesome build, some serious fabbage. :thumbsup:
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Back to work
Well let's see, way to cold thank god for the heated shop. I've started back to work getting her ready for paint. The car is back on the chassis dolly, body is off the ceiling, and I have roughed in the fender wells on the front end of the car. These are times that I really do envy you guys that get to work with a kit. Having some of this metal work laid out for you must make this a little easier than trying to figure out, just how am I going to get this covered and how can I bend it this way. But I can get this stuff cleaned up and coated with the same stuff that the rest of the sheet metal is covered with.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...369_Small_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...359_Small_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...364_Small_.JPG Need to source the bulb-seal that I will need to go between the metal, frame, and body. With some luck I should be able to get the rest of the holes laid out that I need to cut into the body and start prepping it for undercoating. I can not believe how different this body is left to right. It's like they molded off of two different cars, guess that is what is meant by character. Patrick |
Unreal... Loving this build...:hail:
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love the car have you made any more progress
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Two months without an update Sorry
Okay guys, here it goes I have the rest of the missing sheet metal formed and coated. Now I cutout some of the holes in the body and found that it had been made very thin I believe this was because of all the extra glass work that would have needed to be done to bond the tub interior that the body kit came with. So I went back to the glass and resin store and picked up another 5gal and mat. So when the temps get back up so I can work with the shop open, I will make the body a bit thicker. For now I will continue to take care of small stuff. This unfortunate setback will delay the paint work which I was hoping to have done late spring.
More bad I came down with Shingles (Chicken Pox Revenge) three weeks ago, I would not wish this on anyone ( Okay maybe one or two people), so working out in the shop has been hit and miss. I have made some small steps in the right direction. I have made myself a set of louvers for my car, before you all get testy about how they look they will be painted body color like "The Real Ones" http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...373_Small_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...371_Small_.JPG So everyone I'm not dead and I'm still plugging away until later, :P Patrick |
Oh it's been a month
Sorry guys' I haven't kept up with everyone with my project but we have turned another page in this never ending quest. Okay I went to make the cut outs in the body and discovered two things.
A. This body was made thin where all of the tub parts (floor foot-wells and firewall) were to be glassed into the body. B. The shape of the front wheel opening left me very limited space to put the aluminum panels protecting the exhaust and stuff from the onslaught of debris. This led to two things, 1. I had to add glass to the body about ten yards of mat and 2.5 gals. of resin. 2. My louver openings when laid out on the car bisected the splash panel Ouch!, good thing I didn't just go a head and cut them I had to move them back a good 3" from stock to fit up right behind the panels. Yes they don't look right "tough" I would rather that than sacrifice expensive stuff to the road demons. I have gotten the trunk and hood fitted about the best I can this body is crap.Yes it's my own damn fault. I Have a HOT stock tip "body filler", it looks like I will be able to pull off that bank job as I will soon be sanding my fingerprints clean off. http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...378_Small_.jpg http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...380_Small_.jpg http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...382_Small_.jpg Now I promise that I will try to keep regular with my updates, as long as I can get some support and encouragement. Patrick |
Your doing an awesome job Patrick. Keep up the good work and keep us posted!
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the originals were hand rolled/beaten ali, and many UK kits were moulded from the same original, with one headlight 1.5" lower than the other :D
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Okay, Now everyone knows that I try real hard to not take this car building thing to serious but now I have too. I really do hate doing body work, but there was no way I was going to make somebody else try to fix my P.O.S. body. So I have been at it for two weeks and I have barely made a dent ( body work humor) in the back third of the car. This has got to be the biggest challenge in "Bondo Sculpture" I have ever attempted. This is a long way from fixing all my friends mid seventies blazers and pickups. You can tell by the way it looks just how far off this glass fits together thank god for reinforced putty. And it doesn't help that when he made the shell he only colored the first coat of gel-coat so it looks like I'm sanding right through the friggin thing. Enough griping, here are the pics. http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...385_Small_.jpg http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...388_Small_.jpg http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...387_Small_.jpg http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...386_Small_.jpg Now I'm going to get out of the dust Patrick |
Looking Good Patrick! Polyester primer is your friend on a fiberglass car...:yes:
I would suggest skim coating the entire body with filler and then sanding it flat. That will just save you time in the end. :thumbsup: |
lol - car looks great.
2 years of autobody in High School and 1 year after school taught me that body work and taping drywall is for the guys that do it all the time. I commend you for doing it. |
keep moving forward
Well the smear, sand repeat portion of the build continues. Now it may look like I'm recreating this body in bondo ( come to think of it I may), but this is what it is taking to get this thing close to normal. learning a lot of things about the shape of this car. It appears that they must have had the idea when they pounded out the originals, that we can't make any piece strait or we will never reproduce it. This car curves in every direction and is never flat for more than 2 feet. What ever you do do not take a three foot strait edge to any surface you will find that will curve away before that. I never realized that the widest part of the body (not counting fenders and wheel flares) is the lead edge of the doors and it gets narrower as you go back to the fenders, that had me going for a while. here are some pics of the mess I'm in.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...390_Small_.jpg http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...391_Small_.jpg Later, Patrick |
Keep at it! You do nice work! :thumbsup:
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Its looking good Patrick. Keep up the good work, you'll get it.
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Body all roughed in
Well, we are getting closer. I have smeared and sanded my life away, but I think I have the out side of the car as good as you can get it. At least that's what the guy who is helping me through the paint, not necessarily working but huge on the moral support(I'm my own worst critic) said. I guess I have to crack it all open and finish the insides of all the parts and spray the surfacer and then start blocking it down for paint. Okay I've done all the searching and I still confused about SlickSand or FeatherFill which one should I use, and do I need to Seal/Prime before paint. Also will a cheapo siphon gun work for it. I have one that I use to spray weird stuff with, I will need good gun to shoot paint, I never borrow tools like that, if I could "F" it up I'll buy my own, affordable recommendations please. Here are the pics.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...397_Small_.jpg http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...395_Small_.jpg http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...398_Small_.jpg http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...399_Small_.jpg Keep on sanding Patrick |
seeing a project come together like this is one of the things that inspires me to continue with my day to day business.... You sir are doing a VERY good job and i love the ingenuity of tool usage like your once pipe bender now tubing roller ;)
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Patrick its looking good. Did you need to have someone dig you out of all that filler dust? Nice work.
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I like the Evercoat Featherfill G2 poly primer for fiberglass. Not expensive compared to a Spies, Upol, Standox, etc poly primer.
I would also recommend not cutting any of the gaps until you have primed and blocked it 1 time. You will be amazed at how "not straight" it is once you start sanding the primer. All the little micro lows will show up, and don't forget the pinholes...:yes: |
Say good bye to fingerprints
Hey, Just a quick update. Now that the outside of the cheapo body is where I feel happy I progressed to the jams. Now I had done a lot of modifying of the body around the doors early on in the build and knew they would need work when this time came but, wow spend two weeks sanding small channels with paper wrapped around a chunk of paint stick. I'll just keep chipping away at this I may be ready to shoot surfacer in a couple a more weeks, still have the insides of the doors, trunk, and the hood including scoop to deal with.
http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data...402_Small_.jpg http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data...404_Small_.jpg http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data...405_Small_.jpg http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data...403_Small_.jpg Until Later Patrick |
Patrick,
Wow! There is a ton of work in your ride and it's still on going! :thumbsup: Keep at it -- can't wait to see your next installment! :cheers: -- Joe |
if you have actually gotten it that straight, you should considder doing a mould of the body....
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Well, got a little more accomplished this weekend finished up the inside of the trunk, there has to be an end to this some time. Now you guys may never have to do this much work to get your cars to look good but mine is taking all of this just to look okay. Not looking for sympathy just reminding you of what you could be looking at.
BEFORE http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...102_Small_.JPG AFTER http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data...407_Small_.jpg Now I have moved on to the inside of the doors. Patrick |
Whose body is that. That body looks thin? been looking for a cobra body, my gf wants me to build her one
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If I were to build another one I would get the kit from Factory Five they have finaly fixed their body and have a realy nice kit. Patrick |
There's now one more INSANE person in south Florida because your thread just blew my mind...:_paranoid
Truely amazing fab work, mind numbing patience and awesome attention to detail. I can't wait see the finished body, although that thing looks sweet naked :D |
Da Da Da Doors
Well here is my latest installment of sanding for the insane. The Doors are done well sort of I still need to fit them back on the car and clean up the gaps. but I decided to give everyone a history lesson of how these doors came to be.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...921_Small_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...087_Small_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...090_Small_.JPG And now to what they have become.... http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data...409_Small_.jpg Now that has been said, How come I have no friends? nobody wants to come over and play "let's sand body filler" I think it's fun don't you? (somebody needs to lock me up soon) Here are a few more of the done door pics enjoy. http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data...408_Small_.jpg http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data...410_Small_.jpg http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data...411_Small_.jpg There you go, Now to deal with that hood. I have the scoop and inside to clean up just like the trunk but on a larger scale. Oh by the way I just picked up my 6th can of filler. I'm just glad I'm not using the spendy stuff I would be broke. Patrick |
I love your updates. You are doing incredible work.
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Beautiful!!!
I'll come over and help sand, but you have to come help me find the inside of my garage! Shiny Side Up! Bill |
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