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Old 03-26-2026, 05:24 PM
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Thought you guys might enjoy some pics from the work on the Fiat. Cut in doors and made a removable hood. Also laminated a body mount, a horseshoe flange, typical funny car mount style. This thing should be pretty cool when it's done. Just a cruiser, likely won't ever see a track. Made a seat also.

Made a make-shift mold out of sign-makers plastic and then laminated a seat. Interior guy will take it from here. This is just after laminating, still wet.

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This is the horse-shoe body mount/flange and the seat.

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The seat and the doors. I added an interior layer of glass, spaced out from the door with some 1/4" foam. Those circles are some "trusses" between the two layers for added stiffness. Just cut holes in the foam and packed in some fiberglass putty made from 1/32" fibers and resin. That stuff is killer strong....more on that later.
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My part is done. The guys at the shop will take it from here and make hinges for the doors (suicide) and for the hood. I made a recessed flange for the hood to rest on, just can't see it here.
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