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fasterpatrick · #51 10-19-2008, 09:57 AM

Hey just for a laugh I was messing around with an Item that followed me home from the latest "5-S" event at work. I was thinking of polishing it and and useing it as a pistol grip shift lever

It has room for four buttons, I figure one for the dimmer switch, two for spray (arm and blast), but what about the fourth?
Patrick

fasterpatrick · #52 10-19-2008, 09:58 AM

After spending all that time making panels for my car I didn't want to simply rivet them to the tubing. Not my style plus I didn't want all those holes in my chassis. So I spent an immense am out of time making little 1"x1" tabs with threaded holes to fix the panels to with screws. I haven't put the panels back on yet, but the tabs were tacked in place screwed to the panels so they do still fit,

there are over fifty of them welded to the back half of the chassis. I can't wait to do the rest of the chassis at least that will all be metal.
Patrick

fasterpatrick · #53 10-19-2008, 09:59 AM

Have been in a slump lately and could use some encouragement that everything will workout just fine. Put the body back on the frame and wouldn't you know the door frames wouldn't fit. So after cutting out the door jams that I had done last fall I made molds in the car and glassed up some new ones.

Then back to the doors now with new jams the door frames had to be adjusted to fit again (just modified the pin catches for more clearance). Finally after getting the door frames to work smoothly again, I could make some tabs for glassing the door skins to. Now to get up the nerve to start fixing the skins to the frames.

Man this is taking way longer than I thought; Patrick

fasterpatrick · #54 10-19-2008, 10:01 AM

Well it's been almost a month between posts without a whole lot of progress.
My guy at the auto body supply store recommended a urethane window adhesive. Said something about flexibility for differences in expansion rates.

Now as far as what to glue into place is what has been taking the most time, after one failed attempt I had to go with plan B. Don't ask for train wreck pics they do not exist, but I will not work with foam ever again.

I did manage to get the inner door panels made and the glue is setting as I type.

So tomorrow I hope to glass the seams and put these doors to bed. The skins were glued and glassed to the frames, I also coated the frames with POR15 because I will never get a chance to do anything to it again.

Give me a couple of days and I may get these done and refitted to the car and I will update you then.

Patrick

fasterpatrick · #55 10-19-2008, 10:03 AM

Da-am was that fun NOT, but hey they are done! Now I can't tell you how much filler and sanding these will take to finish but I have a base.

So here is the pics of the doors in full rough.

Now it's up to all of you lurkers to post up a comment;
Patrick

fasterpatrick · #56 10-19-2008, 10:05 AM

Well I've done it I have finished the major fiberglass fabrication of my build, panels done, dash done, doors done, hood and trunk done!

I have quite the inventory of items created with fiberglass for someone who had little expeirance with this stuff I think I did pretty good.

The body is tucked away back on the ceiling, I hope not to see it down till bodywork part of this project. I have a couple of loose ends to clean up on the chassis and it's off to powdercoat then I may get to start putting this thing together for real.

Patrick

fasterpatrick · #57 10-19-2008, 10:07 AM

Well what I thought was going to be easy wasn't. Had to move the shifter forward about 5 inches, no problem just make a Z-bend shifter, YUK that sucked the movement was all wrong, how does someone ever get used to that. I couldn't so I did what I always do Go overboard and build some over engineered contraption to do the same job. With a bunch of junkyard parts and a fair amount of time I came up with this.

Pictures submitted for approval, some days I think I should be committed;
Patrick

fasterpatrick · #58 10-19-2008, 10:09 AM

It's finally back from powder coat, the guy's at Extreme Powdercoating(www.extremepowdercoating.net) came through, other than being delayed by a very large job. Greg and Todd were very helpful and truly interested in doing a great job. Now here are the pics.

Well I guess I will have to start putting this thing together. Starting with aluminum for the floors and firewall, I'm thinking .050 should be thick enough for the job.
Patrick

fasterpatrick · #59 10-19-2008, 10:11 AM

Hey just a quick update, I have started making aluminum panels for the car. Went out and got some .063 6061 sheet and went at it. Have made small steps so far. Here are my foot wells they were a lot more work than you would think.

that's it for now,
Patrick
P.S. where did all my friends go?

fasterpatrick · #60 10-19-2008, 10:11 AM

Hey, I have created a couple more pieces of aluminum this week. We now have floors. How do the look to you? I feel everybody has deserted me. There is hardly any traffic on the forum

, so reply if you can. (that means all you lurkers out there)

I'll keep working on it but I like the feedback.
Patrick