Project WidowMaker - The Build Thread

[The WidowMaker]

i finished up the center of the bumper today. a skim coat of filler when its painted or sprayed with aluminum and it will be good. i plan to work the corners when the grille is finished. i dont want to do those since i have a feeling ill move the bumper a little to fit the grille.

i also called up seat belts plus today and found that they switched suppliers from beams to seat belt solutions last year. a call to them and i found out that the webbing is made in the USA along with assembly and most parts. just little pieces in the retractor are made overseas. im going to finally finish my decision and get the belts this week.

[waynieZ]

Things like that make all the difference.

[tones2SS]

Very nice Tim. You do great work.
Keep us posted.

[The WidowMaker]

thanks guys!

the grille material came in and i finished the front pieces for the bumper intakes. they started life as 2 1.5" 8lb chunks and ended at less than a lb. ive got ~10 hours into the 2 pieces. the next two should be easier since there arent as many angles. if the bumper was straight up and down on the front i could have saved half that time.

ill have some pictures up on monday. i also came up with a few new ideas for the grille that will make it easier but more time consuming to fab. i will hit the metal shop again on wednesday.

[Cris@JCG]

Looking good Tim!

We just finished this week rust repair on a 70 Chevelle we are doing here @ the shop.. Gapping this next coming week with body work!

[The WidowMaker]

does anybody have any info on leds? my plan is to use 1" of the 3.5"s in the inserts for for amber led light strips that will function as my forward turn signals. ill then cover that with some sort of prismatic diffuser and then a clear plexiglass. this will all be behind the hexagon mesh. currently im looking at the smd5050's and will run 2 6" strips per light. this will get me 18 leds of ~6 lumens each for ~110 total (2000-2500 mcd 120* conversion). the best info i could find put the stock amber bulb or the white bulb through the amber lense at ~80 lumens. the mesh is only 70% open so it will kill some light. im trying to come up with the best design possible that will get me the most visible forward projection. ive also looked at the side projection strips that would either allow more leds, or possibly building in some sort of reflector behind the leds since they wont take up as much space.

also, any good sources? i found these and they have good reviews, just not really sure. http://www.ledlightsworld.com/smd-50...eds-p-135.html

We just finished this week rust repair on a 70 Chevelle we are doing here @ the shop.. Gapping this next coming week with body work!

i cant wait to see it done. im way behind schedule, but i may be ready by january.

[crazycarguy22]

https://www.diodedynamics.com/catalog/

The owner is extremely knowledgeable and more than willing to help out, I highly recommend giving him a call. I've done business with him before on my Tiburon forum. I'm sure the two of you could figure out something cool.