70 Camaro - Boise, Idaho

[68454RS]

Amazing work and I appreciate all the fiberglass tips you can give, I'm in the process of building a Factory Five '33 Hot Rod and it's all fiberglass.

[Goosesdad]

Originally Posted by 68454RS

Amazing work and I appreciate all the fiberglass tips you can give, I'm in the process of building a Factory Five '33 Hot Rod and it's all fiberglass.

Thanks! Your '33 looks like it's gonna be a ton of fun!
There is some good fiberglass tips, humbly, a few pages back. Hope they help.

[Goosesdad]

Blending the passenger side of the lower dash into the center AC panel and the door panel.


Here is a bottom view of the center AC vent panel.


Here is the back view of that panel. This is the just the wooden plug for the fiberglass mold. Thought you might enjoy the behind the scenes comedy of construction here!


Using 2 sided foam tape as the .065" spacer between the interior panels to make room for the leather.
The gauges, head unit and AC switches are of course only paper copies, keeping the real parts safe in the box!
Once this is done, I can get back to the center console. Still up in the air with how it will lay out.

[WSSix]

Where did you learn all of this fiberglassing work, John? Love seeing the boring steps. Helps me understand how it's done.

[Goosesdad]

Originally Posted by WSSix

Where did you learn all of this fiberglassing work, John? Love seeing the boring steps. Helps me understand how it's done.

Hi Trey! I worked at a shop called Odyssey Engineering when I was in college, a million years ago. We built all kinds of race car bodies and such but mostly Funny Car bodies. Got to spend time with the likes of Bernstein, Prudhomme and Kalitta, building the plugs and molds for their cars. Best job I ever had though the fiberglass dust in my lungs probably is gonna kill me.....I bet we all wish we wore masks when we were young! Glad this is helping you.

[Goosesdad]

Made the plug for the last part of the dash. Right now the thinking is the final parts will get covered with leather and then the inserts will be carbon.


Lots more to come here, those holes will get filled in for the final plug, before a mold is taken...just needed access to screw it up to the dash for now. There will be an additional piece to cover some of the AC evap but that will get made after the center console is done. Next.

[Goosesdad]

Here is the speaker pod done. Drywall mud.


A quick coat of primer to seal up the drywall mud.


Then 3 coats of wax....don't get wax anywhere that you want fiberglass to stick....in my case the thin areas in front and back of the pod. That is where the pod gets anchored to the door panel. The a coat of PVA mold release, that is the green tint.