70 Chevelle

[waynieZ]

Very nice job on the mold.

[70 chevelle]

Pics from yesterday


PVA sprayed


Ready to roll

[70 chevelle]

I pulled it from the mold today. I'm really happy I remade the mold. At the last minute I made the decision to add some Nomex honeycomb and I'm really happy I did.The panel is extremely rigid.

Release film.


After the bagging materials were removed I cooked for a day and a half with some flood lamps


Out of the mold




Trimmed up

[T-Type]

those look great! what are you using to vacuum the air out of the bag?

[waynieZ]

Very nice your very talented.

[Force Fed Mopar]

Nice work, can't wait to see the finished product.

[70 chevelle]

Originally Posted by T-Type

those look great! what are you using to vacuum the air out of the bag?

A robinair 15600. You can use any vacuum source as long as you use clear lines to visually make sure you do not get any resin into the pump. You should install some type of resin trap just to make sure there is no chance of resin ever making it's way into the pump. I've had luck with just placing my vacuum source within the bag so that it does not sit directly over resin but over a completely dry area and about 6 inches from the wet resin.

[70 chevelle]

Thanks for the comps guys.

[70 chevelle]

Slow but steady progress. I did not like the look of the door pull just sitting in a surface hole so I made a pocket for it.



1/2 inch aluminum speaker baffles for 8 inch midbass taking shape







Made trims for the inner door handle to match the speaker baffle



Door pull boxes. I wanted to keep door modifications to a minimum because the original doors are rust free. I also wanted the door pulls to mount directly to the door so there was no stress on the panel itself when using the door pull.I also had to come up with a way to connect the new inner door handles to the latch. I accomplished this only having to cut a one inch square out of the door with this box.


I then started with a one inch piece of bar stock that I threw in the lathe and took 1/2 inch out of the center and machined the ends to accept a 9/16 od roller bearing. The ends of the stock were machined to accept a nylon washer so the arms would not rattle against the body.





I then burned in some arms to connect the original door rods to . I left them a little long to make adjustments later if need be. Also drilled for zerk fittings.

[70 chevelle]

Burned them in and made some inner door handle mounts.