American Motors Xperimental full frame

[TorqDork]

Tried to make the C Pillar accent change a little more realistic and put some color on it..... sort of.

[Sieg]

Can't wait to see the splitter rendition.

[aggie91]

nice work so far.

Who is making the molds for the fiberglass parts (and then the parts themselves)?

[57hemicuda]

Haven't totally nailed down the fiberglass guy.Now that the parts are made I have to go back and add a 2" fin to every edge to made the mold a little easier to work with. Using panel adhesive to attach the metal fin. This is a case of you never have enough loose Vise Grips when you need them. What time you save making barely welded parts covered with a lot of mud, you lose making them mold ready.

[GregWeld]

My son Alex is learning about making things "mold ready".... because their carbon fiber parts have to come out of the mold PERFECT.

Project is coming along nicely Ron!

[57hemicuda]

I know you had mentioned your son was doing carbon parts. Is he working for someone, or did he start his own shop? I would imagine the learning curve on carbon stuff is tough. I know the pricing on the c/f stuff is way out there, but I know the carbon material is crazy expensive.

Glass is probably way more practical for something you lean on a lot at the track. The carbon is just sooo sexy.

[GregWeld]

Alex and a buddy started their own company -- WWW.ENLAES.COM -- not a plug by the way.


They don't actually make the product - they have a vendor or two that does that - but they've been getting involved with the modeling process - and the molds - and anything else they can do to learn what the processes are. I don't think they have any interest in the manufacturing part of it... But they should know the craft.


They sold $70K worth of parts last week... so they're starting to get some traction. They've done a couple "co" marketing deals with a couple companies and that seems to be gaining them some "cred".

Hey - they're young - living the good beach life and having some fun - and LEARNING a bunch about doing business! It's way better than what they learned in college!

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Alex and a buddy started their own company -- WWW.ENLAES.COM --

They sold $70K worth of parts last week... so they're starting to get some traction. They've done a couple "co" marketing deals with a couple companies and that seems to be gaining them some "cred".

Hey - they're young - living the good beach life and having some fun - and LEARNING a bunch about doing business! It's way better than what they learned in college!

So awesome Greg! Tell Alex and I wish him the best...

[57hemicuda]

Alex must be a sharp kid, it only takes one time doing composite work to figure out you don't want to be the manufacturer.

If I had a buck for every email I got wanting me to make a Mustang nose or fenders I'd be set, but the thought of cranking out glass parts would make me nuts. I'm trying to get hooked up with a local manufacturer to produce this stuff. The AMC stuff is not something anyone else would want, but if I make Payton's Camaro stuff, (fenders & quarters), I think I could sell the crap out of that stuff.

[FETorino]

So you're doing the fenders in Carbon right