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3 minutes ago, KugaWestie said:

 

This might sound mad, but the challenge was part of the appeal on this project

Not mad at all -I  can actually see the appeal 🤣

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Posted
8 minutes ago, KugaWestie said:

 

This might sound mad, but the challenge was part of the appeal on this project

 

Nope, get it completely!

Posted
1 hour ago, KugaWestie said:

 

This might sound mad, but the challenge was part of the appeal on this project

 

Youre probably just high on GRP resin

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2 minutes ago, Meatibald Archpants said:

 

Youre probably just high on GRP resin

 

I am gonna miss my fix once the grp work is done 😂

  • 4 weeks later...
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2 weeks summer holiday in Portugal done, back to work for a week and now back on the build.

 

I fitted my newly made fibreglass closing panel to the drivers side rear arch, and then glassed a few areas together.

 

Closer panel

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Rear bulkhead at bottom 

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Rear bulkhead at top

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Inside of rear arch looking at the new closer panel

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Rear arch area

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Pretty much finished the glassing on the drivers side rear arch area today.

 

Last section on the underside of the arch at the seat bulkhead

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Closer panel on the underside of the car at the rear of the arch

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Finally the back of the arch junction with the boot liner panel inside the boot area

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I decided to have a look at the boot panel to see how it fitted. 

 

Fettling needed!!

 

Drivers side

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Passenger side

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Front area

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Bottom

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Overall view

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It pretty much didn’t fit anywhere 

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I fetched out the DA machine and put a 120 grit pad on it, and spent about an hour sanding.

 

The panel fits much better now. It still needs a bit of work but I think that it probably needs to have the hinges fitted next to see how it opens and closes once hung.

 

Drivers side

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Passenger side

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Front

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The challenge continues, I admire your staying power Gary. Keep up the good work.

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Keep it up @KugaWestie I’m just wondering if you now look like a massive pink GRP monster that breathes resin-fuelled flames. 😱

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I am waiting for a few bits to arrive, so whilst waiting I took a look at the bonnet hinge arrangement.

 

The first job is to fix the kidney plates to the underside of the bonnet. There is a metal plate sandwiched into the grp of the bonnet, so I drilled and tapped this and temporarily bolted (nice bolts in transit) on the first plate.

 

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Some more work on the bonnet hinge arrangement tonight

 

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More work on the bonnet hinge today.

 

First job was to shape the box section to the shape of the nose. This involved a cardboard template and the sledgehammer :devil:

 

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A few sharp blows, and it was done

 

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With the box section curved to shape the next job was to make a grp housing for it. So I taped up the steel and the worktop, and then made something suitable in a top hat shape.

 

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Once the housing had gone off, I removed the box section, cleaned it up and sprayed it.

 

 

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