Oh no.....not AGAIN

The chassis is almost done. I have it all coated with Herculiner. The floors are fitted, and most of the accesories have been detailed. It might actually get back on 4 wheels this weekend.

Once it does the body goes back on for the final fitting of the doors and the hatches.

Pictures are coming once its back on its legs.

I have the body back on the chassis now. So its time to work with the doors. Fitting them so they close perfectly, incorporating the Corvette door handles, and avoiding the power windows has been a huge challenge.

here is an example. This is design 1 of the door catch mechanism. It was simple, and worked well. I fabricated the little metal arm on the latch which converted the downward motion of the handle to an upward motion that the latch required, as well as the little rotating brackets for the threaded arm. I also had to fabricate the two mounting arms to secure the door handles into the doors. Unfortunately it interfered with the power windows so it was trashed.


The second design required welding a mounting boss for the pivot arm onto the rear of the door. Then I needed to fabricate a pivot arm which required some experimenting with length and hole location. Then I needed to fabricate a small rod to activate the pivot arm, again requiring some experimenting with length. The upward motion is done via a cable. Since the picture I epoxied a short length of nylon tube inside the guide hole to prevent any chaffing of the cable. Its not all detailed yet...but it works smoothly.

I need to get some pictures posted. I have everything fitted....and it took ALOT of work. The front and rear hatches are working and looking good. This body was so twisted! Just trying to get a consistent body gap was almost impossible. You would line it up one way, and it would be way off in another area. It was a lot of compromise to get everything lined up.

The doors are also done...almost. They are hung, fitted, and operational. I now have to remove them, fit the inner panels, fit the Honda Del Sol power mirrors, and create a mechanism for the Corvette inner door handles.

Once I do that I will start spraying the G2 primer and blocking it out.

I also fabbed up a front to rear console to house the fuse block (no more whacking my back getting under the dash!) and the relocated e-brake and shifter. I also want to get the finishing touches on the repaired dash so I can prime everything at once.

Its moving along...but man there is ALOT of things to do on this car. I yearn for the days on my dunebuggies.

Jeff,
That might be it...epoxy. If I keep the DA going real slow and move it around alot it comes off easier than if I speed it up and stay one one spot....which gets it hot.

Its about 95% off now. Just some areas in the vent areas that is holding on....maybe about the size of a dollar bill on each side. I might go at it with some 40 grit real easy. then some hand 80 grit. I am going to lay down at least three heavy coats of the G2 so it will fill any of the 80 grit scratches.

I finished glassing the dash and console today. Waiting for gallon number 4 of the Rage Gold to come in so I can fish the dash and console. Once they are done I will remove the doors, finish them, and shoot the G2 on everything.

I miss wiring!

This is the time for a second coat.........