Post by spyderdriver on Dec 25, 2010 1:21:06 GMT -5
UPDATE!
anyway, i have not done alot to it... my dad had a stroke and almost died.
and now its like 90 out and i don't want to work on it when its that hot. but soon it will cool down. i have about 20-30 hrs of body work to do, and then its time to paint....i swear.
i hope to have it put back together soon after, i want to drive it this October.
thank all you guys for your support and help with her little foibles, tanks again!
anyway more photos soon,
and i have some new ideas on how i want to do some things to her.
thank you some more, Darwin.
I've had my GT for a year and a half now.
i got it for 1500$ from a poor guy who was not very happy about selling his baby.
it has the 1300cc, its all torn apart so i could make sure its in tip-top shape, but it all was rebuilt before i got it so it runs well and has good compression.
it was a 6 volt , but i got a new 12 volt alternator for it.
i have it spread allover the yard right now getting it ready for the paint. gulf blue and orange, with racing number and decals. i think it will look great! ;D
i just hate the crappy black that the last guy sprayed it.
SO im sanding it back to the original silver gellcoat.
the floorpan was kinda weak when i got the body off it, so i welded up a frame to sit between it and the body (and replace the slightly wormy wood it had,) out of 1" square tubing, and it ads alot of stiffness witch is good! then i hurculined the entire thing.
THE FIBERGLASS WORK
i doing a complete frame off on it so it looks like hell, but you can see that already.
i worked a lot on the underside in front and under the dash, building it up where the center spine meets the firewall and where the firewall meets the body skin in general to keep the front from flexing and cracking the body skin, i used 1.5 gals of fiberglass resin and about 30 square feet of mat and like 20 of cloth, plus some sheet-metal bolted on top with strips welded on for reinforcement.
i added a bump on the dash so i could get the original spedo in.
the speedometer with my new "carbon fiber" mirrors.
i rounded off the inside of the front wheel arch to improve the under car airflow.
im in the process of cutting open the boxes in the sides and building them up from the inside with plywood reinforcements to add strength.
i put in 2 little scoops on the bottom of the door boxes to funnel air up and in to the engine compartment.
i also cut 2 little square holes in the rear engine cover to let the air blow out past my oil cooler,
and to help it out while siting still i put in 4 CPU fans, 2 with red LED's in them. (i now will have 6 taillights) all 4 fans together will move 109 cubic feet of air per minuet.
i also made 2 little covers to go on the bottom of the taillight box to keep them from caching air and acting like a brake.
i had to repair alot of air bubbles in the fiberglass just under the gellcoat, i had em in the dash, the seats, and in the rear fin.
and other than that just hour upon hour of sanding
....its getting depressing, but i hope to be done with it by mid January/early February.
i have some plans to make a second top that's easily changed for when you want a roadster, but im not shru about that one yet.
anyway feedback makes me happy, i want to know what you think!
anyway, i have not done alot to it... my dad had a stroke and almost died.
and now its like 90 out and i don't want to work on it when its that hot. but soon it will cool down. i have about 20-30 hrs of body work to do, and then its time to paint....i swear.
i hope to have it put back together soon after, i want to drive it this October.
thank all you guys for your support and help with her little foibles, tanks again!
anyway more photos soon,
and i have some new ideas on how i want to do some things to her.
thank you some more, Darwin.
I've had my GT for a year and a half now.
i got it for 1500$ from a poor guy who was not very happy about selling his baby.
it has the 1300cc, its all torn apart so i could make sure its in tip-top shape, but it all was rebuilt before i got it so it runs well and has good compression.
it was a 6 volt , but i got a new 12 volt alternator for it.
i have it spread allover the yard right now getting it ready for the paint. gulf blue and orange, with racing number and decals. i think it will look great! ;D
i just hate the crappy black that the last guy sprayed it.
SO im sanding it back to the original silver gellcoat.
the floorpan was kinda weak when i got the body off it, so i welded up a frame to sit between it and the body (and replace the slightly wormy wood it had,) out of 1" square tubing, and it ads alot of stiffness witch is good! then i hurculined the entire thing.
THE FIBERGLASS WORK
i doing a complete frame off on it so it looks like hell, but you can see that already.
i worked a lot on the underside in front and under the dash, building it up where the center spine meets the firewall and where the firewall meets the body skin in general to keep the front from flexing and cracking the body skin, i used 1.5 gals of fiberglass resin and about 30 square feet of mat and like 20 of cloth, plus some sheet-metal bolted on top with strips welded on for reinforcement.
i added a bump on the dash so i could get the original spedo in.
the speedometer with my new "carbon fiber" mirrors.
i rounded off the inside of the front wheel arch to improve the under car airflow.
im in the process of cutting open the boxes in the sides and building them up from the inside with plywood reinforcements to add strength.
i put in 2 little scoops on the bottom of the door boxes to funnel air up and in to the engine compartment.
i also cut 2 little square holes in the rear engine cover to let the air blow out past my oil cooler,
and to help it out while siting still i put in 4 CPU fans, 2 with red LED's in them. (i now will have 6 taillights) all 4 fans together will move 109 cubic feet of air per minuet.
i also made 2 little covers to go on the bottom of the taillight box to keep them from caching air and acting like a brake.
i had to repair alot of air bubbles in the fiberglass just under the gellcoat, i had em in the dash, the seats, and in the rear fin.
and other than that just hour upon hour of sanding
....its getting depressing, but i hope to be done with it by mid January/early February.i have some plans to make a second top that's easily changed for when you want a roadster, but im not shru about that one yet.
anyway feedback makes me happy, i want to know what you think!
