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Post by skip20 on Nov 9, 2012 8:04:46 GMT -5
Plan on using urethane with the rubber around the W/S.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 8, 2012 22:10:37 GMT -5
To late, already sanded it, looking pretty good.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 8, 2012 22:09:10 GMT -5
Never happen. You are too stubborn and a hard worker. I give you 3 days and we will see the latest update. You may be right, didn't wait the 2 weeks last time.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 8, 2012 16:35:14 GMT -5
Going under the knife on Friday, so will be on light duty for 2 weeks again. No working on the cars! Guess one work on Baby for a while.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 8, 2012 16:29:05 GMT -5
With the W/S sitting in the frame w/ 3/8" spacer under it & 1/8" clearance on the bottom, slipped in 1/8" tile board against the edge of the W/S. This will now give me 1/8" clearance around the W/S. Laid Bondo pushing it into any space & built it up so will be able to shape it to the W/S. Here it is with the board edge removed & you will be able to see the built up edge. Filled it to shape & will let it sit till off light duty. Should be good & hard by then & a pain in the butt to sand. Good thing this is a Junk Yard W/S & not the $200.00 one. ;D
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Post by skip20 on Nov 8, 2012 8:47:43 GMT -5
OK, it's now within 1/16" which body bondo will fill in ok. Looking down from the top Side view. Guess that it for a time off due to light duty. Good time to start working on building the Solar Panels. Alot of soldering to do. And to work on my new web site: skip20corner.com/Home_Page.html
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Post by skip20 on Nov 7, 2012 19:24:30 GMT -5
Great looking TVR Been working on the upper W/S frame to get it to fit. So far so good, got it within 3/8". Sliced & jack up with more glassing this evening. Going under the knife on Friday, so will be on light duty for 2 weeks again. No working on the cars!
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Post by skip20 on Nov 5, 2012 17:50:17 GMT -5
Went to junk yard today & got a pair of wiper arms w/lousy blades. Also the washer nozzles & air vent cover. Could find what I had in the mess. Wipers look good sitting there & mounted (look close) the spray nozzles also. The cover is not mounted, need a little work around it. You will also see a 2x4 jacking up the front of the roof. Good idea on the metal bracing up the post & across the front. Man I have seen a TVR in about 20 years, they were nice.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 5, 2012 16:13:45 GMT -5
You are looking for a 1/4 gap or so? I thin shim against the ws then filling the gap with shreaded mat could close it then remove the shim . Since Poly resin doesn't stick to glass you should he safe . What I mean, is the W/S is above the roof line. The mounting lip needs to be moved back up to it. Something I did when the body was turn over & finishing the glassing inside whacked it out of alinement.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 4, 2012 16:28:04 GMT -5
Here a problem that showed up when I put the W/S in. When I glassed the inside, looks like some force was on it & push the top frame down. now have about a 1/2" gap along the top edge. W/S
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Post by skip20 on Nov 4, 2012 15:47:55 GMT -5
Those care were all done in a period of about 11 years, one per year. Start work in Sept finish in July. I do have a full time year round job. All of them had rust like you would not believe. Cars you southern folk would not consider fixable. I know the Brown Gold as I lived in Hawaii for 36 years. Should try that with a few of my old pictures, however never realy took to many pictures back in the old days. Would have to scan them all in!
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Post by skip20 on Nov 4, 2012 15:31:43 GMT -5
Had to remount the wiper motor as it was backwards & would hit the slave master, after finding a picture of it on You-Tube. Will need to hook it up some how to weld it to the linkage assy. to make sure it will stop in the right place.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 4, 2012 14:54:49 GMT -5
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Post by skip20 on Nov 4, 2012 14:23:56 GMT -5
I think I have figured out Skips plan. To have both cars completed on the same day so he and his hunny can both drive. When the fiberglass is drying on one can jump on the other. In this case put the White one back on the frame & starting to glass in the rear firewall brace.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 3, 2012 16:01:00 GMT -5
Rear window area is done for now. Window & seal are mounted. Working on the wiper linkage & mounting the motor to firewall. W/S from the '81 280ZX is sitting in there resting.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 2, 2012 21:07:18 GMT -5
I have followed this thread and its nice too see rhe innovation in some people i myself am having a hard time i started from scratch with the wiring after i really looked at the internal harness and found a lot of problems with cut wires and splicing the harness was mostly trashed keep up the good work Are you doing a gt2? Do you have a color wiring diagram or black and white? I found the black and white a pain but the color one easy. If you need a color diagram, let me know. Thanks, but will be using the subby wiring.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 2, 2012 15:59:07 GMT -5
Well the cab flipped over again, need to slow down in these corners. Easier to work on the rear window with is now in black primer. Next to reinstall the window for the last time I hope.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 1, 2012 22:02:50 GMT -5
I have followed this thread and its nice too see rhe innovation in some people i myself am having a hard time i started from scratch with the wiring after i really looked at the internal harness and found a lot of problems with cut wires and splicing the harness was mostly trashed keep up the good work Thank you, good luck with that wiring job, my weak point.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 1, 2012 21:40:31 GMT -5
I admire your talent great work... GOD here , thank you very much, all comment Pro & com are welcomed.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 1, 2012 21:38:36 GMT -5
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Post by skip20 on Nov 1, 2012 21:36:01 GMT -5
Will his dream didn't come in, US $4,450.00 Reserve not met
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Post by skip20 on Nov 1, 2012 17:47:45 GMT -5
A little more grinding on the rocker panel, the another layer of bondo. Ready to bring the frame back in & put the body on it, easier to do the body work.
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Post by skip20 on Nov 1, 2012 17:39:11 GMT -5
Dan MacMillan "Global Moderator" has been doing his best to keep this board clean from all the junk that was showing up here for a while. I thought is was ad also,
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Post by skip20 on Oct 31, 2012 14:46:56 GMT -5
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Post by skip20 on Oct 30, 2012 12:34:21 GMT -5
It would flood out when it rained ( not in Calif) with the cover on & have a lake in the middle of the seats.
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Post by skip20 on Oct 27, 2012 13:11:47 GMT -5
That is NOT a Lithia GT which looked like a Bradley GT but had bucket Head lights in the fenders. priceofhistoys.com/2011/06/07/scorpion-lithia-gt-build-day-1/#From a web site: Hmmm..that might explain it. SunRay aquired the Bradley molds after they closed shop and provided a few pieces from time to time for Bradley owners. I don't know how many actual bodies they produced (after all, SunRay was a one-man operation), but undoubtably any new bodies had to be renamed to avoid any confrontations with any remaining Bradley assets. Minor changes in the body style may have been owner-induced!
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Post by skip20 on Oct 27, 2012 3:48:55 GMT -5
Sorry to report on this build, my friend has put in storage in my back yard for the past 2 years & not working on it. Don't know what going to happen, but he say went's to finish it.
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Post by skip20 on Oct 27, 2012 3:44:46 GMT -5
Good Grief Charlie Brown, this posting alone is 34 pages, makes me wonder what the subby transformation will be like. Hey, what's that front spoiler off of?
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Post by skip20 on Oct 27, 2012 3:38:44 GMT -5
Slowly basic body work is happening.
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Post by skip20 on Oct 26, 2012 15:29:47 GMT -5
1st layer of Bondo sanded off w/ 36g DA sander Doesn't look to bad as you can see how much of the body came though.
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