PUNISHER VETTE

I think when I'm done angling the front and sides down to the vent it won't look as deep as it does now. Right now the vents are a dead 90degree drop. 2014 is more sloped...but as you can see still more recessed than you think. I'm not sure it'll look very good if I just make the vent flush with the hood.



all also be extending my depression like the 2014 to go past the vent at least 40-50% before it levels out.

76CSRvette

Love the look and can't wait to see finished product. Are you gonna put a mesh grill under vent.... just throwing it out there

PUNISHER VETTE

Been waiting 2 days for C7 guys to get me some measurements and still nothing or else I'd be further.

PUNISHER VETTE

Well... My garage has never been more dirty in the 4 years I've lived here... even when I was sandblasting the frame.

I need to get organized! Bought another fan or two and will start exhausting the dust out the second I create it... hopefully that'll help instead of sanding with the door down and no fans on.

PUNISHER VETTE

I tried to do WAY!!!!!!!!!! too big an area tonight. Not sure why but after about 2 hours of glassing the stuff started to get super hot and smoking!
Live and learn... smaller areas at at time
Hopefully it didn't hurt anything or create a ton of bubbles I don't want...I'll find out later I guess.




I'm near POSITIVE i'll never be able to get the black part detached once it hardens...but it was the only way I really liked glassing the edge knowing it was in the right spot and wouldn't take me hours sanding to fit.

may not look like much but about 2 inches thick to build up took FOREVER!!! and used up a Lot of glass and epoxy expensive project I guess.

doorgunner

You're on your way now!

Jack605

Looking forward to seeing it done.

PUNISHER VETTE

It worked better than I imagined it would... almost like it was planned that way

mad pad house

If the glass starts to smoke you have put in too much hardener.The area that was smoking may become very brittle.Myself,I would grind out and reglass.
A trick to keeping the glass from sticking to the plastic,heavy coat of wax and do not wipe the wax off the plastic.Let it dry and than glass.I would say it will release about 80% of the times,from the glass.
Project looks good.

PUNISHER VETTE

I'm not going to redue the section. It didn't smoke till I was 99% done and is only a fraction of a circle that will hold the vent in place...and hold it in place way overkill anyway. I used 5 pumps epoxy and 4 hardener on the other side and it didn't seem to get very hot this time.

so far it's going well. Wish I was done but figured I'd keep bugging you all with constant minor updates till you lose interest
This is definitely the largest fiberglassing project I'll hopefully ever do! lol. I applaud anyone else that does something bigger/better as it's not easy work!

solaris_vii

thats perty cool

mad pad house

I like the look.Keep posting.

Dustup7T2

The more that I'm around C7 cars, the more they grow on me. It was their tail lights that turned me off most but after all these months, even they don't seem so out of place.

I like your idea, Punisher. Combining a small new piece to the overall car and making it functional is what I find most pleasing. If it was simply being grafted with no venting, then I wouldn't see it as effective. My own opinion, FWIW.

I read Shark Racers opinion and respect that. I agree that '69 cars may hold the most prestige in their OEM or near-stock form but in the end, the car is the owners to do with as he pleases. Considering that it wasn't all OEM when he brought it home, then I wish him well with this or any other change that he desires.

There will be enough standard/stock '69's of various options to satisfy most folks that the early chrome bumper cars won't die out like the dinosaurs. I suspect that as hobbyists, that we can have our cake and eat it too.

Good luck, Punisher and keep us posted.

PUNISHER VETTE

Thanks
Yeah. I guess I'm a little younger than most here or who even own a corvette and the idea of a stock '69 to me sounds terribly boring...not to mention the time/money it would have cost me to get mine back to that. This may not be for most I'll admit that

Either way this hood doesn't matter since I still have the stock hood and plan on painting it to match as practice. It's the drivetrain/suspension that would cost someone else a bunch getting it back to stock if they chose to. But those people would be stupid to buy mine anyway so I'm not going to pander to them.


I hope this vent works or i'll be sad lol. I'm worried about water getting down it since it's not going to be set up 100% like the C7. Once I get the vent in place i'll have to address the intake options.

PUNISHER VETTE

Here's my cheap 90degree intake I did last year just to get the thing running. not sure how it'll work with the new hood.

I might have to make my own intake. go 90degrees straight down and create my own rain guard for it.

Keep the cheap 90degree one and create a small shield where it might get wet if it rained.

not sure yet.

don't have a heart attack stock ****'s lol.

wolfemc

Man, forget the buzz killers on here - you nailed the restomod angle with this one. Some are acting like you're putting on a hatch back or something. Keep it up and keep the incremental posts coming

What motor and trans did you slip in? PITA?

PUNISHER VETTE

Thanks man.
I'd like the car to be done and driving it... but I know if I rush things I won't like it when done...so might as well keep chugging along.

I went with an '02 trans am LS1/T56 combo. Every thing I do takes me a long time the first time as I'm learning from scratch. It wasn't a PITA...but it wasn't easy for me either. Luckily there were enough that have done it here to help and get me through it.

Shark Racer

If it colors your perspective at all - I'm not much older than you and I've owned my 78 since I was much younger than you, and it's not stock.

It's sitting in the garage right now waiting for something that just arrived on Friday to go in.

More details later.

I still stand by this - whatever you do, don't put that ugly C7 stingray emblem on there.

PUNISHER VETTE

I won't put the emblem on but was thinking about the taillights since everyone seems to like them.
I had my '96 C4 at 18yo and a trans am at 16yo.. both got me in WAY more trouble than this has...but then again this has barely left the garage in 4 years so we'll see what happens eventually. Wanted to learn how to work on cars so sold them and got the C3... it's definitely cost me way more than those ever did but has also taught me more then they ever could have.

PUNISHER VETTE

Well I did a TON of glassing last night. I hate to say it but I think the easy part is over... time to take FOREVER to make it look good and fit right now.