1977 Corvette Body Off
#101
Out of all the cheesy body flair jobs I have seen, what you are doing is by far the nicest out there. This actually looks awesome already. Will look clean and proportional. Love it. Must be weird to take the knife to a good straight body panel and carve it up.
#102
Burning Brakes
Dude, you have my total attention since I'm on that same path with my '77. Would you mind sharing some shots of your wheels and give us some numbers? (rim widths & backspaces, tire sizes).
This is going to be a killer vette. Nice work!
This is going to be a killer vette. Nice work!
#103
Melting Slicks
Fabbed the piece for the gap from the '73 - '74 bumper, but the bumper isn't glassed in yet.
Glassed in the gills and hung the fenders.
Wheels and tires have landed and the fenders mounted.
Next I'll be cutting the exhaust outlets and glassing in the rear, nose and bonding strip seams.
Glassed in the gills and hung the fenders.
Wheels and tires have landed and the fenders mounted.
Next I'll be cutting the exhaust outlets and glassing in the rear, nose and bonding strip seams.
Great project! PLEASE share details of how you made the piece to fill the front bumper to body space. We're doing this exact thing on our '77 ('73 cover) and I would really appreciate any advice.
Also, what are you doing with the front fender "gills"? This is an area that I have seriously considered changing up.
Thanks in advance for any advice / suggestions you may have.
Adam
#104
Racer
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Thank you Mike!
Thanks CVO, but I can't take the credit. Others have blazed this trail ahead of me and I'm learning from them. Being as I'm learning as I go it's definitely taking some cajones to cut things up.
Thank you RBird. I'm keeping the wheel design under wraps until I get further along towards completion . The rears are 18 x 12 with a 5" backspace and 335/30's and the fronts are 18 x 10 with a 4.75" backspace and 285-35's. Trailing arms are stock...
Thanks Adam. I created a mold and glassed around the mold. It's basically consists of top and sides and helps maintain the center design line. I'll add pictures in a bit. The gills are my stock '77 grafted onto the aftermarket fenders. I thought about grafting the '69 style, but decided to maintain the '77's.
Great project! PLEASE share details of how you made the piece to fill the front bumper to body space. We're doing this exact thing on our '77 ('73 cover) and I would really appreciate any advice.
Also, what are you doing with the front fender "gills"? This is an area that I have seriously considered changing up.
Thanks in advance for any advice / suggestions you may have.
Adam
Also, what are you doing with the front fender "gills"? This is an area that I have seriously considered changing up.
Thanks in advance for any advice / suggestions you may have.
Adam
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Brother, You've don't some top-notch work! Thanks for sharing the pics and the progress of your project. Keep us posted!
#106
Melting Slicks
Thanks Adam. I created a mold and glassed around the mold. It's basically consists of top and sides and helps maintain the center design line. I'll add pictures in a bit. The gills are my stock '77 grafted onto the aftermarket fenders. I thought about grafting the '69 style, but decided to maintain the '77's.
What material did you use to create the mold?
Adam
#109
Racer
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Thanks Mick, but Bubba I am not. All work is done right!
Last edited by wan2run; 10-22-2014 at 09:03 PM.
#110
Racer
Thread Starter
I cut the exhaust holes out of the rear panel and glassed in surrounds to mount the trim from a '69.
I created a shelf to hang and mount the rear panel.
Also created strips to bond the sides.
Dished the fender bonding area.
Glass...
Epoxy filler
I had to fabricate mounts to accept the '74 grills and license plate bracket since the '77 inner bumper supports don't have the same provisions as the '73-'74.
Next I'll be glassing in the front bumper.
I created a shelf to hang and mount the rear panel.
Also created strips to bond the sides.
Dished the fender bonding area.
Glass...
Epoxy filler
I had to fabricate mounts to accept the '74 grills and license plate bracket since the '77 inner bumper supports don't have the same provisions as the '73-'74.
Next I'll be glassing in the front bumper.
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#111
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Looks really good. Looks like you figured out the mounting of the front grills. That is pretty much what I did and it seems to have worked well.
this is starting to get good. :-)
this is starting to get good. :-)
#112
Racer
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#115
Racer
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Thank you both. Glad to share RBrid...if it wasn't for the help of others prior sharing I wouldn't have been able to accomplish the steps here.
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Awesome..better then new good rustproofing, tail flares etc look killer.
Anone know whos flair kits those are
Last edited by cv67; 11-08-2017 at 10:52 AM.
#120
I just stumbled onto this thread: MAN ! ! ! You are making some beautiful modifications here ! ! ! Really REALLY sweet, can't wait for more progress posts, this is just the best that it gets !