When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
I spent most of the day on the 2nd wall of the addition getting it ready for siding......no pics/Derek said they're not necessary....LOL.
Now for the work it took to remove the fiberglass from the shoulder of the deck. It's a good thing the previous body man didn't remove the paint from the shoulder where the deck lid sits. I was able to heat the fiberglass enough to pry it off with a flat-tipped screwdriver....2 hours of heating/cooling the area----which is better than a day of grinding out bonded fiberglass!
Next......sand the area down to original fiberglass and build the underside up with fiberglass where any gouges are.
Not lately Tony but my back is sure feeling like I have after working on my other car these past 4 days! Keep up the good work and make us proud/er of you!
Not lately Tony but my back is sure feeling like I have after working on my other car these past 4 days! Keep up the good work and make us proud/er of you!
Thanks Airborne.......Today I need to divide my time between the garage addition and the fiberglass work
Last edited by doorgunner; Mar 15, 2018 at 12:07 PM.
In other news................................I spent a couple hours cleaning the channel in the body that the deck lid sits in. There are some "nice" gouges, so I will clean the underside of the channels and reinforce the whole area............
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (performance mods)
2019 C3 of Year Winner (performance mods)
2016 C3 of Year Finalist
there are holes on both the drivers and passengers sides. They look like they must drain into the rear vents. when the pics show up on my computer I'll post them
Thanks RR....since the previous ???? broke the driver-side vent off/I also sealed off the astro vents on the top of the deck for the same reason....
I think I will install 1/2" diameter aluminum drain tubes to bypass the original vent/drain design.
I can't remember which member did the tube-modification to all the drains on his car since he didn't want to deal with leaks/rotted rubber drain tubes.
The previous body man wacked off the top radius when he fiberglassed the deck lid in place. The radius on the top rim of the deck channel looks to be approx. a 1/8" radius? What do you think?
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
Slideshow: A Jaguar designer's personal project imagines what a modern front-engined Corvette might look like if Chevrolet revisited the golden age of the Stingray.
