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Another hour to spare, so I installed hinge springs for the deck lid and polished the chrome vent covers (I need to remove the masking tape from the vent openings).
Now that all the wiring has been tested on the Harley, I need to install the chrome box that will be used to protect/access the relays/fuse block).
Here is the latest pics of the vent covers before/after...…..(50 years of "Nasty"),,,
Black paint loves to collect pollen!
I may polish the rear chrome bumpers today (nasty, also!)…..I did blast the rust from the inside of the bumper and applied several coats of black enamel, some of which ran onto the chrome...
under that hockey stick is no bumper mount lip? and that is pretty good alignment with a 76 fender. i am currently pulling molds off the corner and center of a 75 rubber bumper. starting to play with my bolt on 75 chrome conversion.
Last edited by derekderek; Apr 25, 2020 at 07:50 PM.
under that hockey stick is no bumper mount lip? and that is pretty good alignment with a 76 fender. i am currently pulling molds off the corner and center of a 75 rubber bumper. starting to play with my bolt on 75 chrome conversion.
I had to stop at that point to make a 3 day trip to the hospital/those parts bonded to the clip are '69-'70 patch-pieces. (I forgot the title of your new thread )
Originally Posted by Andy Tuttle
Tony- when you shoot paint onto your bumpers and other things, are doing a rattle can job or do you use a spray gun and do it the professional way?
After I blast the rust off...if the new paint isn't going to be visible I rattlecan "Rust Preventative" paint onto the blasted area./3-4 coats.
NO professionalism involving paint in this thread
I'm still getting up the nerve to paint the front clip myself after I finish the fiberglass repairs
don't have a thread yet. ok, went back and reread. yours looks like 68 front lower fenders. my biggest problem, i think will be making that 75 contour line up with the hockey sticks.
Last edited by derekderek; Apr 26, 2020 at 05:16 AM.
don't have a thread yet. ok, went back and reread. yours looks like 68 front lower fenders. my biggest problem, i think will be making that 75 contour line up with the hockey sticks.
I think I took pics of my trusty cut-off saw trimming the '76 fiberglass to the correct angle for ythe hockey sticks to fit well...let me check the Table of Contents
The mod. starts on page 88 and restarts many pages later. I changed my mind about how to make the mod several times.
1. The first pics show me adapting the grill sections to fit the '76 nose. (the easy mod)
2. Later, I took pics of (re)-modifying the '76 nose to get the same angle on the grill sections as the '68 nose. (more complicated)
3. After that you sent me the fiberglass parts you made so I could mod the '76 nose to be about 3-4" shorter and exactly the same as the '68 nose. including the "support-lip" that goes from fender-to-fender behind the chrome bumper (much more difficult).
#1 could have been completed in a week or two.
#2 could have taken a month for a rookie.
#3 would take a couple months for a rookie
I hope the above explanations make sense....lots of changes took place to get where I am now....IF I can stay healthy and busy on the nose , the front clip could be ready for paint in a couple weeks
With the advice of you members the mod is making more sense as to what I need to do...and the cuts/fitting/bonding are going better...cut-measure-bond...cut-measure-bond...etc.
There is good news...…..both rear bumpers are straight.
The other news...……….they will need to be rechromed.
I spent 1.5 hours polishing the driver-side bumper and managed to get a shine on it but there were too many fine scratches and "spider-webbing/crazing" in the chrome to get them up to daily driver status.
The bumper facing the camera is polished.....
The bumper here facing the camera is unpolished.................
Underside is polished on this bumper.................................. .............
The underside is unpolished on this bumper.................................. ..........
So.....I ended up with bad/unpolished...……...and not-so-bad/polished.
Now to locate a re-chrome company near Louisiana.....ANY SUGGESTIONS
put them on. it is not a driver yet. it is a builder. a better set will fall in your lap as long as you are patient. i am waxing the mold as we speak. fits the nose it came off of. i am thinking of making the bottom out about halfway to the wheel well to blend the 2 diff contours. mebbe even the perimeter of the side marker lights. is there a piece of bumper lip u need? or do you have enough? also i read your account of them bonding the 76 stuff to your 68 nose. so i think your fenders are the right shape.
Last edited by derekderek; Apr 26, 2020 at 03:16 PM.
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The only place I know is in Connecticut and it takes months to get it done so the sooner the better. I did the small pieces on 69 side exhaust pipes and it was about $400 for the 4 small pieces. It should be close to that I would think.
I just saw a sign about doing chrome near Luling, TX. Its a bunch closer than Connecticut, but still pretty far from you. No idea about the price or quality.
Just for fun.......I zip-tied the chrome corner trim in place on the passenger side........
the piece of fender connecting to the hockey stick. is that your orig nose or is that a piece that came from Roger? cuz this is how it is supposed to fit.
"Derek said: put them on. " You are reading my mind!
"Derek said: or do you have enough?" Between the parts you made for me and the pieces RVZIO dropped off I can make it all work!
"R.R. said: Re-chrome is cheaper" Sounds good to me/I just remembered my friend owns a Machine Shop and can get re-chrome done for half the price.
"Zealot said: Check Luling, TX area": I'll ask my friend to look the business up and give them a call.
Derek asked about the fiberglass behind the hockey stick;" Derek...about 10" of the front fender/the headlight surround has part of the bumper lip-I will splice in a section of the lip you made to complete the surround. I also need to fit the lower part under/behind the hockey stick better.
Now for an update:
The sharp edges of the bumper scratched the primer while I was fitting it to the car before it was painted so I put several layers of masking tape over the edges to protect the new paint.......
I had to redrill the bolt holes in the fiberglass/the body man got lots of filler in them........the bumper is level within 1/16"...close enough....
My 6' Social Distancing bumper.......I fiberglassed the lower valence into place so there would be NO seams after painting was done......
Only a C3 could look good With or Without bumpers..........
That's it for today.
Last edited by doorgunner; Apr 26, 2020 at 07:22 PM.
Tony I would put those babies on and run with it! It looks great just as she is! I remember with my purple truck, as I got closer to the end, the less nice some of my older parts
looked, and I convinced myself to replace them. Some I was not able to, so reluctantly put them on anyway. At first I was disappointed, but after a while it all blended together, and you know what?- no one has ever said a thing to me about those less than perfect parts. I know there are some Vette perfectionists out there, and you have certainly paid a great deal of attention to detail, but it will never be perfect and life is too short for extreme perfection, so get them on there and start road tripping! I am out of crawfish boudin!
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out there, and you have certainly paid a great deal of attention to detail, but it will never be perfect and life is too short for extreme perfection, so get them on there and start road tripping! 
I am out of crawfish boudin! 
