Three... two... one... lift off!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Woodinville WA
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Woodinville WA
Little update: I started to glass the inside of the fender. Outside temperatures are around 32 degrees. With the heaters set around the medium setting, my little booth's temperature is 70 degrees. Yeah!
As a side note, since I received Doug's headers I have read two unfortunate news:
#1 Apparently I'll have to dimple the driver side to accommodate the steeroids rack and pinion.
#2 I can't use heads with angled spark plugs. Of course the heads I intended to use for my 427 SBC use the angle style (Trick Flow® Super 23® 230 Cylinder Heads for Small Block Chevrolet TFS-3241T002-C03). Their 70cc combustion chamber allowed a 10.2 static CR. The best second choice I could find are the Dart Pro 1 230cc. Their 72cc chamber brings down the CR to 9.8
Racer
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Hey js1977, thanks, I suppose you have a '77 too. I'll definitely go to a few events when it's done. For example the Redmond Town Center's Saturday morning Cars & Coffee, the Kirkland Classic Car Show and the Issaquah XXX Corvette Show...in 2021 hopefully. Looking forward to meeting you.
I actually just picked up a 75, the name comes from a 77 T/A I once owned, it was just easier to keep the name then remember/change it. Haha! I took my GTO to the Kirkland and Issaquah XXX shows this past summer, I had a great time. Look forward to seeing you car there (hopefully before 2021, haha!). And again awesome work!
Burning Brakes
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From: Seattle WA
Thanks SPCL FX. Merry Christmas to all of you too. May all your vette dreams come true.
Hey js1977, thanks, I suppose you have a '77 too. I'll definitely go to a few events when it's done. For example the Redmond Town Center's Saturday morning Cars & Coffee, the Kirkland Classic Car Show and the Issaquah XXX Corvette Show...in 2021 hopefully. Looking forward to meeting you.
Hey js1977, thanks, I suppose you have a '77 too. I'll definitely go to a few events when it's done. For example the Redmond Town Center's Saturday morning Cars & Coffee, the Kirkland Classic Car Show and the Issaquah XXX Corvette Show...in 2021 hopefully. Looking forward to meeting you.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Woodinville WA
More fender glassing
So here's a little update. After the inner glassing was done on the fender I switched to the outer side. Here's a before and a during picture.
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Burning Brakes
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Inner fender skirt gluing
Then came the inner skirt gluing with Evercoat's SMC Panel Adhesive. I used several wooden jigs to get a precise fit. There are many dimensions to get right so that the radiator holder and hood brackets among others fit correctly later on.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Woodinville WA
Gluing the driver front fender
Finally the driver side fender was glued on. Everything went well. I barely started the coats of VPA. After those are done, the next milestone will be the removal of the passenger side fender.
Thanks for taking a peek!
Thanks for taking a peek!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Woodinville WA
The seam is not what it seems to be
It looks good and all but I can still feel mini-waves when I go back and forth with my flat hand. I will use dry powder guide coats to locate the high/low points and improve things a bit with VPA before applying the epoxy and polyester primers.
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RVZIO
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Burning Brakes
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Off goes the last big chunk
The remaining fender took the heat and said goodbye. Here are a couple pictures before and after a first round of adhesive removal and cleaning. The car can be 0.009% lighter without the excess glue.
Thanks for taking a peek!
Thanks for taking a peek!
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Nice neat work RBRID, did you try the guide coat yet? The picture you are showing is the first attempt at installing the front fender. I guess I could have gone back over your post to check myself.
Keep up the nice work
RVZIO
Keep up the nice work
RVZIO
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Burning Brakes
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The pictures in post #375 are for the passenger side. I just started to work on that side last week. I should be able to glue on the new fender at the beginning of April.
Then I'll work on a customized front bumper cover.
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Continued very nice work. I can really appreciate the folks like yourself who have taken time to keep the other areas of the car clean while working. A lesson I need to take for the future.
Very Nice
RVZIO
Very Nice
RVZIO
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Burning Brakes
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Cut and Paste
Here's what has happened in the last days. The grafted piece is now held in place with temporary VPA and the glassing inside and out is coming next.
Thanks for taking a peek!