RBrid

Working on the flushness:

RBrid

Working on the gaps:

RBrid

Working on the pins:





Finally where we are today:










Thanks for taking a peek, and happy father's day to all dads out there!

SB64

Becoming a VPA expert. All the hood gaps and hood pins look vert well done. keep up the nice work.


RVZIO

RBrid

Thanks RVZio! The real VPA expert has been missing in action again for over two weeks. Hoping DUB will be healthy and back soon.

I have also been working on the underside of the t-tops, with VPA. I won't put the front and side edge trims back.

RBrid

One more step behind me

Prepped the rear clip area behind the t-tops with VPA. I want to shoot some epoxy and slick sand before the end of the summer!











I mounted the plates to test fit the t-tops.

RBrid

Then came time to adjust the gap around the t-tops.

My fake weatherstripping:


Squeeze the middle, build up the rear with VPA, and sand for a regular gap:




The resulting T:

RBrid

Finally added a couple of skim coats to improve the flushness of the t-tops.







Thanks for taking a peek, and happy 4th!

RBrid

One more piece went through a VPA rehabilitation & is ready for primer time:

RBrid

This is my favorite occupation: drilling holes into my vette's fiberglass body:


Whole holes:


...and a few shots without the mirror gasket:

caskiguy

Looking great !

RBrid

Next will be the passenger side holes in a perfectly virgin door:


I'm so excited to drill more holes into the body:

(pre-shower selfie)

Thanks for taking a peek!

SuperBuickGuy

you know that this car has given you grey hair?

rgwoehr

How thick did you have to build up the VPA along the driver's side of your hood? My stock hood looks like it's about 1/8" low in one area on the driver's side but I'm unsure if that's too much to correct with just VPA. I can't correct it with the rubber blocks without the corner near the windshield being up too high.

RBrid

Indeed, but I think I'll get my youth color back once it's drivable again.

Both the driver side hood and passenger side clip are 1/8". Many will say that's too much, but I'm more comfortable applying VPA than mat and resin. Maybe time will tell us if it was a bad decision.

RBrid

Passenger door butchering? Checked.

I will get Low-Profile Socket Head Screws from McMaster to attach the sport mirror.





Oh, look, boxes from England! What could it be?

RBrid

Just spent three weeks vacationing in France. Back home now and saw your abondance of imagination. Impressive.

OK, so here are the British goods: Got the Minilites about three months after placing the order. 15x10 for the rear & 10x9 for the front, with the smallest backspace that they offer.

RBrid

...and with the 295-50-15 / 265-50-15 Hankook Ventus H101 tires:















Trimming the plexiglass headlight covers comes next...

Thanks for taking a peek!

Rodnok1

Boy those rims sure look good...

RBrid

(yes, not king - symétrie is feminine in French)

Time for an update folks. Here are the 9 steps I went through to set up the L88 headlight covers.

First, cut one edge of each aluminum bracket so that the 7 holes are centered. Could not live with an asymmetrical layout.
Here's a picture from years ago showing what triggered my OCD.