SB64

Great tutorial pictures and nice work. Keep it up!
Rvzio

SuperBuickGuy

looks even better in person.

RBrid

Thanks guys! Rvzio - wishing you the best for the coming days.

SPCL FX

Been a while but it looks like everything is coming along nicely! Merry Christmas RBrid AND SUPERBUICKGUY !

js1977

Wow!!!! Just wow!!! Amazing work! Please let me know if you ever enter in any car shows when your done! I'd love to see this beauty in person.

RBrid

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.


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

js1977

scottjamison

I look forward to meeting you! I live just down the street from XXX on the side of Cougar Mtn. Looks like an awesome project going on there!

RBrid

Thanks Scott - looking forward to meeting you in Issaquah with my '77.

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.

RBrid

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.

RBrid

I installed the driver side Doug's header and side pipe to check for clearance issues with the flared fender. No problem at all and it looks awesome!

RBrid

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!

RBrid

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.

SB64

Your right all of the pictures look good. Guide coat should help you!
RVZIO

RBrid

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!

SB64

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

RBrid

Thanks RVZIO. The picture in post #373 is of the driver side fender. I don't expect to get to the fine tuning with guide coats before the end of summer or fall.

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.

RBrid

One step closer to being able to glue on the flared fender

SB64

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

RBrid

Thanks Roger! I'm a clean freak.

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!