Thanks Dennis.

I think I'm going to stick with looking for an 81 silver driver's side door panel as I already have the passenger side door panel.

edit: I see his door panels are for manual windows so they wouldn't work for me.

 

OK...still keeping an eye out for you. I may go to Carlisle this weekend to meet up with David Howard. Do you have anyone checking there for you?

Keep up the great work.

Dennis

 

Thanks Dennis.

David told me some months ago he was keeping an eye out for me but he hasn't said anything specifically about Carlisle this weekend.

 

Thank you Ed.

'Priya' I would like to slightly sidetrack your thread for this one post....wanting to get away from talk of posting a photo of you that I can feel you are just not into. But this will be good...I promise. And it goes along with what I quoted from Ed Harrow's post.

The people who have the talent to do work like this is often times something that they had to learn the hard way. Or at least I had to.

Some people stick with it and further hone their skills to a level that is appreciated and seen when the work is completed.

We all have heard about or seen a project that someone stopped due to being tested beyond belief and they just could not do it any more. And in the same breath.....we all have seen projects that someone has taken to completion and are amazing.

What amazes me on this forum is that I chime in on a couple of threads of normal people doing this for the first time and they are still in the battle to complete their project and their vision. Little do they know is how much I really admire them not giving up. Even when it can be so trying and hard to get past some areas of the project...they still stick with it. And what they might not realize...is that these people are a part of a group of people who will be able to say that they did their car.

And I know from experience that when my locomotive leaves the station trying to cross Mt Everest...and I get it up to the highest speed it can get before I begin the climb of MT Everest...I know....the climb will slowly begin to eat away at the momentum..and eventually...the train will almost come to a stop...and as long as I do not allow the wheels of the train to spin..and I keep climbing that mountain... inch by inch. l will get over the top and down the other side.

So those of you that are doing just that.,.,.,gaining inch by inch....trust me...you will get your train to pull it the station. And when your project is finally done And you are out there sitting in a chair looking at your creation/vision.....feel proud ....because I will feel proud with you that YOU did it.

And then years later...when someone wants to do what you did....,you can help them out and hopeful they will understand that all you are trying to do is to help them with their project and make their creation/vision a reality.

DUB

 

Thanks Dub!

 

Well put DUB.

Good fortune as you carry on Priya.....

 

Thanks Dennis

 

holy crap! i just red through the 50 pages of this thread. your work is amazing, regardless of all the setbacks, miss steps and miss calculations along the way. im impressed on your ability, determination and persistence! good luck in finishing, hopefully it will be sooner than later!

Sunny

 

Thanks Sunny!

 

So, I've finished up (hopefully) thickening the insides of the 79's quarter panels so I can shave down the outside of the 79's quarters to lower its mid quarter panel horizontal character lines to match those on the ACI 70-73 rear and to blend (mostly the passenger side) upper quarter to the upper quarter on the ACI 70-73 rear clip. My shoulder is bothering me since I did that so hopefully I'll start that tomorrow.

The top of the factory quarter panel at the bonding seam bulges outwards more on the 79 (green arrows in the pictures below) than it does on the ACI-70-73 rear clip. As I'll need to shave down the outside of the 79's upper quarters at that point I sanded away as much of the bonding strip on the inside of the quarters as I could and added enough mat and resin there so I won't sand through the outside surface before I get a nice blend to the ACI rear clip.

Driver's side before:


Driver's side after:


Passenger side before:


Passenger side after:


The match on the passenger side quarter isn't as close as the driver's side so there's quite a bit more mat and resin on the inside of that quarter than the driver's side.

If I've added enough thickness to the insides of the 79's quarter panels in theory I've done all the laminating that I need to now other than a small area on the driver's door. I might have enough in the gallon of resin I'm currently using to finish that. If so I'll have wasted $250 on a gallon of resin and hardener I won't need.

 

It looks stout. It's better to have applied too much on the inside, than NOT enough.......don't ask how I know......

A spare gallon left? Why......that's enough to do the chrome bumper conversion on the front at a later date!

Keep up the good work.

 

Yep, her work is anyways stunning and a source of inspiration for me,

Oops, gotta get back getting ready for irma to visit

 

Thanks Doorgunner. I'm planning on using an aftermarket 68/69 front clip so as far as I know there will be no fiberglassing to be done on it.

 

Thanks Bats.

I'm thinking good thoughts for you this weekend.

 

All of what has been done looks really nice. You should feel pretty pleased about the progress. Carry on...................................... .................

RVZIO

 

Thanks RVZIO!

 

SUPER DUPER NICE JOB!!!!! I can do nothing but stand up and applaud it.

DUB

 

Very nice work, now I need to push some buttons on my roll down shutters to keep this Irma chick out. You be safe bats and you other Florida guys

 

Thanks guys!

 

So jealous. You're moving in the direction I'm looking to go. Glad you're forging the path but equally wishing I could catch up to you. Looking forward to seeing the progress bit by bit.