phil_far
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 posted on 17/10/04 at 09:48 AM |
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Body work modifications
Hi there,
Has anyone widened his locost body work? Can someone 'walk me' through the steps of his/her conversion?
Any specific manufacture to recommend?
(Any ohotos would be much appreciated)
Cheers
Philip
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chrisg
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| posted on 17/10/04 at 11:50 AM |
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Phil the only mod for a wider car is to the bonnet and nosecone, with a wider ali bonnet it's just a case of making a wider template using the
method
in the book, The nose I made in aluminium which is not the easy option!
With a glassfibre nose you should cut the nose in half exactly in the centre and use strips of ali to space the nose to the correct size, screw them
on to the outside at about 6 inch intervals. Lay up a strip of glassfibre on the inside the ali strips.
Repeat with another layer staggering the overlaps with the first layer.
Remove the ali strips and lay surface tissue on the top side.
Fill and paint
et voila
Cheers
Chris
[Edited on 17/10/04 by chrisg]
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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phil_far
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| posted on 17/10/04 at 01:28 PM |
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Thanks for the information.
Seem to be quite simple then!
Any recommendations for which supplier to choose?
Cheers
Philip
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Simon
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| posted on 17/10/04 at 08:43 PM |
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Phil,
There's a few pics in my archive.
I taped 1/32nd" ply on the outside of the nose to line the entire "hole" then laidup resin and matting from inside. Once cured, I
used body filler on outside.
Rest of bodywork (all f/glass) I made from scratch. See Mr Gusterson's website for blurb on doing that!
ATB
Simon
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phil_far
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| posted on 18/10/04 at 04:24 PM |
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Thanks mate!
Philip
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 18/10/04 at 04:39 PM |
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ive used ally sheet before,fiberglass dosnt stick to it
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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