Ok, the garage/booger thing is going to work. It was 17* out this morning so I didn’t get a lot done on the cleaning up of the garage, but I did figure out where to put everything!
Sometimes I’m a little slower than others. So, I pull booger out of storage, right? Where should I put all of the extra bs in the garage right now? DUH-UHR! In the storage unit where booger is currently comfortably sitting. Sometimes the brain synapses don’t fire off like they should.
Since I’m bound to be playing with booger again, I got to thinking about the 315’s and the IRS again.
I’m really thinking I’m going to do the outward wheel tubbing. I’ve been studying pictures of the Maier flares a lot. I really like their looks.
Thing is, I’m not sure how I’ll shape it. The flares will be done out of metal, mostly the original skin. Do I want to have the convex look of the maier flares? Or more of a concave look that’ll blend in more smoothly as the quarters reach the doors and rear bumper?
So, probably a modified version with concave and convex curves. I know I want to keep the main body line where the pinstripes are. I’ll need to decide where to remove the quarter outer panel.
I’ll have to add two inches in the tub, this is probably the easiest part of the whole thing.
I want to keep the quarter and rocker separate and still extend the rocker where it meets up to the wheel well area and form it into the stock dimensions along with the quarter.
I can’t wait to get started on this mod. The trick will be to duplicate the right and left sides.
So then, I’ll get the right side chassis support welded in first, then I’ll dive into the quarters.
Here’s a couple pictures of maier flares and booger’s right quarter just to freshen up you guy’s memories.
This is a three inch flare, larger than the two I want, also larger than the 1.5” ones above. The area above the body line is what I’m focusing on in this picture.
I want the tubbing to blend in nicely into the sail panel and also be smooth into the door.
Also I wat the fuel door to be functional.