Progress Thread A new FB conversion for bbettto

horse sence

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Passenger rear floor patch is done ,now it is just the two front floor patches

 

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Back on its wheels . Two front floors ,some interior brackets and the body is done . Started on a few fiberglass pieces this morning

 

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Wow another one almost done!
Bbettto you will have a solid car!
Very nicely done as always

Looking forward to the fiberglass!

 

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Dec 18, 2023

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Made a set of side scoops ,waiting on some black to make the interior pieces. Black is on back order so i may have to make them in grey

 

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Dec 18, 2023

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horse sence said:

Made a set of side scoops ,waiting on some black to make the interior pieces. Black is on back order so i may have to make them in grey

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All I know about making these is what I recall from y our other posts so... Question:

Is this the result of a multi-component mix? If so, is there some kind of dye that can put into the mix?

I guess these are questions about the materials.

 

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Yep ,yep ,and yep! mold release sprayed into the mold , white gel coat sprayed next ,gel coat sets up ,fiber strand mat placed in the mold a wet down with ISO resin catalyzed ,i use a red die in the resin because it shows any air bubbles that need to be rolled out

 

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Gel coat can be purchased in almost any color including clear

 

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Dec 19, 2023

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Two coats of mold release and the interior pieces are ready for gel coat

 

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Gel coat sprayed and soon as it sets i can start the lay up . Even though they are going to be black they still should be painted

 

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Just finished ,2 layers of 2 oz mat .
Its not so pretty right now but wait until it gets trimmed .

 

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Fiber glass is always such an unholy mess.
But you make it look easy

Doing a hood too? I know one is on the car but you made side scoops so...

 

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2Blue2 said:

Fiber glass is always such an unholy mess.
But you make it look easy

Doing a hood too? I know one is on the car but you made side scoops so...

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Just interior and scoops ,my mold for the 350 type hood finally gave up ,it is over 30 years old and made around 300 hoods

 

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The first panel is out of the mold ,needs to be trimmed and the the brackets and light cone has to be bonded in

 

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The piece under the back window fresh out of the mold ,mold release freshly rinced off .waiting for a trim .

 

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The last pieces are out of the molds ,probably be tomorrow before they get trimmed ,i have a few things to catch up on today.

 

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I got my other work finished early so i went ahead and trimmed out the panels ,i glued up the seat side panel mounting bracket and the light cones . They are a bit dusty right now but steak and peppers is ready and i am hungry so i will just have to clean them tomorrow ,the adhesive needs to dry any way !

 

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Dec 21, 2023

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Interior pieces all finished

 

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Dec 21, 2023

#118

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One of these days it's going to happen...


Me: Meh... No biggie. I know a guy that can knock a set of those off in 2 days.

 

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Dec 22, 2023

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All the brackets in place ,the panels are a perfect fit and there is not one screw holding them in place!

 

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Passenger side fits just as nice .

 

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