Nice to see you back here Mitch. Cheers.
Alright so let's get this thread a little up to speed.
Made some ally hatch hinge covers that my car was missing (used some from a mate's rusted/burnt out shell as a template):
Grabbed some brackets for the factory gas struts:
Much better:
Had some low pressure charge gas struts with nice chrome ends made to suit the fibreglass hatch lid:
Actually sourced another fibreglass hatch lid that was going to be a bit easier to get to fit. Also a *@&%. Asked for parts of the frame and skin to be left separated so that I adhere the two parts myself when clamped in position.
Further ugly repairs to try and get shit to fit better:
Built up various edges on flares, glass guards, hatch lid etc. with fibreglass resin and powdered filler to start getting the panel gaps under control. Fibreglass takes a lot of work in this way.
The rear spoiler was all too long, and the gaps weren't much good.
Cut the ends down and made a new piece to glass in:
Neatened up and cut to length:
Forgot to grab an after photo.
Hatch lock barrel also wasn't in the right position:
Also forgot to grab an after photo.
Took the bodywork about as far as I could on my own, cut it all back for epoxy:
Loosely bolted together to go to its new temporary home the next morning:
Edited by Heath, 10 May 2020 - 12:42 PM.