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Old 12-31-2003, 09:45 AM
JL1924 JL1924 is offline
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shell Valley Cobra. Engine is a Ford Racing 302 Crate motor, with Tremec 3550 5 speed trans.
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I have only been at my Shell Valley project for a few months so far, but the fit between the body and tail lights was unacceptable to me also. What I ended up doing was making a template out of 1/2 inch plywood and made it the same size as the back of the tail light housing. I sanded it well and then bolted the 1/2 inch wood duplicate of the tail light to the body in place of the tail light. Then you can use body filler to smooth out the body to the back of the plywood buck. After a couple of cycles of applying filler, letting it dry, removing the buck and sanding, the light begins to look like it grew there. Little time consuming, but not all that difficult.

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