The making of a 427 Narrow Hip Cobra starts now!!

[Metal-morphous]

Now that the quarters have had time to out gas and the chassis is back at Eddies ,its time to re-enforce the back side with 4 more layers of fiberglass
ERA inpregnates a core mat material to strengthen the inner fenders and help prevent damage due to rocks being picked up by the tires, nice feature !
I like to use the same fiberglass material as used by the manufacturers, by doing so the repairs or modification are indistinguishable from the original body.
Now it's time to re-gelcoat the intire body... Getting closer :-)

[Metal-morphous]

While we are getting the body ready for paint Eddie is getting the chassis ready for a glass smooth paint job including sanding and filling,no powder coating here!!

[1795]

Impressive, will be one hell of a car when it is completed. Did you have to wait for good weather to be able to move outside, or did it time out right?

[Metal-morphous]

While we have been busy getting the body ready Eddie has been busy getting his chassis ready. He's working on the suspension parts and has added some more DNA from his ERA 148, he's painting some of the parts with the same paint from the same gallon that he used on 148 some 30 years ago, and yes Imron will last that long and much longer as long as you don't add the activator hence the name ACTIVATOR :-)

[super]

... found this thread by searching for sunbursts ...

up to now, you've done a perfect job - congratulations!

This is real craftsmanship.


PS: I mailed a PM - probably you can help me.


Werner

[Metal-morphous]

This ERA narrow hip is just about ready for its show paint job but first we are pulling molds from Eddies quarter panels, I figure since we have to do this to another ERA very soon we will be ready with our own fabricated fiberglass panel that's a perfect fit.

We covered Eddies quarters with 2 layers of static cling plastic and lots of tape to protect his body from the fiberglass product that will be use to make the inner shell of our mold.

A thin layer of fiberglass is applied and left to cure overnight.
The mold is worked loose from the body and as planned the static cling released without a mark to Eddies cobra,,,,:-)

We will do the same to the right quarter then apply a high streath foam to the outer shell to make it strong.

[jolsen42]

Randle, may I call you Randle? Absolutely incredible! You're a very talented man. Did I ever tell you that you are a very talented man

John O

[Metal-morphous]

Since it's raining in Ct. today my son in law talked me into working on the narrow hip. So we finished the first of our 3 step polishing process.
This is only a course cut, wait till you see the depth on the finial run