Fiberglass Bodywork

[Aussie Mike]

Thanks guys,

That's nice work Peter. Why did you block off the vents? Were they in the wrong spot or wrong shape?

I do plan to reinforce both sides of the new join. I'll have to wait to do the underside when I take the body off again in a couple of weeks. I've got some other repairs to do under there too. I'm moving the reverse light to another spot so need to glass that hole up plus I messed up a bit when drilling one of the holes for my quick jacks.

You read my mind on the boot seal. I've sourced a few different samples of pinchweld seal and ground down the esge of the boot opening so the seal fits over. The edge does need to be tweeked a bit to make it fit nice but it's looking pretty good so far. I'll post up some more details shortly.

Cheers

[PeterAllen]

Originally Posted by Aussie Mike

...Peter. Why did you block off the vents? Were they in the wrong spot or wrong shape?...

A bit of both (see photos). The Datsun is 100mm shorter in the wheelbase than the Ferrari and the vents on the red body did nothing to try and disguise that fact. The different vents on other body are, I feel, better but still could be improved so I recreated them on the red body.

I made a whole new door and the first photo shows the papier mache mock-up I made to see if it looked okay and the new door is in the second photo.