Contemporary Cobra frame drawings

[carmine]

Eljaro
I have yet to see fibreglass repair that hasn't shown its joint repair work.
Over period of about one year the repaired fibreglass tends to expand and contract different than the original fibreglass and the repair joint will show up like a scar under the shiny paint work.

[joyridin']

Originally Posted by carmine

Eljaro
I have yet to see fibreglass repair that hasn't shown its joint repair work.
Over period of about one year the repaired fibreglass tends to expand and contract different than the original fibreglass and the repair joint will show up like a scar under the shiny paint work.

Will this go away of you wait a year before you paint to let it heat cycle a bit?

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by carmine

Eljaro
I have yet to see fibreglass repair that hasn't shown its joint repair work.
Over period of about one year the repaired fibreglass tends to expand and contract different than the original fibreglass and the repair joint will show up like a scar under the shiny paint work.

I've done rear clip, front clip, and side panel replacements and partial replacements when I had my shop without ever an issue down the road (some older than 10 years now) with repair shrinkage. I've always used a 3M marine grade resin and adhesive compound when working on Cobras (FFR, SPF, Contemporary, Unique, and A&C).


Bill S.

[DanEC]

Fiberglass can be repaired just fine without showing through the paint over time. If it couldn't you wouldn't see a 53 - 82 Corvette that didn't look like crap because almost all of them have been banged up and repaired over time. It just takes doing the repairs properly, using resins that are compatible with the original resins and fiberglass mat and not cloth. Plastic filler is not a proper body "repair" material although it's just fine for panel smoothing. I restored a 66 Corvette 25 years ago and did all the body work including replacing a rear quarter panel and glassing in all the original body seams - The front clip had been replace earlier. Even with lacquer paint I sprayed on it you can't find a repair anywhere on the surface 25 years later.

[krausewich]

I don't have a direct answer for frame resto info, but Mark Smith would know what assets FFR walked away with from Burtis. Maybe an email to him at Smyth Motors could turn up a definitive answer. The only other source that may pan out is if you can get ahold of Don Borders. He was the last known 'to me' producer of anything Contemporary, then I believe he teamed up with Coddington a long time back. Hope any of it helps.

Mike.