Delivery of 2139

[tboneheller]

I like to let all fiberglass parts sit outside in the sun for a few months before any bodywork is performed. This allows the fiberglass to totally cure & keep the fresh body work from looking like "ass" 6 months down the road.

[wolf k]

That is a good idea, this body was out of the mold at ERA in the early months of 2010. Not sure if they let them sit outside though.

[RestoCreations]

I agree-the glass definitely needs some time outside to cure.

Gear Drive ehhh? I hope you like it noisy!

[Jim Holden]

The fiberglass body "normalization" process at ERA is indeed a complex proceedure. Just ask Sammy.

Once the fiberglass shop (accross the road in the barn behind the green house) pops the body out of the mold, it is carried accross the street and left outside the door of the assembly shop, like an orphan child abandoned on the church steps, for an indeterminant period, exposed to the elements of each successive season.

It is only then that is dragged into the assembly shop and flipped on its back like a beached whale for the insertion of the inner panels. RIghted again, it is only then "married" to the chassis. This assumes the straightforward process, which, for any given body can be sidetracked while the frame is off at powdercoat or the welding shop has gotten behind or the shop is taking it's midwinter break, etc. etc. Then the body can end up on the roof of the shop or stashed in the storage trailer.

Jim

[wolf k]

[*13*]

Now that's what I like to see!!!! Yowza!~ Now, go find ya some valve covers!

[NFLDMNBB]

Originally Posted by wolf k

Oh......... so so sweet!

[tkb289]

Originally Posted by Jim Holden

The fiberglass body "normalization" process at ERA is indeed a complex proceedure. Just ask Sammy.

Once the fiberglass shop (accross the road in the barn behind the green house) pops the body out of the mold, it is carried accross the street and left outside the door of the assembly shop, like an orphan child abandoned on the church steps, for an indeterminant period, exposed to the elements of each successive season.

It is only then that is dragged into the assembly shop and flipped on its back like a beached whale for the insertion of the inner panels. RIghted again, it is only then "married" to the chassis. This assumes the straightforward process, which, for any given body can be sidetracked while the frame is off at powdercoat or the welding shop has gotten behind or the shop is taking it's midwinter break, etc. etc. Then the body can end up on the roof of the shop or stashed in the storage trailer.

Jim

Here are a few shots from the ERA 'Rain or Shine' curing process ... from my visit in August 2009 ...

- Tim