Brent's RCR GT MKIV Build Log

[tkb289]

Brent,

Great photos and progress ... it's an impressive project and great to see the car evolve and take shape. It looks good as is, but it will be really cool to see it after it's painted!

[Brent Mills]

Originally Posted by tkb289

Brent,

Great photos and progress ... it's an impressive project and great to see the car evolve and take shape. It looks good as is, but it will be really cool to see it after it's painted!

Yeah, I'm getting excited and it'll be just the motivation I need to finish it up.

[HighPlainsDrifter]

Hi,
Well you have been busy, looks like a great project. Enjoy the build as it is a real accomplishment.
Perry.

[ItBites]

Brent, I see you used 6061 for the side spoilers. May I recommend 5052 (or 2024, but it suffers from SCC) instead of 6061 for forming, particularly where sharp corners are required. 6061 has a tendency to crack when folded 90 degrees, where 5052 is specifically used for folded sheetmetal. I do see you folded the flange (to go against the body) and I assume you managed to keep it from cracking, so maybe not an issue for you. I always use 5052 when fabbing folding brackets, etc...

Nice work by the way. It will be a great car.

[Brent Mills]

Well, it may not seem like much in the next few pictures, but it sure was a lot of work. Let me start by saying that for a project like this, an air rivet gun made my life a LOT easier than it could would have been by hand!

I needed to make the ends of the chasis on the inside of the wells look close to original. Required some time and effort to be sure and the pictures really don't do well to show all of the work as the tires were in the way and the flash casts shadows, but it is what it is....

Front setup:



Back:



Added appropriate rivets down the side...A lot of work to make it look pretty ok.



Added Dzus fastener for the fuel cover (front body panel not latched so that's why the gaps don't look quite right...though I do still have a little work to do there):