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Old 11-06-05, 12:53 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Re: Sabre #16 gets an engine

Hey Louis,

From what I can tell the Sabre body ranges from ok to good. Each piece by its self it good but will take a lot of work to get the fit and finish to match. It is not quite as good as the major cars on the market. The biggest draw back (imho, might just be me) is the glass is too thin/light. opening either the front or back from one side there is too much body flex. I am afraid that after paint this much flex will cause cracks. I plan to reinforce both pieces and lay up more glass around all the edges to add strength. The wheel wells and other support pieces are also to light but i am not as worried about these as I plan to spray truck bed liner in these areas, I did this on my Cobra and it adds a lot of protection.

It looks like luis has done quite a bit of body work already so he may have had some of the same concerns I had an addressed them already.

Hope this helps. Shoot me an email or pm if you want to talk and I will get you my contact info. Also if you are going to be in the Dallas area and want to take a look at mine you are more than welcome to come by.
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