| Re: Rcr 40-31
Couple of projects going on lately:
I wanted to do something a little more specific for my seat to get as much headroom as I could with the cage and helmet plus I wanted it molded to me. I had tried a number of different ways to accomplish this (off the top of my head, I can think of 3 times I had tried already). This time I was going to win!
The synopsis: I fabbed up a tube frame for the seat, stuck it in a big bag, placed it in the car, poured some 2 part foam in the bag and sat my butt in it. The foam formed to my backside inside its bag and enveloped the steel frame as it expanded. I have tabs on it to be able to bolt the seat to the chassis.
After the foam cured (only about 5 min, and it got WARM while it set up), I glassed it with a layer of cloth. I am still undecided about how to actually finish it but I am pretty stoked with how this one came out. I think once I have a good thick layer of glass on it, I'll send it to an upholstery shop and get it done nicely.
The other project stemmed from my work on the rear flares. Now that I had the rear fenderwells nice and tightly trimmed to the tires, it made me focus on the fronts. Everyone knows that these cars have all lived "interesting" lives and they were made a long time ago. End result? The mother car's race history and repairs coupled with a generation of mould making and my mounting job gave me a car with the left front wheelwell being about 1.2" lower than the right.
After tackling the rear flares, realizing I screwed up and then doing the one over, I decided that since I had put THAT much effort into it I would make the front match as well.
So in another moment of "What am I thinking???" the sawsall came out and sliced through some VERY thoroughly thought out cut lines. In the end I only made one slice a little too wide and everything went pretty well. I had spent a bit of time in the garage lately just staring at the clip and thinking about how I was going to cut it. I was also thinking about why I wanted to cut into a perfectly good clip, but in the end I guess my obsessiveness won out. If you compare the first shot of the wheelwell with the last one, it's clear as to how drastic the change is. It's looking a LOT better!
So yep, I've been busy. I (obviously) still have a lot of work to do to get it back to where it was but I am very glad I took the time to do it. My goal is to be in paint by the end of the year. We'll see what happens...
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I did! |