cleaning up the mess

frank beuker · 02-02-06, 04:44 PM

cleaning up the mess from the pre owner
they cut off the body
first photo
rearbody in place
notice the gap

frank beuker · 02-02-06, 04:45 PM

second one
started on extending with alluminium as a mold

frank beuker · 02-02-06, 04:47 PM

and the side
still one side to go
but that's for tommorow

shelby · 02-03-06, 05:08 PM

Hi Frank,i presume you are adding fibreglass to the rear clip to centre the rear wheel.Looking at your rear clip it looks the same as others.Are you sure its not the centre clip and front that are wrong.Only a thought could be wrong,
all the best,Kevin.

David Morton · 02-03-06, 05:19 PM

Frank - there is something seriously wrong with the body line up.
I would stop and try and work out where things are going wrong before , possibly, you ruin a rear clip and add to the expense.Even if it means taking the body off completely and starting over again, it has to be cheaper than what you are planning.

Ian Anderson · 02-04-06, 03:30 AM

Frank

Looking at the sill to rear clip line (near the rear wheel) this does not loook correct s they do not line up either.

Could it be that the hinge mounting points for the rear clip are too far back and need adjusting forward?

What other reference points are there?
Perhaps if you post measurements of "front of clip to rear of window opening" this could be confirmed / rejected by an owner of a similar brand

Perhaps also measurement of rear of spider to axle center - it could be that your engine and box / drive units are too far rearwards.

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Ian

frank beuker · 02-04-06, 04:24 AM

Morning
i've measured the lenght of the side sill's from gerard's gtd
and measured it back on my car
the preowner did cut off the edge of the back(corner)
the lengthening of the back is at the left 2,5cm and right 1,3cm
they did cut it of in an angle
if i want to move the spider and fronthood backwards i need to chance the front see picture

frank beuker · 02-04-06, 04:28 AM

here it is

frank beuker · 02-04-06, 04:38 AM

the measurement of the backwindow to trhe spider is now about 10,5 cm
the first picture of the gap is not right after the last measurements from the gtd the gap is smaller

frank beuker · 02-10-06, 03:14 PM

took off the allu and see the result
still needs work but first the fasteners

frank beuker · 02-10-06, 03:16 PM

from the side

Mark Worthington · 02-10-06, 03:46 PM

That's the beautiful thing about working on these cars...even if you really screw something up, you can usually make it right again. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Looks good, Frank.

frank beuker · 02-10-06, 03:53 PM

thank's i'm a bit proud myself
the thing is i did'nt screw it up myself only fixing one of many things
see my other posting's