Bobs GTD

[Andy Green]

Hi Bob,
fantastic attention to detail, keep up the good work. I like you revised rear clam mount, much neater than having a cross-bar visible from the rear of the car

Regards
Andy

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Just a few pics on the latch mountings that I made, there 304 stainless put on with 3M adhesive made for panel bonding ( good stuff) this weekends job is to glass them in and make them look pretty.
Bob

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Got the inside glass work done on the latches, and started the body work, now the fun begins.
Bob

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Well I finished the door catches on the interior ( stainless steel) and lined up the doors so I can now start the body work to that area, I also finished the body latch work.
See Ya ,
Bob

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Got going on the front bonet and found lots of spider web cracks, that was a lot of work, but as you can see I have a lot of help, the only problem is they have to be right in the middle of what I'm doing and they are going to be harder to clean up than the car.
Got to go!
Bob

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Well today' s topic is how to build a steering column, my column came to me with no blinker and horn setup so here is my answer on how to solve that problem build one. I took a column from an old mustang bought an adapter and and a quick release adapter, a little field engineering and a couple of hours on the lathe and there it is my home made steering column. Now its back to body work.
See Ya,
Bob

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Today's project was the third brake light (LED}, A while back I purchased a box lot of LED lights on EBay, well I finally went through them and found a 12" long brake light and said I have got to incorporate this into my build. Well this weekend was fab time for that, and the pics are here. I made a stainless housing and cover with a clear plastic lens cover. The pictures do not do it justice, man that thing is bright, and it is also a running light to.
See Ya,
Bob

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Well the body work continues, but I did one thing that I think is a good idea for anyone to do on there build, on the rear bonnet the upper edge is very week so I cut out a cardboard template and then covered it with 3 layers of glass, What a difference that made on the rear bonnet, now it's solid and added only minimal weight to the piece.
See ya Later,
Bob

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Well it's been to long seance I,ve posted any progress on the car. I got my front and rear locating pin set up finished all made out of 304 stainless, also got the remaining pcs of the hartwell latches done, and the body work goes on. there should be a lot of pictures soon but for now here are a few
Later,
Bob

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Well the body work is finally come to an end so I started to fit my door handles, the machined handle is fine but the rest of the set up is a bunch of crap! So with that in mind I spent the whole weekend building new ones.
I used the machined alum. part than made housings for them that are self contained and just bolt into the body, like a production car would have. this works much better and looks great to, at least in my opinion. It will also be much easier to just slide them in after painting rather than fighting with that old crap.
Well got to go see ya later,
Bob

PS Andy thanks for the good words

 

[Jack]

Bob, AWSOME work! Keep it up!!!
Thanks for the pic's.

 

[Dave P]

Bob Nice job on the door handles.

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Hi All,
Well the 40 is finally one color again, and it kinda looks good in black, even if it is only epoxy primer. That does however mean that I still have a lot of work to do. Oh by the way I bought a new HVLP gun, does that Rock!!! very little over spray and lays down a nice coat.
Well got to go see ya soon,
Bob

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Ha All,
Well the sanding is finally finished, with any luck I should be painting it in the next week or so, and yes winston was a big help.
Bob

 

[Simon]

Looking good Bob. What colour are you going for?
Simon

 

[Dalton Veitch]

I think it looks great in the black.
Dalton

 

[Randy V]

Great job on the door handles - they're the bane of my existence lately.. :veryangry:


Any more info on that HVLP? Cost?

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Ha All,
Simon it's going to be ford chrome yellow with black strips. The HVLP I got from my local paint supplier it's a Devillvus gun at $139 for the two gun kit.
Thanks Guys,
Bob

 

[Bob Stoeger]

Hello Again,
Well it is finally painted, it was a very long weekend and a lot of hours but it"s now painted, check out the pics, thanks goes out to my buddy at Knockout signs who made me up the two ford gt stripes out of paint mask, boy did that save me some time and headaches, also my friend Seth who helped me tape everything off. All said and done it turned out OK.
See ya soon,
Bob

 

[Jack]

That looks super Bob!