Fiberglass Work
I have started on the front and rear body clips and doing a lot of fiberglass work. I have found the Dremel Multi Max to be a great tool for removing the fiberglass parts (shown at the top of the photo). It has vibrating saw blades. It cuts a very smooth and thin line and does not chip the fiberglass on either side. It comes with a circular and square tool. The circular is great for cutting a long line; the square can plunge straight through and can be used to cut a bit of a curve if you tilt it. It also has sandpaper attachments.
The round Dremel sander is great for finishing out the round corners. A pneumatic rotary sander removes thick fiberglass quickly and I sometimes use the pneumatic saw but it chips the fiberglass so you have to cut wide and go back in to finish the surface with a sander.
My fiberglass thankfully has a thin line molded into the surface to show where to cut. It is basically not visible and certainly not when you are trying to cut along it. I trace over the line with a Sharpie and then use a cloth with a small amount of Acetone and lightly rub over the sharpie mark. This removes most of the Sharpie mark and puts the color into the molded lines.
I have almost finished all of the fiberglass work on the rear body section. The front is next.
Incidentally, I now have the car at ride height and I am using my roll-around saw horses for the bodywork since I do my fiberglass work outside. They have been extremely useful for both the chassis and bodywork.
License Plate
I wanted to put the license plate in the normal place where the British plate goes, but the indentation for that is long and thin which would make a USA plate drop too far down into the exhaust opening. I cut a thin (1/8" using the Multi Max) opening in the top of the license indentation so the plate would insert into the bodywork and give me some more space in the exhaust cutout. I secured the license plate with a thin bar having two rivet nuts. This rivet nut bar will be attached to the bodywork with adhesive so I can just screw on the license plates from now on.
I wonder who besides Scott will recognize the license number... This is an old license plate, my new one reads 66GT40.
I found a LED light bar and drilled holes in the bodywork so I could mount the light bar on the inside and illuminate the license. I think this will be the cleanest way to mount a license in the USA.
-Bob Woods
