Paul Thanks for the very comprehensive lesson in all things 50's style race cars there's some great looking cars. I have a good idea of the marque i would like but at the end of the day i think the cars style will attract the attention rather than which marque it is.
Viatron I've already bought the paint and i can tell you it's not blue.
After looking at the best way to tackle the outer sill area i've decided to make a fiberglass trim to extend the body sides down in line with the sub frame box section and to give a straight as possible bottom sill.
I had a length of 40mm plastic pipe and oval conduit which i've used to make a mold from.
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The plastic pipe was covered in brown packing tape then the oval conduit was hot melt glued into position with brown tape applied to prevent the fiber glass from sticking.
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Used four layers of fiber glass laid out on to brown packing tape then positioned the mold.
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Used two filler scrapers to lift the wet fiber glass up along the side.
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Clamped a length of rectangular section up to the mold for good measure.
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The finished trim which will be trimmed to size to suit each sill area. My intentions are to rivet into the sub frame rectangular box section a length of 40mm x 3mm ally plate along the full sill length on top of the fiber glass to create a sandwich effect for added strength. I'll also glass the trim on to the out side of the body and a run of bonding paste between the inside of the body and the sub frame rectangular section, then back fill the interior sill void with expanding foam not forgetting to place the round plastic conduit into the sill void before applying the foam.
Once the foam has cured ill glass over the top to tie in the shell and sub frame for extra security, the fiber glass will be hidden by the ally floor sections i intend to fabricate and fit. So hopefully this will be strong enough to last.
Well that's it for today, see you all soon.
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