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Old 22nd February 2016, 11:23
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Andy, can you explain how you did the top bonnet louvres?

Are they stainless and glassed in?

I used the engine side panels to make a mould to reproduce the louvre.
for anyone that has not made fibreglass moulds they are very easy providing they are not to intricate.

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step 1,
your part needs to be as clean and smooth a possible find a good release agent and apply over the part. I use a PVA one looks a bit like washing up liquid drys pritty quick. use a form paint brush to get a good smooth Finnish anything you can see now you will see when its finished so do it right no runs.

step2,
your PVA is now dry so cut your fibre glass matting to size so your ready , I used CSM 650g 3 layers will give you around 5mm thick when finished. you can use a surface matting if you need to get into detailed parts.


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now apply a gel coat give it a good covering on top of the pva it dose not need to look good a but try for a even thickness. I find thicker is better if you need to sand it latter you will not cut through the gel coat. but it will chip easy

step4, wait 10 min your gel coat should now be tacky to the touch mix your resin and apply on top of the gel coat first then start to layer matting resin matting it should be almost translucent when you have finished.

step5, your mould will dry to a mat Finnish when its ready to remove the more intricate the mould the harder it will be to release it. make some wooden wedges and work your way around it knock them in around the edge between the joint it will pop. wash off the PVA with clean water and away you go.

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I am no pro at this its mostly been trail and error and utube so feel free to chip in if I am saying something wrong
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Old 22nd February 2016, 11:23
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Always fancied a rod but never had the bottle to buy one - looking forward to see the finished product. Jon Golding is not far up the road from me - every so often I see one of his creations about!
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Old 27th February 2016, 17:28
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bit more work started,I did look at cycle wings but the did not look right with the ruining boards so I came up with this. bit of a blue peter moment some hardboard tin foil flexible tube and gaffa tape.
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the tin foil will stop it sticking so in the morning they will pull off

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should look the part with some trimming and a other days work
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Old 27th February 2016, 18:51
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Excellent thread, thanks for sharing.
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Old 27th February 2016, 19:12
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thanks glad someone is interested
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Quite the innovative method. Love it when someone is not afraid
to try something. Prepare for more sanding than you may have anticipated. May be worthwhile to make quickie light molds for the fenders to get a nice part. Good job!
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thanks glad someone is interested
Andy - Sorry I haven't replied earlier, but I am loving' your work on this build.

It is also good to see it getting a positive reaction over on 'Rods 'n' Sods' too.

Good luck, Paul.
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Hi Andy
Front fenders are looking good.
I saw this and thought of you

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1928-ford-...3D272156884771
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Old 5th March 2016, 09:46
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it may not be everyone's cup of tea but that floats my boat, can you not give me any more ideas I am already in the dog house for going rat look
you could spend a hour looking at the rat spotting all the little tweeks not so with a high polish trailer queen.

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I have just extended the rear fenders to the bottom of the tub now thinking I should cut them back get some rubber showing
my garage is calling me thick with snow going to be a cold one
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100% with you on rat rod look - did you see Hurley's hot rod vw pick up from last year with creosoted wood? Looked the bollocks!

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Old 5th March 2016, 18:14
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100% with you on rat rod look - did you see Hurley's hot rod vw pick up from last year with creosoted wood? Looked the bollocks!

Yeah this is a great rod and local to me
Some of the guys in our buggy group have used his workshop
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I do rather like the Volksrods with the front beam mounted further forward ..loads of examples on the 'net ..chopped saloons , coupes , pickups etc. Very innovative.
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Old 6th March 2016, 19:35
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my first car was a bug, vw dubs get under your skin I have owned two beetles and currently have a splitscreen and a T5. The remaped T5 has to be one of the best drives I have had in a van. I have bolted the same engine in the back of my splitty I will Finnish it one day
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Old 6th March 2016, 19:58
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its been a busy weekend I now have a full pedal box with breaks and steering and a heater getting posh now,lol
I ply lined the inside of the fire wall with 18mm wpb to give it some strength I figured as I will be bolting things to it it made sense to bond it on.
the steering was a pain in the backside to get right but I got there in the end.

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the pedal box and servos are all mx5 it was a squeeze to get them in but I figure when the new gear box is fitted with the adapter plate the engine will move forward 2" that will give me the clearance.

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the servo was originally piped up on the right but I flipped the bracket and re-piped it on the left to give more room and make life easier

the new to me RX8 gearbox and freshly made prop shaft waiting to be fitted
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last job for the day I have glassed the air vents onto the back of the dashboard,the heater unit is Austin mini just happen to have one easy to fit and pipe up makes a change
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Old 3rd April 2016, 21:00
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well I have been beavering away it dose not look like I have done anything but most of the wiring is now back in and the car starts off the key now. I got fed up with things falling through the floor so I made up the the gear box tunnel and boarded over the floor with 18mm ply
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I love this stuff aluminium foil tape self adhesive covers anything and the fibre glass dose not stick to it.
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after a coat of glass
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the day after you can see all I use was a bit of hard board sprung between to battens
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trim and edge and ready for fitting
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gear box is now fitted the dash is bonded in after some serious trimming down the dials were hitting the cross bar at the rear so it all had to be moved up
what a bugger.
other jobs done the wings are now bonded to the rest of the body and the doors have been rehung the correct way around . taking shape slowly
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Old 3rd April 2016, 21:07
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Excellent progress, look forward to seeing it complete.
Bob.
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Why did you not have the suicide doors ? Gary
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Old 4th April 2016, 10:28
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it could have just been that room is tight because the cars in the garage, but with the steering wheel fitted I found it a pain to get in and out. also the door did not hang to well, it has to hang right there's nothing worse. andy
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Its coming along really well, i agree about the doors got to be right,will see you at Stoneleigh,i still haven't done the headlining in the GTO yet running out of time lazy bugger. Gary
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well back on rod so here we go again update time got the gearbox fitted and bought a high torque starter so I would not need to cut too much out of the Mazda box. The plate married the engine to gearbox well but the problem was the p9cyoplates adapter was miles out for the starter and I do mean miles out.
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so I had to grind down the edge of the starter then re-drill the holes to move it by about 15mm good job the plates only mild steel, still took me a full day to work out what was going on but now starts off the key.
spent most of yesterday trying to bleed the mx5 clutch master servo I can not get the air out of it, had a look on the web its a known problem to bleed so I will revisit it when I stop swearing at it.
working on the body today in the sun made some changes to the sills and trimmed the back wheel arches.

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need to look at the bonnet again not happy with the fit so going to cut it up and rework it next job.

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I am off work in a few weeks so hope to have it driving soon, sometimes everything you touch is hard work.
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