Outlaw Anglia & SOS Pop - Fixing the mess!!!

[street]

Fantastic work sir! Bieng inspired and learning loads from this thread. Nice one for taking pics of everything as you go too

[stealthstylz]

street said:

Nice one for taking pics of everything as you go too

Thats why its taken him 17 years street would have taken him 5 without pics ;D

Matt

[blackpopracing]

How's your 100e coming on Matt, that build is none too quick either,

[bstardchild]

17 years - sheesh must have been bloomin frustrating at times

Great thread, write up and thanks for sharing

[stealthstylz]

Ah you got me there its errr.... rolling lol been at uni a couple of years so not really done owt to it. Was only jesting I know you've practically had to build the car twice when you found out the state of the chassis, and even if it took 25 years it'd still be worth it cos its gonna look fooooooookin awesome.

Matt

[phire]

Amazing, Nothing else to say uther than stunning work m8, cant wait to see more

[blackpopracing]

No worries matt, it was taken in jest, as was my reply

17 years so far!! (about 7 years of actual work though) time, experience & money has helped it now be almost finished, next one will be quicker, cheaper and easier.

Should be completed some time next year.

[blackpopracing]

Tonights episode is a bit earlier than scheduled

Back to the flip front, which did not fit that well (for me anyway),
To get it to line up with the body better required some major surgery,



And all glassed back on the inside prior to grinding out the outside and glassing that over too.



Passenger side required the same treatment,



The swage line did not line up on th drivers side either, so it was ground off and a new one built up in glass again,



And smoothed off with a quick coat of primer,



As the weather was nice at the time I got sidetracked and painted a load of parts,



Now back to the big bit!

Trial fitted after cutting loads away,



And it dident fit, so a lot more cutting was needed,



Some major slicing of the front end later saw it at this stage, clamped to a plank of wood to keep it flat & level,



and with the first few layers set, it was turned over for proper glassing up.



Front is now ground away for the glass to be added on this side,



And rolled out in the garden just so I can sit and stare at it thinking WOW! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



I made some reinforcing angles in glass, and bonded these to the bonnet lower side to support the scoop better, special weights were needed to hold these down ;D



four skims of filler saw it at this stage, but its not right yet,



tune in tomorrow for more

[Anglia68]

You sir are a metal working,glass fibering God.

I think you need to do a detailed master class in both subjects posted in a Master Class section that as yet doesn't exist. ;D

[blackpopracing]

Thanks mate, cant claim to all the work, as my mate Wayne ~ www.oddrods.co.uk , did the chassis/suspension mods and the chrome moly tube welding for me.

[cliffb75]

Fantastic work going on here.

Really interested to see it coming together as I'm just getting to the bodywork stage with mine, and its nice to see how someone else has successfully managed to build / modify fibreglass bits and bobs. Very very useful.

Thanks for posting so many great pics

[blackpopracing]

Thanks Cliff,
Your Minor is pretty stunning too.
Glass is pretty easy stuff to play with as long as you get professional gear, not the curse word from Halfords.
Would have updated tonight, but have been too busy in the garage, will add more tomorrow.

[cliffb75]

Nice of you to say so.

Do you have a recommended supplier for your 'glass stuff?

Also any hints or tips you want to share - for example, I'm worried that when I relocate the arches I'll end up with a stress line that will induce a crack later. Ho do I go about making sure this doesn't happen without adding 1/2" of glass to the back of the panel?

Any unseful info like this would be much appriciated

[kram]

Come on Mark get it done then i can give you ago at the Outlaws doo next year...............lots of nice touches in the build Mark

[blackpopracing]

Cliff I use CFS fibreglass, www.cfsnet.co.uk/

With glass work, start by drawing out what you want to remove, and marking some index points for reference after cutting out the arches. If you are moving forewards/backwards, then mark a centreline through the arch as it is, with a spirit level (vertical) then mark how far you want to move the arch over, you just need to match the lines then.

Grind the glass down on both bits of panel with a grinder & flap disc, (wear a mask!!!) start with the rear first, grind about half way through the panel thickness for about 1-1.5" on either piece (or as much as you can if its a wheel arch lip) you can clip the pieces together with steel strips & cleco pins, bent to get the parts lined up.

Then just lay up some glass over the join, start with narrow strips, each strip wider than the last to feather it back to the ground edge. 3-5 layers is sufficient. Use the ally ribbed roller available from CFS, this compresses the glass layers and removes air bubbles, makes it a lot stronger.

When this has set hard, (24-48 hours) you can remove the Cleco pins, & countersink either side of the holes that are left.
Then grind out the front of the panel in the same way and glass strips in as before. Take care to try not to glass above the level of the wing, though this can be rubbed down later.

Once its set, grind off any high spots on both sides, add filler (Upol smooth 7 ~ NOT Big easy!!!) till it looks nice. Do NOT wet sand!! dry sand only. (this applies to ALL bodywork for anyone reading ~ wet sanding only puts rust back in the panel or moisture in the glass, which will cause paint problems later).

Paint asap with Epoxy primer, as this adheres well to glass, and is totally waterproof.

[blackpopracing]

Quick update as I gotta go out.

Another layer of filler saw it at this stage,



and 9 layers saw it finally to my liking ;D



As weather was good, I got a quick coat of primer on the roof panel as well, (built at work )



Next job was trimming back the rear of the wing for a landing panel and also to clear the lower door hinges, I made a cast and carefully trimmed the wing off from it, leaving a small section bonded to the cast.



Passenger side did not fit so well, so wing had to be extended (Cliff you can see how its ground back here)



Drivers side basically finished, now needs tidying and the Dzus fastener fitted.



More soon

[ahdammit]

Fantastic work.

[stealthstylz]

This is gonna sound silly but what sandpaper do you use for bodywork mark? Not just grade I mean is there a manufacturer who makes stuff that doesnt clog as easy?

Matt

[blackpopracing]

Matt,
So far I have only used the stuff from my local motor factors, but its pretty good, called Indasa Rhynalox plus, its white and listed as dry-sand paper. (as against wet).
When I do the body proper next month, I will be looking at the Klingspor paper, which is meant to be the best.

[blackpopracing]

Are we sitting confortably,

The extended wing end is now glassed and filled prior to adding the landing panel and trimming back,



All filled and Dzus fastener fitted, just needs some paint,



The flange on the arch edge was badly laid up (gelcoat lifting off base) so it had to be ground off, and built up with some new flowcoat, then some filler to get the correct profile,



Front is 90% done here, fully primed, just needs the edges gapping which will be done when the body gets prepped.



On to some of the smaller jobs next, I got some stainless bends and welded up this 'S' shape to get the bottom hose to line up,



And I was not happy with the dash design that I had done, so had a bit of a rethink to get the guages more central,



then cut the whole lot out and added threaded inserts around the edge,



So the new ally insert can bolt in,



Next was the rear wings, all the circles are areas that need attention,



And the dreaded gel coat cracks! these are all ground out and will be filled with new flowcoat, Dremels are good for this,



More soon