1967 Covin Nein12

[nomad]

Impressive amount of work going into this to get the details right. Much respect!
I knew it was a major task to get some fiberglass cars up to scratch but didn't know what was required, this build helps a lot (* and confirms that I wouldn't have the patience to put together a tidy f/g motor )

Love the front indicator setup, suits the period look nicely.
A neighbour had a 911SC many years ago and I loved the shape and details.

As you were...

[Vintage75]

If everyone that built a kit car payed as much attention to detail as you have with this build, a kit car would be far more appealing second hand buy for most people!
There are to many badly built kits out here that have not had any thought to fit and Finnish!

This looks like it's going to be a great car when finished, keep up the great work!

[RetroWarwicK]

A small bracket fabbed in grp to hold the bonnet catch. the new bonnet is longer so the slam panel needs to be extended slightly. The mold is a some scrap steel bent to 90 degrees then some card & packing tape for the sides.

[RetroWarwicK]

Stage 2 of the passenger wing mods...

[RetroWarwicK]

[adam73bgt]

Top work! I can only imagine the amount of patience it must have taken to get those panel gaps sorted out and looking good

[RetroWarwicK]

The bumper is only temporarily clipped into place for a mojo boost, but all the gaps do seem to be behaving. The bumper is only a flimsy skin, so will need to add a few layers if matting and bond in a metal frame, so it can be attached to the car.

[Anglia68]

Very impressive work.

[bstardchild]

Thank you - found this thread as a result of a nomination and this evening I've done all 14 pages - very impressive

[nel5on]

I've watched this thread since it started...great work, you will be rewarded with fantastic retro ride.

[Mark]

You make it look easy but we all know it isn't.

[RetroWarwicK]

Last update of 2014 so i'll see you guys on the other side....

Reshaping the passenger side sill to allow the wing to sit flush. Also expoxied a new shelf into which will allow a bracket to keep the wing bolted down.

Some grp flat sections glued into place to mount the horn grill and indicator unit

First stage of laying up extra matting to beef up the bumper skin. Gotta do it a little at a time to keep the heat down to avoid warping

[qwerty]

Excellent work as always! Had you done much work with Fibreglass before this project?

[RetroWarwicK]

No, nothing before this project. its really easy. hardest bit to work out is what type and weight of matting to use, then just knowing how much resin to hardener to mix for the amount of matting you plan to use. after a while you "just know" how much to use without measuring. TBH it doesn't have to be exact.

i buy cheap plastic pint glasses from the pound shops to mix the resin, use wooden stirrers you get in costa coffee (other brands will do) and buy quarter inch disposable brushes in bulk. its actually cheaper to use once then bin the lot than clean up with acetone.

So last night, a 100cm x 10cm strip of the main bumper section was beefed up - one layer of 300g matting, one layer of woven roving then another layer of 300g matting. laid up one at a time with resin. stipple down with the brush to push the air bubbles and force the matting to "drink" the resin. used about 1 pints worth of resin and about half a shot of hardener. you adjust the amiount of hardener up or down depending on the temp and how quickly you want it to go off.

[RetroWarwicK]

...oh...nearly forgot...i picked these twin carbs up for £26 yesterday for the rotary engine. Twin HIF38's off a 6 cylinder rover sd1.

[redratbike]

Dec 23, 2014 9:50:54 GMT qwerty said:

Excellent work as always! Had you done much work with Fibreglass before this project?

I was going to ask that question a while back..... But while I'm here I'll ask if there are any updates...........please ;-)

[Ian]

I love how you are turning this into a narrow body and something very different with regards to the engine, its going to be a unique creation when you get there. Narrow bodies are pretty timeless, just been reading this which I though you might like

slammedia.net/coffee-and-classics-a-morning-with-canford-classics/

[RetroWarwicK]

xmas was abit slow, had a dose of virally stuff and TBH doing the grp work to get the wing ready to bolt on and ready to accept the indicator lights and horn grill was, well, fecking dull. So no pics.....some pics when the wing gets fitted later this week

Attention has now turned to fitting the bonnet catch - this is the catch fitted to the old covin "impact bumper" bonnet, which i had to wrestle out of its storage (was wdged between the standard 8 chassis and the ruby bodyshell

which fitted straight on the 911 long nose bonnet.....those germans.....so efficient....as its appears the catch mechanism is off a mk1-2 golf


Passenger wing is also ready to be fitted - just wating on some bridging filler to go off.

[yorkebar]

Always exciting to see an update on this, i've always been impressed with peoples fiberglass skills. all i can make is a mess.

[Em]

Just love this project!

There must be something very satisfying in knowing you can do pretty much whatever you want with it without fear of incurring financial ruin through spoiling it's 'Porche-ness', if that makes any sense...

Fantastic work so far, you make fibreglassing look easy (although I'm willing to bet it 'aint)!

Keep at it; it's going to be fabulous when it's done!