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« Last post by Jeff K on February 11, 2024, 04:46:07 PM »
Not much activity on the forum lately including from myself.
Here’s what I’ve been doing lately.
I sent some time doing more bodywork. Not much fun and I’m not great at it. Getting the sides straight took a lot of effort. I’m not sure why some of the bodies require more bodywork than others.
I ended up moving the cockpit vent hose inlets to the radiator area. I figured it would simplify the hose routing. I originally planned to attach the hoses to the brake vent openings at the front of the body. I bought some vent openings on Amazon which worked well enough.
I was a little greedy when I originally enlarged the rear wheel well seat cutouts. The driver side tire rubbed some. I ended up adding more fiberglass on the inside which allowed me to grind away some on the outside for tire clearance. This wouldn’t affect the seat placement.
Lately I’d been thinking of just priming the body for now and then assembling the car, getting it registered and then getting it on the road. That would allow me to work out any bugs and have some fun driving it this summer before worrying about paint. Also the registration process in California is very involved which will take some time.
To that end, I ended up priming the body using Eastwood’s roll on epoxy primer. My wife, and probably the neighbors, really dislikes when I spray primer in the driveway so I decided to try the roll on primer. A local body shop wanted $900 to spray the primer. The roll on method worked pretty well especially if you’re just using it for bodywork. If it’s going to use it as a temporary finish like I am, it’s not great. I’ll probably end up giving it a light sanding with some 240 grit sandpaper to even out the texture.
When Kamal gave me a ride in his cobra, HM-2040, I burnt my ankle pretty good on the side pipes getting out of the car. I didn’t want that to happen with my car to myself, my wife or anyone one else so I bought some side pipe heat shields from Iconic Parts. They’re the ones used on Backdraft cobras. I’ll likely paint them black to match the side pipes.
Hopefully in a couple weeks I’ll have it assembled and have started the registration process.
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