HM 1081 NorJak Hurricane

[Fuzzy]

At least we can go kart on occasion.  When I put the roll bars back on, I'll do a video, we shot one last week but forgot to put the sd card in the GoPro, duh......like every thing, doing things twice.   

however, am almost to the point of doing the first body trial soon.  I do have a question for anyone who can help.  The edges of my doors, trunk and  hood are not even.  Meaning, the inner part does not match up with the outer skin.  I have a lot of overhangs and gaps to fill.  What material should I use to do this?  I need types of products, not the brand names as they will not be available here.  Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Everything was completely disassembled to ship, so no idea about door gaps or such, all will be trail and error.

[Dusty]

Sounds as though the panels never got trimmed. I am not sure of this but generally when they are cut to size you will be past the single layers and should be double thickness all the way around. If you need to fill gaps or anything such as that you should use fiberglass and resin first. If you use anything other then fiberglass then you are just filling without giving it any strength. Body filler such as bondo are just that fillers.

[s_reynolds]

Ken, my doors were the same way and I had to do as Dusty mentioned and then sand them smooth to the thickness  of the rest of the door.

Sam

[Fuzzy]

all four pieces, trunk lid, hood, and both doors are off all the way around.  I'm assuming they are cut close to size as Hurricane assembled the car and then took it apart to ship.  Guess that means I have a heap of work to do.  When I get the  edges close to the right size and have filed and sanded, what do you guys suggest I use to fill in holes and little lines to smooth it all up?  A product type is what I am looking for, like a polyester filler, not a brand name?  I guess I'll be doing this until the cows come home...and I don't have any cows.
ken

[Dusty]

Ken, cause of where you are I would be using anything I could get for fill But my guess would be that you can get some fiberglass mat and some decent epoxy resin and you can get close with that. Move on to a lightweight body filler of your choice to get holes filled and smoothing it up. I am so glad we have fixed most of the molds so we don't have that issue anymore!

Dusty

[mandmGuys]

Fuzzy, I remember seeing your car together in Lee's Summit. As best as I recall (and it has been some time) the doors were hung and closed though it did not have the latches installed. I don't think you have much to trim. Now nothing says that there was not a problem and they sent different doors when they shipped it. It's a slow dirty process but not hard.

Mark

[Fuzzy]

I'll post some shots sometime this week, slow and dirty sounds like most of the things I have done on this project Mark.  I'm not an ace body man and this is the first time I will be doing real body work so looking like a long time in the process here.  Resin isn't easy to source, its out there but I haven't found the right place.  Most boat shops here do not carry repair stuff and any builder will not reveal their sources in fear that you are going to be a competitor.    I have a friend who can get resin in 50 gallon drums for me but that is probably a bit more than I need so I buy it in one liter bottles and work with that.  No idea what type of resin it is, but it works, so will continue to use it.  Do you guys use polyester filler or what for pin holes and small scratches?

Most of the books I have only tell about name brands, same with my street rodder magazines but doesn't help much. I'm getting there slow but sure.  Am hoping I will still be driving by the time its finished. 

ken

[Fuzzy]

Roll bars in flat black over grey Rust Stop
Other than carpet the interior is pretty much done.  Just need to add a high/low  beam switch

[Fuzzy]

Got one of my  garage buddies out to help put on the sealing tape.  Response was, "I can do this by myself Dad," and sure enough she did, not sure we needed it there too but its all pretty straight and done well.   Some times we just have to let them give it a try.  Great boast for her confidence.
After doing in front of the dash, she cleaned off the old sponge on the firewall and redid that too.  Way to go Meg !

[mandmGuys]

Fuzzy, that's a great picture. My girls are just waiting to drive mine (they are delusional), they used to be interested in things I did in the garage, It's hard to compete with boys, horses, facebook, pretty much anything else.

Mark

[Dusty]

That is amazing! You tell Meg that if she is ever looking for a job, I could use a good helper that can do things on their own
BTW...Glad you are still working away at it!!!
Mark....why can't they drive it dad??? lol

[Fuzzy]

Hmmm, drive it?       My oldest is 13 and helped me paint our old beater Wannabee Cobra with a in-line six in it.  She wanted me to paint it pink so when she could drive, she could drive it to school.  The deal is, if she can paint it nice on her own she can drive it....of course its a tired out old six, reliable but slow.  The Hurricane, not in her dreams even.....however, Meagan is sensible and hard working, so when she can see over the dash, she's good to go (if she has a license).  She's hell on wheels in a go kart and she's just barely 9.  Maybe start with track days?   Hahaha, my wife would kill me.

Good luck Mark, they come to their senses soon when the boys all go crazy after they see dad's set of wheels and ignore the girls.

[mandmGuys]

"Good luck Mark, they come to their senses soon when the boys all go crazy after they see dad's set of wheels and ignore the girls."

That has worked with some. I have been very deliberate about when I clean my guns with others. Some it does not seem to bother - Those are the one I don't like.  Dad's cleaning guns used to scare the S#@% out of me when I was dating. Maybe because back then when some punk kid disappeared it was not national news.

Mark 

[Bob Worley]

My 3-year old granddaughter was here this past weekend, helping me in the garage for a few brief minutes - for a long as a 3 year old's attention span lasts.  I sat her in the cockpit, where the passenger seat will be some day.

She asked me "Hey GrandBob - when will this car go?"   and I said "hopefully by the time you have your driver's license."

[Fuzzy]

I've told the girls that when it comes to dating, I'm hanging a sawed off shotgun in the entrance way and wearing my "Dads against Daughters Dating T-shirt".  Proudly displayed on the back is the saying, " Shoot the first one, word travels fast"   My eldest isn't  impressed....