HM2023 Build Thread

[Paul Proefrock]

Moving car from shop to bodyshop, starting the paint finishing process. Took a little longer than planned but she's on her feet now. From the beginning, I believed that details matter. Like having a full wrap around the header pipe outlet, or an accurate firewall/footbox

Paul

ps: don't know why the first thumbnail is upside down.

[FFR428]

Really nice Paul. I like the wrap around. Many kits overlook that to make the body slip on easier. What color are you going with? Stripes? Congrats it's looking great!

[s_reynolds]

Can't wait to see the paint job. Great work as usual.

[Paul Proefrock]

Couple weeks late in posting, but starting to get excited. Found the formula for the paint color - not an easy task as it is a proprietary color.  Saleen LizStick Red

[FFR428]

That's a cool color. Had to look it up. Will be nice for sure.

[Paul Proefrock]

Update: Bodywork finished, car primed, ready to start applying some color. A few more details on my site: https://65shlb.com/time-for-color/

[Bob Worley]

Looks awesome, Paul!  I'd like to see more detail about how you corrected and rolled the front fender edges. that's the one thing about our bodies I think needs some correction.

[Russ Rittimann]

Looks really good Paul!!!  Keep us posted on progress.

Russ

[s_reynolds]

Looking good as usual Paul.

[FFR428]

Very nice Paul. First class job on everything! Hope mine comes out half as nice.

[Paul Proefrock]

. . . like to see more detail about how you corrected and rolled the front fender edges. that's the one thing about our bodies I think needs some correction.

Bobby
I modified my first car, after it was painted since the flares looked so bad. Spent a little more time on this one to get them closer. I rolled the edge all the way around the car except for the side panels where they wrap under the footbox/seat platform. About 24' worth of fiberglass work. Ugh!

This sketch shows it in a very simple form. I had to build up the inner edge and then grind it round so it looks like a sheet of aluminum wrapped around a solid wire filler. The body is about 3/16" thick and I added about 1/8-3/16" then ground it to be round. The hardest part is getting the square inner edge so it doesn't feel like just a blob of fiberglass. Mine feels like the panel actually ends there.

To make it a little simpler, I made some fixtures that bolted to my RotoZip tool so I could route the shape once the fiberglass had hardened.

On my first car, it cost me a couple thousand to touch up the paint but I was very pleased with the results.

Paul

[s_reynolds]

Just another masterful attention to detail.

[Paul Proefrock]

Big day today, we got to see partially completed paint job. Clear applied but hasn't been sanded & polished yet

[Greg K]

Very Nice Paul. Very different from the preview we got last night.

[s_reynolds]

Going to be spectacular!! Getting close to the finish line.