Primed and in the sun

Nice FAT rubber. 225/50's

I've got 1/2" spacers on the rear and about 1/4" between the fender and the tire.

from the top

Today.

Let do the left side, shall we...
Mark out the cut line.

Grind/sand away the bondo...I mean paint so to get a good bond with the glass.

Looking to the front.

Fitting in the glass mat strips. you can see them laying on top.

Here it is with the glass bonded over the flare and the fender.

Out baking it the sunshine.This must have been between the hurricanes.
BTW, that's my helper on the left.

I've actually sanded/bondo'd/primed the left rear now. I'll post some tomorrow.

OK, maybe I didn't post the next day. But there was a f---- HURRICANE pounding us.

Now back on track. Tommorrow I have an autox so I've spent the week tighting up some loose ends. Here is what it looks like.

I've got 1/2" spacers on the rear wheels and I can just get my finger between the tire and the inside of the fender. Maybe 1/2" clear.

These were shot after loading on the trailer.

But you knew that.

I use to run my tie down straps through the wheels but now with the solid wheels I'm having to run the straps around the tranny mounts. Not the best but it is easy to get them on and off. I dont think it will hurt anything.

HERE IT IS.....

I'll get some pics tomorrow at the event with the hood on. If you look close you'll see my front turn signal covers I've made. They are .0002 grams lighter than the stock ones.


Paul

Those pics make me VERY HAPPY!

KT

You are an animal.

You should scratch-build a '67 vette.




M

Looks nice. Looks like a lot of work. I'm too lazy. I would have spent the $675 and bought whole fiberglass front fenders, and fiberglass rear rocker panels with the flares already there. Then sold the original metal to someone who needed them for repairs. Probably end up spending the same kind of money, not near as much work. Might even be less money. I think I saw a replacement metal fender priced at about $400. But, like I said I'm lazy.

Is this fender held on with Red RTV?

That's looking real good Paul!
You need to lower it another inch and a half though.
Raised rear pickup points and raised spindles ought to do the trick.
Good luck at the auto-x today!

Chris,
I agree, needs to be lower.
Low, lean, wide and mean.

Paul

You are a fiberglass animal! I wish I had you around when I was doing my flares. They look great!

Here are some shots from the autox yesterday.

money shot

my new avatar

Looks great. A lot of work.

Paul,

Way to go! Good work. Thanks for all of the photos.

So, are you going to paint it again or are you just gonna do the JP primer thing? Remember, paint equals weight.

Paul great work !!! What type of resin are you using? Do you get it from an auto supply house or is it the Generic stuff you can get at Home Depot? On tying down the car we made some brackets out of some flat metal and drilled a hole to mount them to the lowers shock bolt and a hole to put the tow hook through. Made it easy to hook the back tie down straps.

I got the resin from a fiberglass supply house locally.

I've seen those "hook-eyes" but I thought there wasn't enough room for them on the bolt. The shock bolt is short and nut just covers the trhreads now.
Show us a picture.

Paul