Holy shit I do want you working on my car. That is fucking amazing work.

Finally got some more time in on Mikes car. Got the quarters welded in, patched up the bottoms of the quarters, filled side markers and antenna holes, and a few other small spots I didn't take pics of and pulled a few dents. Most likely will get the rears mudded and shaped in next week, finish stripping the rest of the body and prime it, and get the drivers floor patched up.

N I C E

This makes me smile

Is it ready for paint now? Or is there still more welding to be done?

Lookin good Scotty!

( I want my house to sell, I want my house to sell, .... )

yeah, dude, nice work Scotty! I am always amazed at what good body guys can do... I am more of the 1/4" thick bondo type of guy by the time I get done

I really cannot believe how often I see cars like that - there are some really nice looking cars that the owner really has no idea how crappy it really is. I saw a really nice 69 Camaro awhile back and then I got kinda looking at it and realized that there was nearly 1/4" of bondo at the front edge of the doors and the fenders were like that too. I would think an owner would catch that; it isn't hard to see that kinda crappy work at the seams.

Man, looking back at those wreck photos reminds me why the floor in my racecar looks like this! Hard to see in this shot but I have two 2" diam cross tubes (one at my feet, one at the rear firewall), then two 1-3/4" tubes that cross right at the front and rear of the seats. If I hit something it will hurt, but hopefully whatever I hit won't make it all the way to my body.

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The Baja Shop guys that built it told me I was crazy to have so much cross bar in a car, then I explained to them how cement retaining walls and 150mph top speeds don't go together well should I decide to perform some sort of anal-cranial inversion on the track.

The flairs look a little uneven

No more welding, but plenty more body work. I started fitting the front bumper today It always surprises me how shitty these aftermarket fiberglass panels are. I'll post some pics here, but I will also be making a new thread on " how to make a GT bumper fit ". I trimmed the hood and headlight edges today. Took almost 1/4 inch off, the hood was actually laying on top of the bumper. Once the front fenders are blocked out smooth I will have to cut the sides of the bumper OFF and reposition thewm. The drivers side needs to come back ( towards the body ) and the passengers side needs to come in and back !! It actually sticks out past the side of the car about 3/16" I'm going to fit the rear bumper tomorrow since the qurters are done. It looks as if it is going to need some serious repositioning as well Primer hopefully later this week

Ya, those front ones suck, so do the rears I am glad I am paying a professional

Scotty, you know I want flared rockers as well, right? I think we spoke about it and you were going to fab some out of the steel ones since I didnt want them to say PORSCHE.

Funny you should bring this up. I was thinking about it today, and couldn't remember what we talked about . Do you want the front of them flared too ? Also do you want the rear of them made like the factory flared ones or do you want the rocker to actually follow the buldge in the quarter ?

I want them to follow the line of the flair but point straight down. Hard to explain, I may have to draw it.

What about my flairs, they look uneven

Camera angle I guess. I put the contour gauge on them and they are spot on to each other. And yeah I may need a drawing of that explanation Not going to get to them any time soon anyway. You'll probably be down before then.

Nah, I was just you just like the guy with the Ferrari clone

Scottyb = BAMF at bodywork.


I'm already starting a scottyb fix my 914 fund.

That dash pad is awesome!

I'll start a new thread with more pics of making a GT bumper fit but for now here are a few of the initial problems and the fixes so far.

Front won't go any further until all of the body work is done on the front fenders. Then I will cut the sides off, reposition them to match the body and glass them back on. Passenger side is sticking out form the side of the car almost 1/4 inch. Didn't show wel in the pic I took of it

WOW, thats a lot of work

When I see what a pro can do, and I look back at all the work that I did to my car - learning on the fly, scratching my head and doing it sometimes twice before I thought it was passable. Sometimes I wish I had the green stuff to just hand it to a guy like Scotty and say "post up some pics and call me when its done."

This thread makes me a little jealous.

Zach

It is nice. It beats the hell out of taking down to Mexico "OK no pro-lem!"

Si. Come bac nex week pic up Doctor Ebil. Make nice juss for ju

But you learned something new. And there is that sense of accomplishment.


No I'm not being a smartass....for once

I think I figured out who I want to redo my LE. Now I just gotta figure out how to come up with tens of thousands of dollars to pay the man! How would you like a 32' motorhome Scotty?

You might be surprised. He might be interested in that motor home

Yeah Zach, with all that free time you have, maybe I could get you to weld on Babydoll!

Good luck, he doesnt even have time to weld on my bus to get it off of his property

In other news, I just signed myself up for even more driving and stress that will allow me to finish my graduate studies 3 months earlier. It means I have to drive to Columbia MD a few times a week for classes, but it if means I get to see people and hang out and not be a zombie a little sooner, I am so down with it.

Zach

Hey Zach, I am only a few miles on the way to Columbia, end of 29. feel free to stop by and raid my stash....

Zombie

BTDT

4 years of P/T MBA + F/T job + stay at home wife + having 2 kids

doors and rear trunk lid got etched, sealed, body worked and a couple coats of high build on them. Hood got etched and sealed. Body got etched and sealed. SO now the doors, rear trunk, rear quarters are all ready for the final blocking then comes the prime, block....prime....block stage. Body work on the front end and roll bar is next, hope to knock it out in a couple weeks. Then back to the bumpers

I guess I should stop making fun of Andy's picture taking huh ?

Damn, some of those pics are making me dizzy

Scotty, very nice job.

Can you tell me what product you used that is green on post #135, pic dated 8:04pm?

-- Rob

Glazing putty?

Darker green is short strand fiberglass filler. Second coat is Z grip, filler

Front and roll bar be done. Next up is a couple coats of high build primer and tackle the fuel filler in the hood. The ALOT of blocking and priming

Ya, work it, work it, whore that bitch out!

Evercoat.....

They are about three miles from me. Amazing how small they are.

Best stuff I've found, and some of it is actually waterproof.

Fuck those ill fitting P.O.S. bumpers

Cut the rear apart AGAIN, this time in a different spot. This is getting old.......

Aw man, Sorry that it is sucky