Thanks to everyone who responded! I talked to the owner of the company tonight,
and he indicated that he could reinforce the rears and make them streetable
fairly
easily. The fronts are another story because of the headlights. However, he
does
have flares that can be grafted on to stock fenders. Overall, he sounded very
flexible and willing to work with me on them. Seems like a nice guy. I may
consider metal flares as well, but I like the idea of the flares being made from
molds so they are the same. It took me years to get the flares right on my 67
2000. The PO had done some crazy stuff to it and they varied in width by almost
an inch! Idiot. Thanks again. I will keep you posted...
Greg "A little less rabid than last night" Burrows
mtyler wrote:
> Greg wrote:
>
> >Ooohhh yaaa, that's the stuff. I don't know much about fiberglass, so, what
> >does "a little thin for street use" mean. Could they be reinforced? I guess
> >I could just call them huh? Man, they look GREAT! And I could get a lot
> >more
> >tire under the car to handle the power... must have, must have! THANKS!!!!!!
> >Greg "Gettin' a bit rabid" Burrows.
> >
> Here's a lightweight fiberglass reinforcing trick that's so easy it wil
> seem like cheating. You can make a variation on a box-section
> reinforcement with matress foam and some glass cloth. Just make sure the
> part isn't warped when you start or you'll never pull it back into shape.
> Get some 1 inch thick mattress foam (softest you can find)and cut a
> beveled strip 2 1/2 inches wide. Use a metal straightedge and one of
> those snap-off utility knives. Angle the knife toward the center of the
> strip so the edges look like this in cross section
> \__/ Maybe even steeper towards the middle. Glue this strip where you
> want your box-section little side toward the part in order to make what
> looks like a foam bead (glue I use is either 3m Fastbond 30 NF or 3m
> Foamfast spray adhesive) Let this glue cure for 24 hours and then apply
> a couple layers of glass cloth 2 is probably sufficient for a
> non0structural piece. What you end up with is a modified box-section
> filled with mostly air, very little weight added!
>
> -Marc T.
>
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> Marc Tyler TDROC Sisterdale TX
> 1970 1600 #SPL311-31016
> 1965 L-320 #L320 013642
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