Loving the time spent working on the car. Great work man.

looking good

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Firstly thanks everyone for the positive support
Its been like 90°+ and its going to be like that the next couple days, so im not going to get anything done. But I got some work done today from 4-6am and its already 87° out there needless to say im not going back out there lol
The foam that I did worked really good, and I found that cutting it with a hacksaw actually worked really well, and since its pretty long you can cut the general shape very easy. Hard to explain, just getting the info out there.
Then I also added the sides on. Took some time to figure it all out, and how to approach it, but i got the idea all figured out in my head now .
Lots of new pics

Removed the light and cut more






Put the light back in, and started planning more




Put the side piece on, and taped it up to foam.








Taped part of the light off again (missed some spots to foam) and foamed the sides on






Drivers side before the side piece


Screwed it on




Huge gap before


Cut and got rid of most of the gap




Ran out of painters tape, and the foam but got the drivers side started.




Distance View


Obviously I have a ton more work to do, and ill get to it in a few days, but its coming together alot easier and faster than i imagined honestly . And the second light will go in much easier since i know how big the hole must be and how much of the hatch to cut out
feedback?

This post has been edited by mgnt232: Jul 22, 2011 - 6:17 AM

nice man; yea its freakin hot as hell out

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Got a half hour to cut the foam before it got dark out. Not much, but sunday I can get out and bondo the small holes, and gaps. Then fiberglass over all of it







Foam got a little out of control Cause I ran out of tape before





Cut it out, and got it under control










Far view



Sunday will come alot of progress

This post has been edited by mgnt232: Jul 22, 2011 - 7:59 PM

Where is this car parked? Its not your driveway. Or is it? I noticed you do everything from your swap to this conversion here. And your other car is next to it as well. Its nice that you all that space, if it is private that is.

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was thinking that as well. LOL

haha yeah it my house (well my parents house obviously as im only 19). It was an old doctors office they bought and renovated. Theres a front parking lot where everyone else parks, and then me and my brothers have the bottom parking lot. So I have alot of space, unfortunately its not covered, so its a million degrees out there whenever i try to do anything. A big part of why its going so slowly

What are you going to do with the bottom? It's a little odd looking. Seems like it should tuck under or something.

yeah, its hitting the ... towing things? I dont actually know what they are called. But its making it like uneven. Im going to do something, im just not sure yet.
In a few hours im going to go out and be out there hopefully all day. Should get most of it done, as ive only had like 8 hours total to work on it

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So I was able to get alot of work done today. It doesnt look like much, and Im not sure how the pics will come out (if you can see the fiberglass or not). But anyway I cut out the other hole for the drivers side tail light.
Basically got it all foamed in, may need a tiny bit more, just to shape it perfect. But for the most part after I sand it down its done.
Got one layer of fiberglass on the whole passengers side. It still dry/curing but in a day or two I will sand it and add another layer (I know it looks unruly, but it will sand down fine, thats just the first layer)
Also got the side piece fiberglassed on, on the bottom.

Pics may be a little out of order. Whenever i upload to photobucket it puts them in like some random order, and I dont have the time to look through them all right now.

Starting out, final foam.


Cut the foam.


Tiny crappy bit of fiberglassing. Ive only done it once and it was a year ago, but it ended up pretty good especially toward the end.




Foamed a bit of the driver side. Ran out of supplies and had to go get more.... Ive spent like $40 on tape lmao


Cut out the other light. Yes its cut all the way through, I saw no other way, but it doesnt even leak now, and its pretty open, be alot more closed then the fiberglass is done.


Before any foam, not even sure if the light had fit yet?


Foamed a bit




Cit it down a bit






Fiberglassed the bottom part. Alot better than the other side.







Now this is the passengers side. Its all fiberglassed now, not sure if these pics show it though










Bonus- found some pics of my house, and took a pic of another project car... i think alot of people will enjoy

Front


Back

I hope you're not planning to do any crazy exterior mods to that Chevelle! lol

haha no way. The chevelle is running fine now, just need to find time to paint it... and money for the paint lol. Hopefully it will be on the road next summer, cant wait to see how much higher my ridiculous insurance is with another car lol

awesome man... i havent been around my celica to get you those pix. but i will try tomorrow..

thanks and its fine, not like im in a any rush lol. I assume, it will be completely done end of next month. The car still wont have an engine... but itll look awesome lmao

Wow, def not my style on the rear lights, but I give you a ton of props for cutting it up and going at it. I hope it turns out great. Nice '69 btw.

Thanks man. I know its not everyones style but its alot of work so i do appreciate everyones support/good luck/props

And I just ran out of fiberglass (got the drivers side 98% fiberglassed). But i dont entirely feel like driving back out to home depot, so I may start prepping the chevelle

Some more chevelle pics. They are really old though. as you can tell my first celi is still red lol. Its alot cleaner now

396BB....enough said


Sweet window etching

Loving the american car ...

you make it look so easy to do! hahahah
great work. keep it up!

and that's a nice chevelle. wish my 1gc was in that condition.

thanks again. And it truly is easy if you have the time.
Just need patience, and the ability to see past the first stages when youve just ripped your beautiful car apart . I have no real experience dong this stuff (done custom stuff 4 times) and I had no help, it all pretty self explanatory. Working with fiberglass, foam, bondo, ect. is easy to do. And if you mess up, just sand it back down

thats sick window etching! did you do it?

No but i wish i knew how, I may look into figuring it out for the celica.
Also I added the complete second layer of fiberglass to the rear, but now im completely out of supplies again (used 2 big things of resin and 2 huge sheets of cloth, prob need to do that exact same thing again). Got pics, but it looks just as it did before, ill add them in the next post

easiest way to do glass etching is with acid.
I've done it on glass and alluminum.

once I get free time I may put a how to together, it's pretty easy and ingredients are avaialbe over the counter.

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I pay next to nothing for my 70' vette since I don't drive it often. I got a big discount since I drive it less than 3k a year. With the celica and the vette (I'm 23, clean record) its only 600 a year. A second car usually won't add too much to a policy since they already have you insured. I've heard good things about insuring a classic with Hagerty's, but I haven't looked into it since I get such a good deal with being in the military and using USAA. I hope it doesn't run you too much to add the car to your policy.

Keep up the good work, I'm interested to see how all this comes out!

Only $600?! Wtf. I pay roughly $1200 a year with just my Celi and not full coverage. I'm 22 lol.

Yeah I pay 1400 for just one celi, and thats with like a 30% discount lol, and no collision

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Got the complete second layer on, and sanded down, super smooth Theres a few spots where the foam isnt completely even underneath that make divets in some spots, but ill bondo those smooth. Not even sure if you can tell from the pics or not, just before someone tells me

I really dont understand the order in which photobucket uploads pics, cause its not the same order as in my phone, so its hard to tell when the pics are from.
Anyway a few shots of doing the second coat, or just before I sanded not sure













Started to Sand it down. It still needs at least 2 more layers, just to be safe. But those layers will go on super fast, and have minimal sanding cause the shape is pretty good now. Also need to shave down alot under the drivers light as youll see in the later pics its slanted pretty bad lol











Started shaving it down to get the lights in again



How she sits now (yes i notice the drivers light is slanted more than it should be I added too much under it I plan on straightening it out)





This post has been edited by mgnt232: Jul 28, 2011 - 6:23 PM

turning out great man =)

wow man this is awesome heck watching you do this makes me wanna do the same to my car and to be honest for someone whos doing this the first time and taking its time your doing it pretty quick

a supra stock wing would be a nice addition sir.

my 2 cents