6/25/16
Tail fitment with a bit more right fender welding.
As work and installation of each piece goes I can get tunnel vision so every so often and bit more now since I'm building the actual skin I'll look, study and take some overview shots of the car. Both relieved and happy with the way the fender continues off the door, to the rocker then over the cowl. It can get mentally debilitating when these panels are lying loose on the floor twisting and flexing. Many a session spent thinking how in the hell was I going to install this, and will it even look right? A perfect example in this shot is that nasty overhang of the initial tail skin fitment. Fortunately though as work progresses with a few victories my mind doesn't run wild with fear and intimidation as easily as it used to.
Checking rear cockpit area for symmetry from side to side.
I finished out the forward joint of the right fender at cowl so the top frame was reinstalled to check for clearance and profile consistency.
Ample clearance for the eventual canvas wrap. The eventual top frame for this car will undoubtedly vary a bit from my frame but not by much.
Begin rolling lower corners of the rear fenders.
Trevor rolls his wired lips quite a bit further down than the factory did. Though nice its made the curling of this lower edge much more difficult than it needs to be and also impossible to shape profile the edge to the eventual tail skin joint since that hasn't even been established yet.
My OG fender shows the roll ending just at the level of the mount tang. The naked wire lead is then just gas welded directly to the edge of the skin.
Went ahead and replicated that to make life much easier.
Corner instantly became much more manageable.
once the excess was curled over tight enough things fell a little bit closer in place.
Just a little bit closer as its a monotonous process of getting better fitment layer by layer overall.
Right side lower corner now prepped and rolled as well.
Moving back up top now to get the decklid gap established and work out from there. Thanks for looking!
Justin
Tail fitment with a bit more right fender welding.
As work and installation of each piece goes I can get tunnel vision so every so often and bit more now since I'm building the actual skin I'll look, study and take some overview shots of the car. Both relieved and happy with the way the fender continues off the door, to the rocker then over the cowl. It can get mentally debilitating when these panels are lying loose on the floor twisting and flexing. Many a session spent thinking how in the hell was I going to install this, and will it even look right? A perfect example in this shot is that nasty overhang of the initial tail skin fitment. Fortunately though as work progresses with a few victories my mind doesn't run wild with fear and intimidation as easily as it used to.
Checking rear cockpit area for symmetry from side to side.
I finished out the forward joint of the right fender at cowl so the top frame was reinstalled to check for clearance and profile consistency.
Ample clearance for the eventual canvas wrap. The eventual top frame for this car will undoubtedly vary a bit from my frame but not by much.
Begin rolling lower corners of the rear fenders.
Trevor rolls his wired lips quite a bit further down than the factory did. Though nice its made the curling of this lower edge much more difficult than it needs to be and also impossible to shape profile the edge to the eventual tail skin joint since that hasn't even been established yet.
My OG fender shows the roll ending just at the level of the mount tang. The naked wire lead is then just gas welded directly to the edge of the skin.
Went ahead and replicated that to make life much easier.
Corner instantly became much more manageable.
once the excess was curled over tight enough things fell a little bit closer in place.
Just a little bit closer as its a monotonous process of getting better fitment layer by layer overall.
Right side lower corner now prepped and rolled as well.
Moving back up top now to get the decklid gap established and work out from there. Thanks for looking!
Justin
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