I've been working on my GT40 replica in an attempt to get it into one color of primer by the end of the summer. There is a fair amount of work to do on each panel to get gaps set to 3/16" prior to primer and paint: heat-clamp, sectioning and refiberglassing, adding fortified epoxy to certain areas, etc. Just wondering if it is better to grind away the gel coat in areas where new fiberglass will be laid, or if I can just put some 60 grit scratches in the gel coat and fiberglass over it?
Panel prep for bodywork?
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Off topic but what brand of kit car is that? I had a GT40 replica from Avenger called the Avenger GT-12.
Here is a very young me (1991) with it.
Shortened VW pan with a Kennedy engine adapter for the 6 cylinder Corvair engine. All glass windows from various other cars. The back glass is from a fast back Mustang. Don't remember what cars the other's were from. Clam shell front and rear. Pan reinforced with some square tube reinforcements but it was crude for sure!
Note the black push buttons for opening the doors. No door handles! No way to lock the front or back clam shell either. Bungee straps to keep the back half over the engine from hitting the ground when fully open.
But alas I had neither the money, time or space for such a large project back then. Let alone the skills needed to get it to a running driving car!
It apparently was sorta finished when new (How long ago that was I don't know but it was years and years!) and a bit driveable as it was titled. This was a MAJOR reason I bought it as it was titled as a 1966 GT40 Replica. Which was great as that predates all the government BS regulations.
Owned it for 10-15 years and moved it all over from Kansas to Kentucky to West Virginia to finally Louisiana. All on a tow bar because it did not run or drive. Way long story but I bought it from the state of Kansas for $311 at a public impound lot auction. Then the state tried to screw me because no one else bid and my bid did not even cover the cost of the impound lot charges! The story was it was confiscated by the state for back taxes. No history or any kind of paper work. I only was able to identify it from kit car magazines and old ads.
After some back and forth I pointed out they legally had no choice as the guy placing the ad screwed up but NOT placing a minimum bid in the public notice!
Sold it years later in 2002 I think. Never heard if it got finished or abandoned again?
Thanks for the memory! I sorta wish I still had it too.
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Here is a very young me (1991) with it.
Shortened VW pan with a Kennedy engine adapter for the 6 cylinder Corvair engine. All glass windows from various other cars. The back glass is from a fast back Mustang. Don't remember what cars the other's were from. Clam shell front and rear. Pan reinforced with some square tube reinforcements but it was crude for sure!
Note the black push buttons for opening the doors. No door handles! No way to lock the front or back clam shell either. Bungee straps to keep the back half over the engine from hitting the ground when fully open.
But alas I had neither the money, time or space for such a large project back then. Let alone the skills needed to get it to a running driving car!
It apparently was sorta finished when new (How long ago that was I don't know but it was years and years!) and a bit driveable as it was titled. This was a MAJOR reason I bought it as it was titled as a 1966 GT40 Replica. Which was great as that predates all the government BS regulations.
Owned it for 10-15 years and moved it all over from Kansas to Kentucky to West Virginia to finally Louisiana. All on a tow bar because it did not run or drive. Way long story but I bought it from the state of Kansas for $311 at a public impound lot auction. Then the state tried to screw me because no one else bid and my bid did not even cover the cost of the impound lot charges! The story was it was confiscated by the state for back taxes. No history or any kind of paper work. I only was able to identify it from kit car magazines and old ads.
After some back and forth I pointed out they legally had no choice as the guy placing the ad screwed up but NOT placing a minimum bid in the public notice!
Sold it years later in 2002 I think. Never heard if it got finished or abandoned again?
Thanks for the memory! I sorta wish I still had it too.
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