Texas Reventon Build

[Texas]

I cut out what I didn't want.

[Texas]

Update: I'm going to post several pics in a few showing how I reworked the side vent on the drivers side(US). This area is very off on dimensions and shape so I did what I could with the given parameters. I missed a few pics along the way but most of the steps are here. The goal was to re shape it the best I could,and make a separate center to be covered in CF which will be sanded and sprayed with a matte clear when the car is painted. Enjoy

[RT]

Any variations in the thickness of the fiberglass body will cause the fiberglass to expand at different rates when the sun heats it.  Expanding at different rates will show up as ripples in the body that will make people think you did a bad job with your body finishing.
You will never get it perfect but trying is better than not.

RT

[01Lambiero]

Thanks, Texas for the update.  You have made some good points about the body work that needs to be done.  Another point that I found on my body was a thin area in the lay up of the cloth.  It might help to have someone hold a trouble light close to the surface while you watch from the underside to locate any problem areas that will require more build up. 
Jim

[Texas]

Looks Fantastic! Glad I could help hopefully it was worth the drive 




Dustin

Thank you. Economy shipping at it's best.

[usmc_butler]

Looks Fantastic! Glad I could help hopefully it was worth the drive 




Dustin

[Texas]

Any concerns as to panel movement after it is installed on your chassis resulting in different coutours etc?  I have a friend in Texas that did his body work before installing it on his chassis.  As both of us have the same body, I chose to wait until the body is more permanently fixed.

Jim

  Thanks for the heads up. The body being on this stand was with these exact thoughts in mind. The body wasn't ridged enough to support its self and was leaning a bit in the rear (from sitting unsupported for a while) it was also sectioned mid rocker. So I built this stand to support it and numerous measurements told me the wheel base was off on one side and I was able to correct that as well as straightened areas all around it. My plan is to get as much inner bracing as I can do while on the stand so the body stands a chance at being straight before and after being mounted. I am not trying to get all body work done before mounting it just the major areas and flaws. Most of the problem areas are- any and all the edges of this body all around the bottom, wheel openings, and any where else edges exist. So I felt like framing the body first would give me better access to these areas and would be easier to repair them with minimal interference all while keeping it straight. Also rocker/ jam area would be much easier not on the donor. One more reason is I am lazy so I can do some of the work while setting in a chair.

[01Lambiero]

Any concerns as to panel movement after it is installed on your chassis resulting in different coutours etc?  I have a friend in Texas that did his body work before installing it on his chassis.  As both of us have the same body, I chose to wait until the body is more permanently fixed.

Jim

[Texas]

One more.

[Texas]

One more.

[Texas]

Sanded then used Tiger Hair filler,sanded again, then light weight filler. I need one more coat of filler then its ready for primer. Going to work on the driver side this weekend. Oh I also have some mesh grille coming in this week so I will also fit them in before I move on to the next side.

[Texas]

more pics

[Texas]

I then did a layup on a ss table to get a flat panel for the bottom piece. I cut to it shape and then glassed that to the other piece from the under side and then filled the outer edge with milled fibers.

[Texas]

Another pic of the old side skirt and the one I got from Dustin. I straightened the jam edge and then cut off the rest. The back curved section is where the originals really failed so I cut the wavy bottom side off of the donors then glassed it into place.

[Texas]

Update. I have been sick then my daughter got sick so it took me a couple of weekends to get the rocker/ side skirt reworked on the passenger side. Thanks to USMC_butler I was able to get the rocker to look a little closer to the real thing. One mans junk is another mans treasure.