![]() The hinge and latch pockets were backed up with 5/16" brass plates,dirlled and tapped thru drill jigs after the body was pulled. The door and lower body sills were built in the mold too,over maple forms that are still encapsulated in the shell.The door pilars are full tubular sections ,again finished while the shell was still in the mold. This is how it is today.On the interior I did old school maple rails bonded into the body in the mold. Heavier/thicker than Drag race stuff but not too heavy.įor less material cost than the price of an aftermkt hood, if one were available. Added a hood scoop and some custom stuff to the headlite panel. then added 2x2 lumber and cloth and urethane foam (Great Stuff brand) to stabilize mold. Laid up resin and matt just enuff to cover. I made molds from the original fenders, hood and panels after Bondoing them up to almost paint grade and three coats of paste wax. Price at 1/4 of what the local shops want. The trick is to get everything on one shipping invoice.Īlso there is a place selling 6 yard "Ends" of heavier matt and Heavy Quad axis cloth to bulk up large panels. I went on line and Ebay had a dealer selling gallons for $24.00 per gallon plus about $40.00 per case shipping, Works out less than $35.00 per gallon. When I started to make the glass front for my Studebaker Lark gasser. Oreally's had it for $39.00 with my commercial account discount ![]() If you shop around the price isn't too bad. If you have any questions I can answer,I'll be glad to help.I did a lot of mold and pattern work for the parts we built includeing 2 different drag boat hulls,one being a runner bottom flat and the other a pickelfork hydro.This was all in the early 70's so pics are pretty nonexsistant except for the 28, of which I have a few downloaded from 35mm snaps.Ĭlick to expand. ![]() The acrylic lacquer paint is still perfect however the interior was gutted out around 1969 and never replaced.This being the 50th aniversary of its creation, my plans are to resurect it,repower it,put an interior back in it and celebrate! I used some of the original 28 side rails,boxed,and I think it is a 48 chevy master front independent suspension.Motor was (at that time) the same 301 sbc with 2x4 and a 4spd t-10 that I had in the steel car.Over the years I became interested in other things,built and owned a FRP molding shop (production parts) and the 28 went to pasture in one of my barns where it has remained to this day. Fenders,splash pans and running boards were all realitvly easy 2 or 3 piece flanged bolt up molds.I ended up pretty much building a whole new frame/suspension because at the time, I was paranoid about the glass body parts stress cracking from frame flex.You must keep in mind, I was a 3rd year mech engineering student and as such had a better grasp of these things than most,but I was totally wrong on that one! I used a center X frame 58 chevy section complete with the coil rear suspension. Doors were made with inner and outer shells,the inners mocked up with wood patterns in position on the stock doors. I did change the deck lid conture so it is flush instead of overlapping,and the door latching system is from a mercedes 300sl.The body mold was about 15 pieces,all flanged together so that the body shell itself could be one piece. I built a duplicate body for my 28 chev 3 window in 1962,I was 19 yrs old.I used the original steel car that I had been driveing and showing since I was 15 yrs old as the patterns for my molds.
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