Plastic Fantastic 2

[SuperBuickGuy]

continuing from yesterday, I had to make a blanking plate so the air is forced through the radiator

this is me being lazy... I have a press brake that could put a nice kink in the metal to get the curve needed... or a BFH. The BFH, in its defense, was more fun

installed...

and what it looks like now

still need to put braces on it because it does flex a bit then, maybe, canards.... but for now, I have to finish on the gas tank then tuning, oh and door latch....

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to do some fixes


fixing a crack

in no particular order

I caught the elf doing the work

a bit of spot filler

time to primer



and a hood chip

I plan on painting the nose and the left quarter....

 

[caskiguy]

You have done some very creative and great work. Thanks for posting

 

[phantomjock]

Great Job! Consider getting some clear Bra (3M product).
I used it in the nose of the "little racer" and it really saved the finish.
I know - One more Thing." But will save some road rash.

Cheers - Jim

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

sprung an oil leak

right there on the clamp

there really shouldn't be that much oil on the outside of the shaft but here we are

and then spent the rest of the evening retiming it - not quite as simple as a distributor.

 

[BBShark]

That doesn't look like fun at all. I can just barely see the timing mark or the distributor hold down on mine.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

hood off because easier to paint and easier to get a colormatch

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

while the hood is off, time to fix a belt alignment issue

the lesson in all of this is chinese parts are terrible

the biggest issue was the distance across the pump was wrong - so it pinched and misaligned pretty much everything....ah well, a few washers and it's back in business

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to get ready to paint

it's been kind of a long week - then I spent time teaching noobs how to color sand....

I'm exhausted now.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

more sanding

and more