BC_99 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) Its been dead around here lately so I figured I'd post up some of what Ive been messin with and get some feedback, thoughts and ideas...here is my 83 hood that I have been doin some light bodywork to as well as lightening and making functional scoops on. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA1OC5qcGc.jpghttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA1NC5qcGc.jpg and Im working on doing all of my trim panels in black wrinkle finish paint, including: cowls, window trim, c-post trim, grill and marker lights,and tail light panels, ect.. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA2Mi5qcGc.jpghttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA2NS5qcGc.jpg some new tail lights are going in after paint. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA1OS5qcGc.jpg here are some other parts that I may adding in the future, I havent decided yet, but I bought them locally and Iknow I could sell them if I dont wanna use them. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/parts%20car%20and%20parts/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA2MS5qcGc-1.jpg and now the rust repair progress. Here is what I had to start with and it didnt get any better as I got through the layers. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA3NC5qcGc.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA3Ny5qcGc.jpg and here is after some work http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA3OS5qcGc.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/011.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA4MC5qcGc.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA4MS5qcGc.jpg LMK what you guys think. BC_99 Edited November 2, 2013 by BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcm Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Looks like good progress.I like the black wrinkle or spatter paint idea.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) Here is a couple of other mods that are happening bodywise courtesy of my good friend Mark aka Burton. custom rear bumper with step delete. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA3Mi5qcGc.jpg and custom header panel very similar to Kates but slightly different. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA2Ny5qcGc.jpg Thanks again to Burton for the hard work, great price, and delivery.... hope you can make it again this fall, I'll just have to find something else for you to deliver. BC_99 Edited April 21, 2011 by BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud81918 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) Glad I live in NM and never really have to worry about rust. The work looks good. Edited April 21, 2011 by Cloud81918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Glad I live in NM and never really have to worry about rust. The work looks good. I hear ya man, I have 2 other Sq's that are from my neck of the woods and neither of them have any rust at all, the fiji however, came from Penn, but its an 89 SHP so I figure its worth it. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbrad511 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 I love that header panel. What did that cost you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killtodie Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 I like the wrinkle black on the exterior grill. Was it hard to apply with all those ridges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Looking good, nice work. How much weight do you stand to lose off the hood with the holes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StallionProject86 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Nice work man, also liking the accented paint theme. And I see mud flaps! Oh how I miss mine haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Nice work man. I can't wait to cut my rear bumper off... Lol. Also interested on actuall weight loss from the hood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Toadie, no the hardest part was sanding it all well enough to make sure the paint would stick and getting it coated evenly enough for it all to wrinkle the same. If you use this stuff make sure you use heat lamps to help it wrinkle as it starts to set up. V-Brad, It was a package deal with the rear bumper, check with Burton on pricing, if he even has time to mess with that stuff now. As for weight savings, maybe a pound and a half. Its alot of work for that lil bit of weight, but I was more interested in keeping the air moving in the front and out of the back vents on the hood. We'll see if it helps or not. I'll post up some more as the work progresses when my job and free time allows. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patra_is_here Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 i think you could hole-saw some bigger holes in the hood frame. I remember seeing an old Option video from japan, and the guy just removed the entire frame from the hood. lol it was just a flimsy piece of sheet metal hahah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 (edited) i think you could hole-saw some bigger holes in the hood frame. I remember seeing an old Option video from japan, and the guy just removed the entire frame from the hood. lol it was just a flimsy piece of sheet metal hahah. I could have, and I could put alot more smaller holes in it also, down the sides of the hood frame for instance, but weight savings werent my primary goal with this. I am using fabricators/electrician style hole saws also called rota-broaches in my industry. Most folks dont know the term when I use it. The standard hole saw leaves a ragged hole often mishapen, because the arbor is a 3/16 drill bit and it walks as the saw is cutting, and if you look closely at one it is just a piece of saw that has been wrapped around a jig and welded together,making it not a true round. It can also catch and warp thinner metals when its cutting through. I wasnt gonna risk my 83 hood for that. The rotabroach style hole saws are machined and perfectly round and use a pin style arbor. You just lay out your holes by deciding size and distance apart and drill an 1/8 inch hole where you want them and go to town with the rotabroach. They cut very cleanly and can be deburred easily. The hood already had some oil canning going on when I got it due to the hood liner being seperated from the hood. I had to repair that before I could do much of anything else. We used to send out all of the oem style sheetmetal, (hood, roofs, decklids) that we use on our race cars, to be acid dipped. That made them abot 26 guage when we got them back, very thin and prone to warping/oil canning. However, now they all get checked by nascar for the correct thickness. I should be able to spend some good hours in the shop tomorrow and hopefully get the right side done or close to done. more pics and updates to come, thanks for all of your comments, thoughts, and suggestions. BC_99 Edited April 29, 2011 by BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted May 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Making some progress: http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA1NC5qcGc-1.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA1Ny5qcGc.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA1OC5qcGc-1.jpg Thats final fitment and almost ready to be welded together Woot Woot! plus I cut out and replaced a bunch of stuff in the wheel well and inner rocker area. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creakyjoints Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Nice patch panels! One of the benefits of workin at a race shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted May 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 The patch panels were bought off of some different donor cars from this site. Working in my industry just gives me the access to the equipment to help fit them better. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Looks like a really nice patch job there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted May 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Thanx mang, 1 down 3 more to go. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) well I havent updated this because I havent had much time to work on it, and I wanted to get a decent welder before I continued the progress. So here are some updated pics since I got a better welder it was time to get back to work. I got the left side lower front welded on and the seam sealed up.http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDAwOS5qcGc.jpg then after some bodywork and primerhttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDAxNy5qcGc.jpg same as above door jamb viewhttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDAxOC5qcGc.jpg and the rear, the whole lower wheel well area and lower inner 1/4 panel had to be redonehttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDAyMi5qcGc.jpg more of the samehttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDAyMC5qcGc.jpg after some rust proofing on the inside, ready for the outer to go onhttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDAxOS5qcGc.jpg after the outer is on before body workhttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDAyMy5qcGc.jpg and the total view, almost done with this side and getting ready to do it all again on the left side.http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/fiji/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDAyNC5qcGc.jpg so thats where it is at right now, I will update as I make more progress. thanks for viewing BC_99 Edited February 13, 2012 by BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyWadd Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 I like the swiss cheese hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-starion Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 are those mud flaps the rubber thick ones for the widebody?? man i could sure use a new set of those, my front ones look like a dog chewed them! let me know if ya wanna sell them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted August 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Update: Well, I have most of the right rear 1/4 panel finished. Im looking for a piece of equipment I need to make the last patch panel to finish it up. Im also waiting on Sotty to cut out some good rust free NV left rear 1/4 panel patches for me before I get started on that side. So, in the meantime, I am working on a few projects1 is the 83 tail lense reproduction project. I have bought every spare set of 83 tails I can get my hands on and hopefully will be starting to make molds to reproduce 83 lenses in the near future2 is odds and ends on the fiji, I bought a set of Quest tails from Burton that had tinted lenses, but needed taken apart and cleaned up and re-sealed. Here are some pics of them finished up and the rear license plate center molding all cleaned, sanded, and repainted.http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/BDB1911A-E571-47B8-A32F-9F1216E94DA2-2026-000011CA50AF556D.jpghttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/B3F022D4-E0EF-48E7-A8E5-70843EC5611F-2026-000011CA69133E68.jpghttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/13F8E1B2-69D1-4228-85C8-4D425F7691C7-2026-000011CA5E7D915A.jpghttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/CE475343-87E6-4328-8076-3544AA29E1D7-2026-000011CA5881BCC5.jpghttp://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/8FE2A6CF-6E2B-4E8D-9E1D-DD48F458B861-2026-000011CA638F695E.jpgthats it for now, BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Gonna need some serious L E D's in those to light those up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted August 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 They look way darker than they actually are. If you hold them up and look trough them from the back you can see right through. I know they will light up alot better now that they've been disassembled, repainted silver on the inside and all 3 lenses thoroughly cleaned and polished. Im hoping that Motocam will finish up his led taillights soon and start offering a package to convert stock tails to led. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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