Wicked50Coupe
Member
The proportions will look nice. Bet you can't wait to slick it back up. It's funny, all I hear while I'm working in the garage are Harleys and Hot rods running around. DOH.
STARTING A BODY STRETCH
- Thread starter putz
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putz
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Not many hotrods up here alot of Harleys but not to many out with the weather we had saturday
they are talking snowshowers tomorrow but I don't care I will be in Texas then for a week.
Wicked50Coupe
Member
Wow, this is a winter project. You need to move a little farther south. I thought it was bad in central Illinois, but I should have been driving mine for at least two months now.
putz
Member
Little update Body is in one piece again. I back cut the fiberglass to make the shape of the body and Kept putting layers on. Just filling in some low spots. Ruggs wondering how does it look I hope god from a distance of a few feet. 4inch extension is alot actually for room legs should be straight now.
Before pic
Before pic
one finger john
Active Member
How tall r u?Little update Body is in one piece again. I back cut the fiberglass to make the shape of the body and Kept putting layers on. Just filling in some low spots. Ruggs wondering how does it look I hope god from a distance of a few feet. 4inch extension is alot actually for room legs should be straight now.
Before pic
Its looking good Putz
Wicked50Coupe
Member
That looks much better, more proportionate. I was hoping that you were getting something done on that thing. Hate to see you lose a season. 
Wicked50Coupe
Member
Are we there yet???
Gerry
Well-Known Member
thought you might like to know I have just brush plated my brackets in brass to protect them from rusting again and to see how they look in brass. Looking good and well worth the effort and time.
Wicked50Coupe
Member
Rattle can it flat black and run it the rest of the summer. It will sand back off pretty easy, and even be useful as a guide coat when you do have to sand all the paint down anyway. Don't stay home because you think it's ugly, never stopped me.
That works, I don't have paint on mine yet, and its a 20 year old build.
Blacksmith54
New Member
In the Fiberglas shop I used to work in when we cut one of the bodys up to stretch it we cut it behind the door about where you did we also cut the body at the cowl and back from top to bottom and widened it two inches in the cowl and four in the back also we had to cut the body horizontally about three inches down from the top on the back half to get the body line to line back up and fill in the pieces then we made a mold of that and it was a popular seller for years there.:gum:
Blacksmith54
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In the Fiberglas shop I used to work in when we cut one of the bodys up to stretch it we cut it behind the door about where you did we also cut the body at the cowl and back from top to bottom and widened it two inches in the cowl and four in the back also we had to cut the body horizontally about three inches down from the top on the back half to get the body line to line back up and fill in the pieces then we made a mold of that and it was a popular seller for years there.:gum:
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