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I saw theirs. I started mine before they did, but they finished before me. They also used a CTS as a donor car but they used the whole CTS unibody. That's why they had to keep the sedan posts. They must have stretched the unibody up front because the 49 is 12" longer wheelbase and it's all up front.
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Just FYI, For those looking for excellent fiberglass and epoxy supplies at great prices check out US Composites. This place is well known for having "the good stuff". Their polyester resins are insanely more pungent than the cheap "bondo brand stuff" but is leaps and bounds better. Their prices are good too. I have been using their epoxy and polyester resins for years and it is definitely not the typical resell crap that you find elsewhere. The resins wet out better and give far better working time than the cheap stuff. You actually end up saving money over the cheap stuff because there is less waste. Their products are like getting undiluted product from the source instead of rebranded and old stock stuff. Normal cheap resin stinks but Whoa, this stuff is absolutely STANK! Disclaimer- I do not work for them nor am I any type of affiliate of this company. I purchase their stuff with my own hard earned bucks. I simply wanted to share this because some people do not even know that there is a huge difference in the quality of resins. When this was shared with me, it was a game changer for sure.
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Wholeheartedly agree!!
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The two cowl panels are finished, fit up, and wipers installed and tested. Everything clears the wiper linkage and seals up on the cabin air filter box. I put a weather seal along the front edge of the panels that seal against the hood liner so I'm not drawing air into the interior from the engine area. Only from outside air.
You can see in the dust on the windshield that the range of the wipers is about 90 degrees from parked to full vertical. The wiper arms clear the back edge of the hood when it's closed so this is finished. I lucked out with the range of travel on the wipers, but it doesn't always happen that way. If you ever need to modify the range of motion on a wiper assembly it's not too difficult. There's some trial and error involved, or if you're a geometry major you could figure it out on paper. There are two different types of late model wiper transmissions. One version has a mechanism built into the motor housing that makes the output shaft rotate 180 degrees then reverse and go back 180 degrees. Most are like this one, but both types can be modified this way. The output shaft of the motor is the drive shaft. Direct drive. The lever attached to it (red arrows) continues to rotate 360 degrees till shut off. The linkage connects to levers on the wiper arm shafts. The wiper arm shafts move back and forth. How far they travel depends on the ratio of total movement of the pivot ball on the motor lever compared to the length of the lever on the wiper arm shafts. So... If you need to reduce the amount of wiper arm travel you would SHORTEN the length of the motor lever (Red arrows) which would reduce the total distance that the pivot ball on the motor travels. If you need to increase the amount of wiper arm travel you would LENGTHEN the motor lever which would increase the total distance that the pivot ball on the motor travels. This is the last carbon fiber panel for the engine room. It goes over the core support and radiator. I already had this panel made out of ABS so I just laminated it like the cowl panels.
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Hi Jack
Love the carbon fiber look Thanks for all the educational explanations Looks like you will be ready to go for a ride this summer! Steve
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I'm trying.
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They came out very nicely Jack.
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I picked up my bumper and grill surround from chrome plating this morning. They did a great job. These bumper parts are 65 years old and the grill surround is 72 years old. Worn, damaged, rusted, pitted and heavily modified. They came back looking better than new
I think the 49 parts might have just been nickel plated originally. Not sure when they started using chrome.
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The plating, like the rest of the car,looks terrific. Who is your plater of choice?
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I use We R Chrome Plating mainly because they're local (Cleveland) and they've been around for a loooong time. I've been going there for years. Mostly when I was building choppers. Not so much need for chrome with race cars.
They do great work and keep their prices fair. They're very familiar with what show and custom builders are looking for. https://werchromeplating.com/
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