I've been busy putting my car together so I can take it out to: 1. Have it plumbed; 2. Have it wired; 3. Have the body fiberglassed. I've come to the revelation that there are experts out there who can do these jobs in units measured in hours... As opposed to me doing a worse job in units measured in weeks.
Plumbing and wiring are relatively straight forward tasks and I already have the people lined up to do them. I've mounted the MSD, coil and wires where I want them, so all that needs to be done is to hook everything up (correctly).
The fiberglassing isn't so easy. The true experts are out of my price range and finding someone competent enough to reproduce my vision of what looks correct on my car seems to be an "iffy" thing.
At first, I thought I'd form the foam myself, having ordered 50 pounds of liquid foam and saving all the cardboard boxes the UPS guy leaves on my porch. My plan was, once I had the form correct, the fiberglassing part would only be dependent on how smoothly it could be applied and finished.
I realize now, my ability to make matching foam sides is, well, impossible. I don't have anywhere near the expertise necessary to do a job I've never attempted to do before. Doing what I've done to the car so far is already bumping against the envelope of my abilities.
My solution was to use a model, purchased off eBay, modified to how I'd like to see the fenders formed. The body shop can use it along with the stripe I've added to the car to understand exactly what I'm looking for. The front fender changes are more subtle, but the model shows what I'm looking for and where the fiberglass needs to be built up perfectly.
I hope this works. If not, I may be missing this summer. Here's my model and the wiring components I've already mounted:
