Perfect body

[iron duke]

For a driver, how much detail sanding on a fiberglass body is worth the effort? Except for the firewall, there is not a straight panel on the body, so many reflections will show even on the "perfect body". Those who drive em, what advice do you have so the body will look good? Thanks ID

[Coupefreak]

When I built my '34 Coupe, I had the same problem.
it is a driver, so I settled for a 10/10 paint job.

at 10 feet, and 10 MPH, it looks pretty good

the uneducated general public loves it, those folks in the "business" know its a driver, and expect to see some flaws.

since it is a driver, its gonna get rock chips, bug splatters, etc.
if I was gonna build a strictly show car, I would have spent alot more time sanding, filling, etc.

just my thought process.

p.s. the only "perfedt body" I have seen.......belongs to Helen Hunt

Vance

[Youngster]

You got good taste Vance! Helen is right up there with Carrie Underwood, Sara Evans,Terry Clark and on and on and on...............

Ron

[Coupefreak]

Originally Posted by Youngster

You got good taste Vance! Helen is right up there with Carrie Underwood, Sara Evans,Terry Clark and on and on and on...............

Ron

I didn't wanna sound like a big 'ole perv........but great minds think alike

Shania Twain deserves a spot to

Vance

[iron duke]

Coupe, thanks fot the 10-10 plan, sounds like a winner. ID

[Youngster]

I've found if you're under 55, you're a perv, if you're over 55, you're a cute old guy. Kind of a win/loss thing.

Ron

[Coupefreak]

Originally Posted by Youngster

I've found if you're under 55, you're a perv, if you're over 55, you're a cute old guy. Kind of a win/loss thing.

Ron

COOL!!!

only 8 more years as a "perv" then I graduate to a "cute old guy"

Vance

[Tbucit]

Less than a year to go to not be a perv lol. And way too many good looking bodies to come up with a list. But back to the question you can work on one of these things as l0ng as you want and I don't think it will ever be perfect (I'm just about finished buffing mine) so IMO just work it until you think your done do just alittle more and get on the road.

Randall

[T-Odd]

Sanding and nice paint and waxing and straight panels and all that???

I have no idea.

That's why I painted mine with rust. I drive it and don't care about any of that other stuff.

Throw some paint on it, heck you can dabble it with a rag and a bunch of colors and come up with something like this -



Everyone likes Parker's VW and it doesn't have perfect panels.

Camouflage!

[donsrods]

I hate body work........it is my least favorite part of a build. A lot depends on the body you start with, be it fiberglass or steel. Obviously, the better the body the less work you will have to do to get it straight enough to be shiny.

My Speedway body took a whole lot less work to get it straight enough for black than my Son's Total Performance body took to get it straight enough for blue. To be honest, I am very disappointed in the quality of the TP body, it is too thin, and now he is getting shadowing through where the wood was bonded to the body. The car will need resanded and repainted somewhere down the road, and it has only been painted 8 months. Mine has no shadowing whatsoever, and I attribute that to the fact it is a heavier layup. I'm sure TP will say it is because of the way the wood was installed, but that would not be true because I have two Speedway bodies, a '23 and a '27, I wooded both of them, and neither one had that problem.

Color also enters into how much work you will need to do, some colors require a very straight body and some colors will minimize waviness to some degree.

Don