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> 914.043.0945 - IMSA Race Car, From roller to racer
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post Apr 4 2011, 04:55 PM
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QUOTE(RoadGlue @ Apr 4 2011, 05:02 PM) *

Looking great Glenn! Gonna drive it out to Cali when you're finished!? hehe, j/k.

I would love to do a west coast track tour, not sure when that will happen
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post Nov 7 2011, 10:08 PM
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Racing season is over and it is time to get back to work on this racecar.
I finally had a couple of parts shipped back from CA...Thanks Dug!
First is the Ginther windscreen
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post Nov 7 2011, 10:10 PM
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second is the whale tail
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post Nov 8 2011, 09:49 AM
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The Ginther screen is tough to find....in my experience and un-cheep.
Be careful handling it while fitting. I was & still managed to crack it.
I've not seen one F/S for 4-5 years....extra careful.


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post Nov 8 2011, 10:29 AM
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second is the whale tail
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Hello, where did you find your 'whale tail'? I'd like to have one for my 914.
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post Nov 8 2011, 01:03 PM
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I've got that exact same whale tail that I won't be using. PM me if you're interested. Located in Davis, CA (just outside of Sacramento).
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post Jun 14 2012, 10:41 PM
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I started work on the car again, got most of the front trunk cleaned up tonight.
Lots of holes to weld up!
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post Jun 15 2012, 09:04 AM
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Your car is coming along great.

Glenn has spent countless hours prepping this car ans is very detail minded. The appearance of rust is a problem with the lighting. Most of what looks like surface rust is not. It is nice clean and shinny! The roll bars are painted brown.
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post Jun 15 2012, 12:06 PM
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Looking good Glenn!

Love the Ginther windscreen.

John
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post Jun 17 2012, 05:48 PM
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Looking good Glenn!

Love the Ginther windscreen.

John

thanks!
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post Feb 11 2013, 08:14 PM
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Another photo of the car at the Daytona IMSA race November 25, 1979
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post Feb 11 2013, 08:55 PM
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Looking good! I don't know if anyone around Chicago does it anymore, but I wonder if getting the chassis blasted (sand, walnut, glass bead, etc) wouldn't save a bunch of time on this project. Seeing all those TV shows where they send off the chassis and see exactly what they have to deal with makes it look quite tempting.

The local guy I had used on several projects ( Blastaway near O'Hare Airport) went out of business after they expanded the airport and took his property for the expansion.
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post Feb 11 2013, 09:10 PM
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Looking good! I don't know if anyone around Chicago does it anymore, but I wonder if getting the chassis blasted (sand, walnut, glass bead, etc) wouldn't save a bunch of time on this project. Seeing all those TV shows where they send off the chassis and see exactly what they have to deal with makes it look quite tempting.

The local guy I had used on several projects ( Blastaway near O'Hare Airport) went out of business after they expanded the airport and took his property for the expansion.

It will probably be blasted before I primer, I am cleaning areas to fill holes and other small changes...I don't want to have to blast it twice.
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post Feb 13 2013, 09:36 AM
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This is an example of some of the work I did yesterday.
I removed the horn and fog light mounts and filled the holes.
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Clean the paint off
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Weld up the holes
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post Dec 8 2014, 11:05 AM
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I had an early door with a bad door skin (rust & bondo) so I thought I would try and re-skin it with fiberglass.
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post Dec 8 2014, 11:07 AM
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The skin came off easier than i thought
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post Dec 8 2014, 11:08 AM
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I will use a 3M glue to refasten the fiberglass skin
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post Jan 18 2015, 02:50 PM
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Not much new, just waiting for a nice day to do some sand blasting
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post Jan 26 2015, 10:13 AM
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Finally had a warm (41 degrees) dry day on Saturday so I pushed the chassis out side and sand blasted some hard to clean areas
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post Jan 26 2015, 02:21 PM
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It's hard to know what I dislike more, the cold or sandblasting outside of a cabinet! Dealing with both of them at the same time should get you some kudos for getting the job done!
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