ST162-7254182 "Dirty Deeds" Edited

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Yeah considering the car has 335000km on it the interior is very nice. Thats what happens when
someone cares for their car. The guy said he got it in 1992 and he really loved the car. Its got
a big dent on the drivers side behind the door from a hit & run and the rocker panels and behind
the rear wheels is rusted pretty good even though he had it Krown sprayed each year. But he did
try to take care of the car and the interior shows it.

 

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I got the weatherstripping I needed to make a border for the mold




Initially I'm going to mold 3 pieces


I used Glad Press & Seal to keep the fiberglass from sticking to the car


Getting the fiberglass mat cut




And now with some resin on it




I also put a second 1" wide strip of mat all along the edges to give it a bit more
stiffness.

I also ordered some 12V leds so I can put brake and turn signals in the visor. I got
20 orange & 30 red 10mm 70,000mcd leds and I might try to put a rear view camera
in the visor too.

 

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No I do mean a rear view camera. What good would a dash cam be ? I can
allready see in front of me. The only way I could see a forward dash cam being
of use is if it had recording capabilities so you could have video evidence
proving the other idiot driver was at fault. I want to get rid of the mirror at
the top of the windshield. Actually I'd like to get rid of all 3 mirrors and mount 2
more cameras on the sides of the front bumper or somewhere near the front of
the car, but for now I'll start by getting rid of the windshield mirror. I think I'll
put the digital dash in this one so I guess its going to be my rat rod with a high
tech interior. Actually I do believe that the windshield mirror is not required by
law as long as you have side mirrors. So I may end up with only 2 forward
mounted side view camera's. It all depends on how much room I have in the dash
area. I have to put the digital dash and 2 or 3 monitors to replace the mirrors and
any other extra guages I might want. I want to put everything right in front of me
where I can see them while still looking straight forward. I avoid several accidents each
year because I pay a lot of attention to whats happening around me. I avoided one
last night because some taxi driver couldn't stop at his line and ended up stopped
with the front half of his car in the intersection. I should hav T-boned him as the
camry could use a new hood but .....There are vehicles like delivery vans and 18
wheelers that don't have rear windows so rear view mirrors would be "useless"
but I'll have to check the codes to see whats legal.

When I got home from work I went out to the garage and checked out the visor
parts. I was a bit worried that the resin would disolve the press and seal and stick
to the roof and windshield but the press and seal worked pretty well. I wouldn't use
it again as it didn't totally prevent the resin from getting through and in one spot it
rippled the paint but overall it worked okay. I have used car body panels in the past
to mold fiberglass parts and in those cases all I did was give the metal surface a good
coat of car wax and put the resin and mat right on that and it pealed of fine and didn't
cause any damage to the original panel but in this case I had to go over a rubber
windshield molding and the windshield itself and didn't think waxing those 2 pieces
would work so it was either seran wrap or this press and seal and I had the press and
seal allready.


The biggest pain in the ass was the f'ing weather stripping. Holy crap the glue on
that weatherstripping took me an hour to get of the car. I tried acetone but it did
crap so I used a ton of varsol and a razor blade to get the shit off. Note to self
don't buy the Walmart weatherstripping $6 for mold making again get the cheap
(twice as expensive) Canadian Tire weatherstripping $12.


But the pieces turned out well so overall I'm happy.

 

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Amazingly enough I was able to remove the press and seal.


Now that the initial mold has been cast it will be a bit of trial
and error to get the correct shape and proportions. In the next
few pictures I have it raised up 2" which is probably a bit to
high but the more clearance the better for fitting in the headlights.








A couple pieces of tape to outline the missing piece


And now dropped down to 1.25"


A bit better of a mock up for the edge of the visor






The original piece was purposely made overly big as its allways easier to trim
it smaller than to have to add extra later. You can see in the picture that the
piece covering the windshield was actually molded about 1.5" longer than the
paper pattern.


The bottom edge is to straight and needs to be rounded some like the green
line indicates, probably even more than that but you can only really tell when it's
on the car. There'll be a couple of adjustments to make to get the proportions
correct so it looks proper on the car but so far its looking pretty promising. The
pictures don't do it justice and the lighting ain't great either but so far I'm happy
with the results.

 

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You'd probably kill for alot of the parts off of that car .....problem is
theirs not really anyone I want dead.

The previous owner had it for 17 years said he bought it 92 and always
fixed any little problem the car had. With the exception of wear on the
steering wheel the interior is almost mint. He said he took the carpet out
every couple of years and washed it. Now thats dedication. He even had
it undercoated each year with Crown rustproofing but the drivers side
rocker panel is non existant under the black trim piece covering it and
both rear fenders are on their way out and theres a hole behind each rear
fender (rear quarter panels). Probably the result of holes at the bottom
corners of the front windshield doing in the rocker panels and leaking side
windows killing the rear fenders and rear quarter panels.

 

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I haven't done much lately my mom's back in the hospital, she blacked
out and fell. She's well into her 80's and getting pretty fragile. She
didn't break anything but did bruise her ribs and right hand and cheek.
So I've been spending time at the hospital. On monday 1 of her lungs
colapsed and she was sent down to intensive care. They got that fixed
and she's back in a regular ward. She will probably make it but she really
gave up the will to live after my dad died. So either ways is okay with me
I'd like to see her live alot longer but she does nothing, no hobbies or
activities so she's really just passing the time until it is her time.

Today were getting our first major snow storm of the year so I decided
not to go into the hospital today so I got back to work on the visor.
I put a couple of cardboard markers on the sides of the roof so when
the visor is raised up 1.5" it goes straight up and not a little forward
or backward or sideways.


I put a mark on the visor to match up with the cardboard edge.


The marker on the passenger side.


The point of no return, I'm mounting this visor with 6 bolts so I had to
make a few holes in the roof.


The bolts I'm useing, I welded little flaps of metal on the bolts so their
is no possibility the bolts will spin when fiberglassed in place.


I cut a few pieces of wax paper just in case the epoxy I'm going to use
drips. Then I mounted the 6 bolts.


Test fitting the fiberglass piece on the bolts.


You can see 5 of the six bolts in this picture


Once I got the epoxy mixed and the visor set on the bolts I started to
make a cardboard mold for the sides of the visor. You can see the line
on the side of the visor where I have to trim the sides of the fiberglass














I also marked out duplicates of each of these pieces so I can do the exact same
shape on the drivers side.

 

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I made the mirrored clone piece today


And I trimmed the fiberglass so now I can get a better picture
of the overall shape






I covered the new pieces with duct tape as I have previously
found that fiberglass resin doesn't stick to duct tape.


I also added some more reinforcing on the backside


Rear roof view of the overall shape


Other views

 

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Do you mean why did I raise it up 1.5"?


Several reasons.

1) Its basically a big scoop I'm putting over the windshield so I want
somewhere for the air to flow

2) Thats the style of my favorite one I had on a van once

3) I want to mount driving lights in it so I need room for that




4) It allows me more room to make ribs to give it strength while keeping
it light weight.

5) I want to make the car more visible so I want to put brake &
turn signals in the visor.


I got 20 orange & 30 red 10mm 70,000mcd leds. That should be about as
bright as you can get for LEDS

 

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I made some molds for the areas around the bolt holes


And got the fiberglass molded


And got a potential rear brake light in the mail. Its a bit
big so I'll have to see if I use it or not

 

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I got holes drilled in those fiberglass strips I made and epoxied them to the nuts
then I molded the sides of the visor.












I remembered correctly and the duct tape covered corners peeled right of
once the fiberglass was cured.


Hopefully the headlights and Leds will be here pretty soon. I know the
headlights cleared customs on sunday morning 8:58 am I have no tracking
for the Leds

A couple of pictures with the potential rear brake light