A Good Time Was Had by All

May 2, 2012

Well, after the hellish trip, the rain, the shorter track time, the snow on Sunday night, (no heat in the hotel room) and the UHaul truck trailering the car and the flatbed bringing the Durango to Aamco in Quincy, my son said to my wife: “Sunday was the best day of my life!”  Well, that sums it up.

All in all, as a social  event, it was a success.  No one got to race, only 5 Elvas made the laps around the Glen, and those that did were COLD, and wet.  But still, we all got to see each other face to face,

instead of just emailing back and forth, so that was worth the time.  The Durango is now rebuilt, with its transmission working better than ever, due to a few better parts being used to make the repair, and my budget for the month is shot.

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Fender Flaring Part Deux

January 10, 2012

OK, so did you think that I was going to leave it like that?  No, there was a bit more work to do on the job of faring these rear quarters in until they looked natural.  To be specific, the area behind the flares was sunken in, or now appeared sunken due the the wider stance of the wheel wells.  I added layers of fiberglass, epoxy, and microballoon.

In the area in front of the flares, I shaved a LOT of material off with a long board (80-grit) to make the flare look more gradual.  Then, the whole thing was covered with more epoxy and microballoon.    It now has a much more natural-looking shape.   It’s not finished yet, but it is getting there.   The important thing to me is not to use much bondo in the end, because that just adds dead weight.  The next step will involve wetting out a scrim, a thin layer of glass to become the new top substrate layer before the primer.

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