Before I get flamed, I have no intention of doing this nor do I own a fibergl*** car. My brain was just wondering if its possible.
I had read a post about steel vs flabbergl*** 32s and started wondering cause I love the bonneville chops on those cars (like the Rollin Bones cars) and was wondering if that can be done to a fibergl*** body. Gonna get back to thinkin about my 51 Merc now!
You can cut it up and put it back together how ever you wish, as long as you use the correct materials. I have cut on alot of gl*** cars and big boats. MarineTex is a wonderfull product for repair and I would use it for a chop.
probably easier for many than chopping a steel one better to make it up that way though, from the begging, or sell the unchopped version and buy a chopped one. can be done, and has many times skull
Gl*** can be cut glued and fastened together ,Its pretty much the same as steel just a different process .........
Yes, and a lot easier than a steel one, and no, it does not have to be messy, or itchy, if you know what you're doing.
A co-woker of mine bought a half-completed Street Beast '33 coupe a few years ago and he chopped it. He wishes he hadn't by now, it was quite a chore but it came out ok. The only problem is...it's still a Street Beast.
Good question. How do you get the strength. Is it thru sawtooth - type cut & join, or really hot adhesives & lots of mat, or what?
You sure can, but the biggest thing to remember is prep, that means lots of grinding including the small tricky areas like the front pillars. If it's a fully cured body the new gl*** will not stick and the part will fail! I think a lot of bad press about fibregl*** comes from guys that have not done their homework and dived in the deep end, failed, and blamed the product. (a bit like me and welding lol). Scotty.
Gl***, just cut it, grind it, matt it, add the resin & hardner, let it set, grind smooth and paint. Yes, you can add a number of things for strength, steel or wood or gl*** rod. Prep is vital, like a decent paint job. I have repaired holes or rot in boats and seen them twenty years later and they are fine...... So where is your sawsall?
Yes but forget the sawsall.The blades will get super hot until they turn blue and are ruined.A cutoff wheel on an arbor on a die grinder is a fibergl*** fabricators best freind.
Most are already chopped. Just not enough! Lol. I was looking at the stance of the Rolling Bones' coupes and was wondering if you could do that to a fibergl*** body, mainly because the cost of a steel 3 window body.
Even less messy.......a variable speed jigsaw with a metal cutting blade. Run it slow, letting the blade do the work (I built boats, then Corvette parts for many years) You still get the itchy dust, but it's easier to control and clean up.
yeah the whole rolling bones look is possible with fibergl*** there a Rolling Bones copy over here in the uk i cant find a picture though, and at least with fibergl*** if you did some how mess up the chopping you could always get another roof from a mould at a fraction of the cost
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