I'll probably get the Time Lapse up latter tonight or tomorrow, but here's some additional pics and details about the way forward.
Sun Roof Removed.
Sun Roof. I'm going to disassemble this and weld just the metal part back into to make it a solid top.
Early in the day we were thinking to fill the part where the molding was, but later on, Leedom and Death Cult suggested leaving it as a design element. I agree. It actually gives a little dimensionality. Maybe we'll do something with paint of vinyl to do like a snake skin effect.
However, we will fill in he molding on the front and very back. More welding, yeah!
No, that ain't smack, but enkeivette likes it almost as much. That's Rage, the green stuff you see on the car. It's like Bondo, but more better for filling in minor dings.
Later on in the evening when Death Cult came by after work, the Rage had set up enough to work with. Don't have a pic, but he started the Glaze on the rear too.
Leedom and I make a good team for using inappropriate force to get things done.
enkeivette will make a new fiberglass bumper that will be a simple, but elegant, sheer line down making for a very clean rear, and who doesn't want a clean rear.
Death Cult is thinking about different ways to do the flares. He's interested in doing some old school metal working, but that could be opening up a can of worms. The other main methods are fleece molding in place (no molds, just working directly on the car) and making an actul buck and mold. The back up for the flares is buying a pair of off the shelf pieces. They're listed some posts back in this thread.
I'll weld the tops of the light covers to the hood to make a single one pice full hood. All lights are being removed. This will never be a street car again, or would require fabbing to do so (not so bad really). I just want to have a freer hand in making what we want instead of trying to preserve some possibility of a path it would never likely go down again anyway.
We'll keep the one light on the trunk lid as NHRA requires a light on the rear.
Two of the wheels have stripped lugs. I may have to drill them out and install new studs. Maybe not a bad idea anyway.
We'll be putting in a Kirky seat, pretty flush to the floor. I'll investigate banging out the floor as it's pretty dented in. We should be able to get a couple extra inches of head clearance pretty easily.
Thanks to big2bird for dropping off his brand new pneumatic inline sander to borrow for this project. It is AWESOME. Also thanks to kamelongt bring over a bunch of sand paper and rage. Mad props to one and all.
Like I told Aaron at around 10:30 when I was pretty spent. When we're done, I want everyone to think, "wow, I didn't know we could do that much, that well, that fast." Let's keep the hammer down.
You can sand for days and not get it wavey.
