roddguy1
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Ok guys, as promised here is the begining of my thread on how I'm building a fiberglass race car body shell. This car is called a P15 Shrike. From my research I've found they where built in Austrailia and are still quite popular on the vintage racing scene. Originally built with a Ford Pinto engine mounted mid ship. Most of the guys running this class of car are upgrading them with high output motorcyle engines such as the Hyabusa. With this car will eventually recieve one as well.
The main reason my customer wants this done is two fold. Apparently there are no molds available for this body anymore, and he wants changes made so he can service the car as a one man pit crew. I'll explain that part of it in more detail later in the post.
So this is what I'm starting off with. The original shell of the car. The idea is to turn these (front and back halves) into a pair of plugs from which I can make the molds from and then pull my parts.
What you see here is the rear half in the forground and the front half facing us in the background.
The main reason my customer wants this done is two fold. Apparently there are no molds available for this body anymore, and he wants changes made so he can service the car as a one man pit crew. I'll explain that part of it in more detail later in the post.
So this is what I'm starting off with. The original shell of the car. The idea is to turn these (front and back halves) into a pair of plugs from which I can make the molds from and then pull my parts.
What you see here is the rear half in the forground and the front half facing us in the background.