Plastic Fantastic tew

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76 Chevrolet Laguna 2 door.... or a 69 Grand Prix....long, heavy SOBs

[SuperBuickGuy]

76 Chevrolet Laguna 2 door.... or a 69 Grand Prix....long, heavy SOBs

you haven't lived until you've moved one of those doors... that said, I'd bet these doors weigh 100 lbs each.... whoever got it in their head that fiberglass is lighter then steel really does need their head examined.... and these doors are power doors

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Fiberglass is lighter than steel by volume... but, to make fiberglass work in a production vehicle, it can’t be race weight...ie single layer... that’s why it was so hard for the engineers to take all the weight off of the C4 vette...800 plus pounds IIRC...

[SuperBuickGuy]

Fiberglass is lighter than steel by volume... but, to make fiberglass work in a production vehicle, it can’t be race weight...ie single layer... that’s why it was so hard for the engineers to take all the weight off of the C4 vette...800 plus pounds IIRC...

yep..... also this is the biggest issue I've seen with people building with aluminum - they build race weight and it vibrates like jello on a train.

[Deaf Bob]

Street signs work good. Hard to form tho... Working in a scrap yard has perks. Big ones are thicker.

[Dan Barlow]

Now you've got me wondering , and especially since SEMAjust happened. How is going to make the first aluminum or steel fabricated vette body ?

[fatguyzinc]

.... and these doors are power doors

maybe not for long....guess who has a set of manual guts for both sides...
I got everything but the glass (reuse yours) and the actual winder crank handle
(im sure someone makes repops) and they are yours free if you need em.

email, message, call, send pigeons, smoke signals, whatever if you want em.

[SuperBuickGuy]

maybe not for long....guess who has a set of manual guts for both sides...
I got everything but the glass (reuse yours) and the actual winder crank handle
(im sure someone makes repops) and they are yours free if you need em.

email, message, call, send pigeons, smoke signals, whatever if you want em.

I have new, power innards but aftermarket - meaning about a 50% weight reduction... thanks though.

[SuperBuickGuy]

FedUp got into the festive spirit by delivering this (on time, even)


the lower mounts for the Aldan American shocks

[SuperBuickGuy]

Do the easy update first... power steering pump is here

[oletrux4evr]

What happened? Holidays with the family? Winter S/R already?

[SuperBuickGuy]

tractor, family, Buick, sleep.... in that order

[oletrux4evr]

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[SuperBuickGuy]

so I have basically 5 months to make this track-ready.... and we start today, slllloooowwwwwlllly
but it was a start

I need to put these in the front shocks