The stripper I used is called "E-Z way" and is very nice. It eats
the
>plastic while leaving the fiberglass underneath unharmed. It's a
bit
>pricey, and it takes a fair bit of effort, but right now it's more
>palatable than any of the other options, and a lot easier to handle
than
>replacing all those panels.
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Every chemical stripper I've tried on 'Vettes is to some extent
absorbed into the fiberglass causing paint to blister later on. I
look forward to your results. BTW, on my panels the acrylic is about
1/3 total panel thickness. Once removed, it would seem the panels
will be too thin to withstand much vibration, heat / cold expansion
without cracking.
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>
>Chassis Engineering & Fabrication:
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>I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I know that this car
will
>never handle like my RX-7,
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Your RX-7 must be tricked out. Stock, they're just a little better
than average.
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and the (T'Bird) IRS is both weak
>and expensive.
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This is interesting. Panoz uses this center section for his
roadster. I'll have to ask Dan if they're doing something trick
that's not obvious to casual viewing.
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>
>
>The frame guys did manage to source a 70's Vette IRS though, and
haggled
>the owner down to a pretty decent price. We'll be going with that
rear
>and a coil-over setup. Should be pretty trick.
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Since the track is so much wider; what are your plans for wheel
offset / front track dims.?
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>The frame guys will hold on to drawings of everything they do so
that if
>this setup ends up working well it could be replicated or refined
if
>there are other Bricklin owners out there with similar intentions.
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Cool!
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>
>Sometimes I feel like the only guy in the world trying to build a
>sharp-handling Brick. Maybe there's a reason for that ;)
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You probably are. :^)) More power to you I say. Having built a 1.0+g
'68 'Vette convertible (way more flexi-flyer than a Bricklin); I
appreciate the hurdles / efforts / $$ required.
Good luck,
GM
>
>--
>Phil Martin
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