Dave Carpenter wrote:
> Are the doors just cut straight off or do they come
> up to the top at the front and rear and then curve down in the middle?
> I'm picturing something like a TR3 and you could still hinge them and
> move the latch and striker down.
He made stout steel subframes and they were to be bolted/welded in
solid. Sort of low like a TR3 but they are too square looking.
And the more I think about jumping over the *door* the more I see dents
and scratches on it. And I ain't no spring chicken anymore either ;)
I do have some spare doors and might butcher one up a bit to keep with
his lower door look but I'll make it open.
If I keep what he made, I have to put some curves on it. It needs a
swoop at least on the front side.
I have to squirt the A40 since it's all masked off and ready for paint
before I bring that thing home from my son's garage.
The fiberglass bonnet must have come from loosers circle because it
needs serious work too. I had one of those bonnets once, it was garbage
new in the crate. This one looks very similar with bellys and ripples
all over it. So I do have some body work to do but I/m getting good at
it. This project will test those skills that's for sure.
At least I painted the engine block and head Paul A's Morris green.
Now to order some parts for the engine.
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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