Carbon Fiber

[raustinss]

well none of this matters being as im not seening this hitting production....i cant and dont see anyone lining up for a 50,000 body. just trying to be realistic

[gabbett1]

well none of this matters being as im not seening this hitting production....i cant and dont see anyone lining up for a 50,000 body. just trying to be realistic

I don't totally disagree with you there

[raustinss]

lol ...
cheers ..guess we will see ...
i certainly hope you do as it will change the industry ... how would you do it ? buy a new body shell and mold from it ?

[gabbett1]

lol ...
cheers ..guess we will see ...
i certainly hope you do as it will change the industry ... how would you do it ? buy a new body shell and mold from it ?

Either that or use the body from my current car I'm building.

[krom]

I'd start with a perfect, or near perfect car original car, and have it scanned.

Then a plug, or the molds can be CNC'd.

[gabbett1]

I'd start with a perfect, or near perfect car original car, and have it scanned.

Then a plug, or the molds can be CNC'd.

That would be ideal for sure.

[HellPhish89]

Forged Carbon Fiber:

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/07/13/l...-carbon-fiber/


So... who wants to be the first? Seems this tech is the eventual less expensive way to the structural stuff that many want.

[gabbett1]

Things are moving along, but slowly. Looks like the first part we may try to produce is a one piece T-Top replacement for C3 corvettes. We will continue to look into the Camaro unibody to get a better idea of actual cost.

[raustinss]

Don't recall who but someone else does make a carbon c3 roof

[gabbett1]

Don't recall who but someone else does make a carbon c3 roof

That's definitely news to me. If you can find it please share. I've never been able to find it and I've had a lot of people ask for one.

[raustinss]

"Project menace" built by heartland customs . There's pictures our there.... Hell maybe on here , I've seen them



Edit * page 5 has a picture ,not sure if in the thread it mentions where they got it from but , either way you know who built the car

[gabbett1]

"Project menace" built by heartland customs . There's pictures our there.... Hell maybe on here , I've seen them



Edit * page 5 has a picture ,not sure if in the thread it mentions where they got it from but , either way you know who built the car

From everything I've been able to find, that appears to be a one off piece made for that project. They don't appear to be selling them. Besides, I'm looking at a one piece T-Top right now, not a hardtop.

[gabbett1]

Hey everyone, it's been a while since my last reply. I've had to put a few things on hold for a bit because there's been a few tragedies in my life recently but I'm moving forward once again. Still starting with one piece T-tops for C3 Vettes, but I'm also producing for myself a carbon convertible top and will advertise it for interest on that as a product as well.

[OLDFLM]

Alloway's did a one piece targa top for the black C3 they took to SEMA last year but I don't think it was CF... I'm sure there would be a LOT of interest if you produced one that worked on T-top cars! The C3s are like the 2nd Gen F-bodies in that they were produced for over a decade and many parts interchange... great idea!

[gabbett1]

Alloway's did a one piece targa top for the black C3 they took to SEMA last year but I don't think it was CF... I'm sure there would be a LOT of interest if you produced one that worked on T-top cars! The C3s are like the 2nd Gen F-bodies in that they were produced for over a decade and many parts interchange... great idea!

Thanks! I'm hopeful it sells well. I'll definitely look for areas in the market that aren't covered and make more if things go well.

[gabbett1]

Just a quick update. The group helping me with my parts fell behind on their large project and it's pushed all of my stuff back. I'll keep you posted when we make some actual progress.