American Motors Xperimental full frame

[Zanie]

Is it too late to take an inch out of the front A pillars and put some rake into the roof?

A little closer everyday

[Ron S]

As much as I butcher these cars, I've never liked anything that I've seen that had been chopped. Once I put some rake back in the car, it will help with the high roof line look.

[Ron S]

Slowly coming together

[cornfedbill]

As much as I butcher these cars, I've never liked anything that I've seen that had been chopped. Once I put some rake back in the car, it will help with the high roof line look.

I'm not so sure it is the actual line of the roof, or the appearance because of the dissimilar paint on the a-pillars versus the rear pillars. Either way, the car has some pretty nice lines. A bit of rake, as you say, may make a lot of difference.

[Ron S]

[Streetbu]

Damn sexy! Great job!

[Max Power]

Your work is always impressive, Ron!

[Gojeep]

Looking good Ron.

[Zanie]

WOW!!!! that is really cool. Beautiful work.

[Eric Howell]

Amazing work as always

[Norm Peterson]

Coming along nicely, Ron.

I agree about dialing in just a little rake; from some angles the rear tires look a little more 'tucked' than the fronts (at least to me, if that's worth anything).


Norm

[2ndroundko]

very nice! do you make a buck of some sort to keep the sides even?

[Ron S]

I use these highly sophisticated quarter panel gauges

[69Phoenix]

Love the Q Panel gauges.... you should patent them! Awesome, simple, and easy to fabricate!!!!

[nimblemotorsports]

Car looks really sweet, nice work! You took an AMX and turned it back into a Javelin that looks good. Has a bit of Ferrari Dino look.

[Ron S]

Finally got the crudely welded together panels done. Pull some fiberglass molds off of these panels, then the part. Yahoo, then I get to do body work attaching them to the car.

[2ndroundko]

I love the fact that you are forgoing hours of metal finishing and creating fiberglass parts. Nothing wrong with metal but its nice to see a different process being done. The only thing that could top this would be a version 2 in carbon...

[Motoracer838]

I use these highly sophisticated quarter panel gauges

CAD, cardboard aided design... I use it often and in many ways.

Joe

[Ron S]

The guy I used to pull the nose molds builds 80% of the dragster bodies in the country, all carbon. He recommended not doing them in carbon fiber. He explained about how strong carbon was in long flat panels, or in a tubular shape, but how weak it was on a complex shape with a lot of 90 degree angles. He explained how brittle it is, and how any shape corners in carbon will eventually crack. Considering he said my nose mold was the most complex mold he had ever done, with nothing but sharp corners, he recommended fiberglass parts reinforced in critical areas with Kevlar. So that it what I did, have to trust the pro's.

[FormTA]

Wow! This car is turning out great. I know I have watched a ton of fiber glass mold how to videos but I would love to see how you did it and what products you used. That quarter came out looking great.