69 Firebird Carbon fiber hood tach,pillar posts, console,glove box door

[John Haley]

Some more parts I made.

67-68 Pontiac carbon fiber hood tach housing and bezel.

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69 Firebird Convertible carbon fiber pillar post covers.

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I am making a mold of my 67-69 Firebird / Camaro 4 speed console. Here it is covered in orange tooling gelcoat.

Going to be carbon fiber.

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Mold for console door.

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Mold for 67-69 Firebird / Camaro glove box door.

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[classiccardude69]

Thats cool! Looks like someone has been really busy!

[crustysack]

nice but..... the resin layer seems to thick. you should invest in a small vacuum pump and make some really nice parts with low resin to fiber content and cut the weight in half and they will come out way more BLACK- just my humble opinion

[Rod]

looks go to me John, I'm firing up my car now and coming over, I need some more carbon on my ride :smashcomp

[John Haley]

I just pulled this out of the mold!


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Glove box door too!

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[John Haley]

Some more pics of the console after a few coats of clear and sanded with 220 grit sand paper. I just wiped it down with wax and grease remover and it has a little sheen.

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[crustysack]

in order to avoid all that fiber warp you should lay that console up in a couple of steps. Do the shift cup and inside of the box separate. After you lay up the large top piece. Fiber orientation is the key to making super strong AND light parts when the fibers start to warp and change direction the strength of the piece is affected and cosmetically it looks better imho

[John Haley]

I will probably lay some like that too. I think it's cool looking either way, but I wanted to try one with out cutting the fabric to see how it looked. This one I started laying from the back of the console.

I have another one in the mold now that I started the lay up from the front of the console. The weave on the front is more uniform.

I have 2 layers and in some places 3 layers of carbon fiber running different directions in this console . I am sure I could stand on this console.

I will lay one up anyway you want it, if you want to buy one.

[crustysack]

its very tough to get carbon to take the severe right angle bends without warping the fibers- I build carbon fiber racing sailboats for a living and strength to weight is the key issue and optimizing the fiber direction will make the strongest lightest parts. I am sure you could stand on the piece at this point the material is way stronger than need be. I have seen that people who want to buy cf parts want the weave uniform. Anyway keep up the good work I love seeing cf going into american muscle:cheers:

[John Haley]

Pillar post molding with gauge pods. This fits 67-69 Convertible Firebirds and Camaros

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Fitted in the car.

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[Mike Davis]

Looking awesome, keep up the pics.

[bad bu 72]

nice job

[John Haley]

The pillar post done!

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[John Haley]

Console ready to install!




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[another69]

You've got some real talent there. I bet they look even better in person. Do you use molds made from originals or what do you do?

[shortrack]

awesome.........!!!

[78 Type-LT]

nice work

[nvmyss]

Looks good

[John Haley]

Console in my car!

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Glove box door and vent cover. Vent cover fits over existing vent and can be cut open for the ball.

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I have also done the convertible Pillar post gauge pod in fiberglass.

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[Magntik]

Very nice.
I'd like a set of the pillar moldings.

PM'd you.

Jeremy

[John Haley]

Very nice.
I'd like a set of the pillar moldings.

PM'd you.

Jeremy


I did not get your PM, but I did send you a PM.

Thanks,John or you can call me 612-226-6115

[John Haley]

Here is another thing made.

Ready for a motor and pump! What do you guys think?

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Total bare weight of upper and lower hull. Stock is about 215lbs

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[jackfrost]

awesome project!

do you mind me asking how much you spent on materials for that?

[jackfrost]

also, how many layers did you use? are you using a core? sorry for all the questions, but I love this stuff.

[wellis77]

AWESOME you made a carbon fiber jet ski...

[John Haley]

also, how many layers did you use? are you using a core? sorry for all the questions, but I love this stuff.

It cost alot. First you need to make the mold.

The surface is 12k carbon fiber, behind that 3k carbon fiber, 2 layers of 3k carbon kevlar blend, 3k carbon fiber,6k carbon fiber, 3/8 foam as a core in between some of the layers, soric used as a core in select areas. The upper hull is about half the layers.

I used:
about 15 gallons of vinyl ester resin
30+ yards of peel ply
resin infusion and vacuum bagging supplies

Here it is right after I pull them form the molds

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[67 455 Bird ragtop]

Console in my car!

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Glove box door and vent cover. Vent cover fits over existing vent and can be cut open for the ball.

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I have also done the convertible Pillar post gauge pod in fiberglass.

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How much for a set of vent covers?? They'd make a great place to mount a set of tweeters for the stereo system in my vert.

[MrQuick]

nice work john haley

[John Haley]

How much for a set of vent covers?? They'd make a great place to mount a set of tweeters for the stereo system in my vert.


$50.00 each plus shipping.

[Roadrage David]

Just came acros this tread very cool i need some of that stuf for my 68 bird!!!!

[John Haley]

I have a customer that had his 1969 T/A fiberglass hood blow open and damaged. I installed one of my fiberglass hoods with removable scoops. These are laser straight right out of the mold and needed only about a golf ball size of bondo and only because one of the rear corners was not perfect when it came out of the mold. No fitting or sanding the sides to make it fit.

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[doribak]

Very nice!!!

[John Haley]

Clear on the Seadoo hood.

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[John Haley]

We have it ready to ride and we took it to a small lake for a test. It rides very nice and handles great. This thing jumps out of the water under it's own power!

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[Bryce]

that is awesome!

[daveM02]

Looks great John! Just curious as to how you think the clear coat will hold up with the abuse of the water/sun?
Are you simply clearing your parts with automotive clear, or using a resin/gelcoat type clear?

[John Haley]

Riding my carbon fiber jet ski!

Click on the fuzzy picture, it is a video

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[daveM02]

Looks great John! Just curious as to how you think the clear coat will hold up with the abuse of the water/sun?
Are you simply clearing your parts with automotive clear, or using a resin/gelcoat type clear?

now that you've been out riding, how is it holding up?

[John Haley]

Holds up great! Looks the same as it did before I put in in the water. The final coat of clear is UV resistant.

[John Haley]

68-69 Firebird consoles, modified, I shaved the character off the corners to make these easier to make. The box glues in from the bottom. The shift hole can be put anywhere you want it. I will be making automatic shifter plates too.

Carbon fiber.

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Fiberglass too.
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[wellis77]

Very nice!

[Bryce]

Cool stuff.

[TRANSAMERICAN 79]

Nice work John.

[2blownstangs]

I really like the CF look. Most people run from the "wrapped" stuff but IMO it looks good either way

[aronhk_md]

Wish you were making stuff for a 2nd gen bird John...I have an idea for a really nice custom console, but dont know when I'm going to have time to try to do it.

[LeighP]

Nice work...that newer design on the console really looks cleaner. Well done!