Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Brian: Some really good ideas there. I knew some of it, like never to put the plywood up tight against the fiberglass body, as it will show through, but other things you suggested were new to me.

The idea of the cut up broomstick is a super way to get that uniform gap all the way around. The plaster is another good idea. I just read a story about Ed Roth, when he built the "Beatnick Bandit" and some other cars, he used the plaster male mold idea too.

When I built the hump in my '27 I shaped cardboard over the transmission and painted a couple of coats of fiberglass resin on it to make it ridgid, then I put wax paper over it (big butcher size) and laid the glass up over that. Since this hump is going to be much larger than that one, either of the methods you and supa roosta have explained will probably work well.

I think what I will do for the plywood is run two pieces, one down either side of the trans hump and driveshaft tunnel, then form something (maybe thin aluminum) over the driveshaft hoops. I will then build up fiberglass cloth over that aluminum. I'll make it so the aluminum is only a temporary form. For the trans tunnel, I will use some of both of your ideas there, because I'm not sure yet if I will do the hump on the car frame or off.

Thanks again, and if anyone else has any ideas to interject along the way for any subject, please do. The more ideas that come into this thing the better, and they will give some other builders some great options based on real building experiences.

I really appreciate you guys participating in this thread, and also for reading it.

Don