Chop"s 86' Cutlass

[Jay-C76 333]

God that looks like fun!!!

Love the Plates too!!

[porkchop 304]

thanks for the compliments....

made a little more progress on the rear wall and started the roof ...

the weather will dictate my work schedule, which will dictate how much progress will happen through the week....

hope to start glassing by next week...

[S.DeYoung 968]

I absolutely love your car. Look forward to more progress. Keep up the good work.

[porkchop 304]

i will have several pics missing from this build due to a cell phone fail....(aka my camera most of the time)

i have the rear wall finished with the 2"x4"s, deadener, and foam.... as well as the fleece stretched, waiting to be glassed.

the side fenders are 2/3 of the way filled up with foam....

going out with Gina tonight, might resin the fleece after we get back....

tomorrow i will be starting the side panels and running some power wire.

prayers for our iak family as there is a fair bit of us having hard times....

[porkchop 304]

this cavity spans mid way of the wheel well and is being filled completly...one more application should finish this on both sides of the car

[porkchop 304]

any voids were filled with foam and trimmed off before the the deadener was applied....

the deadener, peel and seal, is a workable material tha smooths out the areas some for me...it is not truly intended for actuall deademing purposes....

i have fleece stretched over this and intend on applying resin and matt....then filler to smooth it out the rest of the way....

[djjdnap 78]

[porkchop 304]

the two cresendos came in today !

also got the Loudspeaker Design cookbook (5th edition) in this week....

if anyone ponders expanding foam next to window tint being a pass or fail scenario......

Fail!!!!

rear window now has two bubbles formed thus far from the mix....

guess i will have to vinyl over it at some point...sure not removing the wall...

[sefugi 166]

the two cresendos came in today !

Were are the pics??

[porkchop 304]

the two cresendos came in today !

Were are the pics??

brother i am one of those cell phone camera only type guys....

we have a nice camera for big events but it is sorta off limits for me, lol (bull in china shop)

i have a new cell phone on the way, i will attempt to get caught up on all the missing pics asap.(thanks to david!)

[porkchop 304]

frame work and sides are done for the most part......

the fleece was applied with a mild spray adhesive and when i began to saturate it with resin it failed.....

literally about felled on on me..... ( dry sense of humour) ....

so i battled to get it to stay for a while and then removed it all with the ol razor knife before it cured all the way...

$10 for resin, $2 for fleece, $5 bucks for spray adhesive, head rush from vapors.............priceless

I will have to change my approach on rear wall...

tomorrow might run some wires and clean on her a bit...not much planned till we go shopping again.

[porkchop 304]

zero progress today,

hope to get the ports and baffle material bought this week. will try to run the wires when it is not 90 degrees outside....

need to decide on some front stage options soon....

[Mac N Cheese 90]

Looks like its going to be strong!

Keep up the progress. Hope to see this at Slamology.

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

Looking Good PaPa Chop!

Break time is over, Get back to work.

[altoncustomtech 773]

Glad to see things coming along bro... keep up the great work and keep having fun with it!

[Jay-C76 333]

PM'd ya about the ports....

Progress is lookin' good man!

[Infinite913 381]

[BanginGMC 23]

Are those IROCs?

[Majestic1 0]

Looks good Chop!!!

[shizzzon 461]

i just wanted to tell you this now just in case u see this before we see each other at slamology-

We both know you are not a veteran box builder, we are all here to learn from what we build and progress with each build we do next...

I am also assuming that this is your first wall and many people that do their first wall somewhat fail at properly doing it.

I even failed at my first wall somewhat on purpose because i wanted to learn what happens when running bare minimum support....

Having said this and looking at your progressive pics of this wall..

I just wanted to tell you that you are doing EXCELLENT progress, Chop.

It appears you have absorbed the proper knowledge and was able to just jump right in with no past wall experience but so far so good!

This comment should kep you motivated on top of the better weather here lately now to continue moving forward.

Feel good that you are not guessing your way through this build, you are doing it right!

[porkchop 304]

structure wise i am hopefull.....

the "leak" hurt....

i have not spoke too much about it....

it hurts!

sean, thank you!

[porkchop 304]

Are those IROCs?

um, the rims? no, kmc nova's

[porkchop 304]

[porkchop 304]

foam ftl fail!

no comments please....it hurts enough!

[Scarface 23]

foam ftl fail!

no comments please....it hurts enough!

:-/