We decided to tackle one of the most glaring issues on our 1964 Elan project first: Replacing the badly damaged left rear quarter. We felt that getting this panel correct would set the tone for the rest of the project.
We searched for almost a year and found a nearly perfect used Series 2 Elan lef…
Bravo, sir. Well done. This could be your Sistine Chapel.
In reply to Tim Suddard:
I thought this was a six tail light car...are you converting to a later tail, or were two of those original lights just reflectors?
Jerry,
Thanks!
Woody, The car originally had four tailights and two reflectors and will again. The quarter panel I used was from a Series 2, which is identical, except for the tailights. We have already filled those tailight holes, since this photo was taken.
Good Job. You guys can restore anything. I suppose I can wait 'till you get to that point, but what kind of top coat products are you thinking about using on the bare fiberglass?
We will sand the entire body down to the bare fiberglass, spread fiberglass resin over any minor star cracks and then gelcoat the entire body. From there we will do our body work as needed and then paint the car in two part (base coat/clear coat) PPG paint.
Sounds good. I have done much fiberglass repair but I have never sprayed Gelcoat. Most my repairs were very localized. I'll be curious about your experience with the gelcoat. Dave.
We will use a Shutz gun to spray the gelcoat. Same gun you would use to spray undercoating.
I have to do similar this summer on a S2 Europa. Good ideas/and insight
I think I might have done the Gelcoat once, but it was a long time ago. Should be just a few weeks before it is time to try again. We are now down to body details and perfecting the fiberglass.
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