Cascade Crew

90droptoproc · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:26 am Post subject: Carbonized!!

not Fbody but I wanted to show what I was up to tonight

no before pics, but you guys get the idea

it's real carbon, but an overlay, so purely cosmetic (they pay, so I don't ask)
Laughing

QwkTrip · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject:

You could drill a single 1/2-inch hole somewhere in the car to get the same weight savings as a carbon fiber gas filler cover..... and it's free..... and not fried rice.

Sorry, I'm just a smart ***. Wink

90droptoproc · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject:

not so much, since I mentioned its an overlay, not for weight savings Laughing

you understand the premise though, these are for cars that look good for shows but dont move Very Happy

j/k
I hope you don't take those to heart, but I have been waiting like ten years to see your car on the road (hint hint)

QwkTrip · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject:

My car is good for show and doesn't move. You can mail me the gas cover. Laughing

90droptoproc · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject:

hows the car doing now, havn't heard anything in years, any closer?
thats one of the cars that got me started in all this Fbody stuff way back when, yours and Lances for starters

QwkTrip · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:09 pm Post subject:

Wow! That's quite a compliment! Cool

I got it back to Illinois about 3 years ago and it's just sitting in my garage. I had to gut the entire interior because of a mouse infestation when it sat at my parents' place. I bleached the inside so the entire interior is still ripped out and all the plastic is sitting on my work bench. Headliner is sagging and needs replacement now. I can't work in my garage and I can't drive my car. Laughing

I did buy some junkyard 4th gen T/A leather seats for front and rear. I need carpet before I can put the interior back together but just haven't gotten around to spending the money. Body still looks perfect though. It is aging well being in a garage 24/7.

I bought a truck and trailer just to get it back here to Illinois. The trailer hasn't been used in a year and I just sealed the deck last week. I drive the truck every day. Good old 7.3L diesel Ford. Although, the truck will get parked when snow is on the ground. It is 2WD. I keep my trusty Jeep Cherokee for winter duties.

dlp · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject:

The CF covered gas door looks suspiciously like it belongs on a 3rd gen Tappy tap tap

90droptoproc · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:32 pm Post subject:

lol, not quite, it is a second gen cavalier door, close though, now you have me wondering if they are the same Shocked

DBL_TKE · Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:19 am Post subject:

90droptoproc · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:38 am Post subject:

few more parts done

Honda civic gas door

Kia Rio gas door

Nissan 240sx gas door

Fiero gas door

sunbird grill

sunbird gas door

Nissan 240sx center console lid

the two sunbird parts are for my wife and mine's 3400 swapped 91 sunbird, figure the car logs 140KM a day, might as well use it as advertising Laughing

tell me what you think!
Rich

90droptoproc · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:55 am Post subject:

oops forgot one more

Camry gas door

Dewey316 · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:12 pm Post subject:

Nice looking work. Now... Thirdgen Parts!!!!

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject:

How much for a firebird body?

Very Happy

-Schultzy

90droptoproc · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:37 pm Post subject:

lol, maybe some interior parts in the near future, gotta dig out some of my thirdgens Very Happy

fraid no full body Laughing

RSFreak · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:08 pm Post subject:

I'd pay for some interior parts. How hard is carbon fiber to work with? Cool

90droptoproc · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject:

I should have some interior ideas ready soonish

Carbon fiber is like any composites work, it gets somewhat easier the more you work with it, definately a learning curve thing.

90droptoproc · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject:

lol, my Halloween mask this year, using up some scraps I had laying around

RSFreak · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:59 pm Post subject:

Are full carbonfiber hoods out of the question?!?! Very Happy

90droptoproc · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:34 am Post subject:

at the moment, I don't have the room for a bunch of large molds laying around.
Hope to get there eventually, but no idea when