Looking at that silver Cobra, you can see where the body was broken a little at the grille opening. I might be the one fixing that later.
The Trans Am will be back soon, probably by next week. I saw pics of the new interior... it looks good. Like a new car, you'll see. Has two chromy cupholders in the console, and all red stitching on charcoal upholstered low back bucket seats. The wood rimmed mock up steering wheel is still in it messing up the look, I haven't seen the actual wheel to be used yet.
Heres some process / progress shots of the fabricated core support-to-bumper filler panel. It had been sitting neglected for awhile but never fear, I can sand.
After making and fitting then sitting:
Hey, that looks a lot different after some hammer and dolly work and a cleanup sanding:
Epoxy primer lets me start to see the smaller imperfections:
This is where I'm at now. Since I wanted the filler to follow that delicate contour closely...
On the first layer I used Rage Gold with about 30% Metal Glaze mixed in. Applied with spreader. The two products are mixable per manufacturer, and this helps flow of the wet filler coat plus pinholes a little less. Second layer was approximately 60% Metal Glaze and 40% Rage Gold, applied with a spreader and brush. I'm getting there but final shaping that panel is a challenge.
Here is the stencil being applied for the first color layer of the hood bird. The hood has it's grey color and clearcoat already but is dull because of the fine sanding needed to make the graphic and additional clear coats stick.
One of these days, I'll catch this truck in good light. It sure is a looker!
