Great to hear. I used to use a food scale I got on amazon, but recently stepped up to a used paint scale I took from a shop. Don’t remember how to mix filler any other way.
BUILD THREAD “The Juggernaut”
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I’m back from our mini vacation and right back in the thick of things. Vacation was awesome, just some much needed time away from the rat race and intensity of work.
There was a lot of this…
…followed by a lot of this…
…which ultimately led to a lot of this:
Empty glasses galore. It was so hot, you absolutely had to stop every couple of hours to rehydrate. At least that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.
After getting waylaid by a dentists appointment for a few hours this morning, I got word that my shortened bumper shock substitutes were ready.
Nice to have them back, but now I’ve gotta wait until the filler work is done on the bumper and it’s in high build primer before I can reinstall them and test fit the whole assembly again.
Just before we left, my order of two more brackets arrived from Classic Industries, these will be for when I start going through the same tuck/narrow/recess procedure on the back bumper.
The back bumper should be relatively easy in comparison to the front as there’s a lot less weird shapes to it. The shortened front brackets as compared to the stock height brackets show just how much the front bumper has been recessed into the car:
That’s about all there is to update for now, I still have a couple other irons in the fire: I’m waiting on a very important special delivery from 69hurstolds and a Summit order, plus I got word today that the long awaited and overdue mirror gaskets might just be done. Finally.
But those’ll have to wait for the next update. In the meantime, it’s back to filling and sanding on the bumper.
D.
There was a lot of this…
…followed by a lot of this…
…which ultimately led to a lot of this:
Empty glasses galore. It was so hot, you absolutely had to stop every couple of hours to rehydrate. At least that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.
After getting waylaid by a dentists appointment for a few hours this morning, I got word that my shortened bumper shock substitutes were ready.
Nice to have them back, but now I’ve gotta wait until the filler work is done on the bumper and it’s in high build primer before I can reinstall them and test fit the whole assembly again.
Just before we left, my order of two more brackets arrived from Classic Industries, these will be for when I start going through the same tuck/narrow/recess procedure on the back bumper.
The back bumper should be relatively easy in comparison to the front as there’s a lot less weird shapes to it. The shortened front brackets as compared to the stock height brackets show just how much the front bumper has been recessed into the car:
That’s about all there is to update for now, I still have a couple other irons in the fire: I’m waiting on a very important special delivery from 69hurstolds and a Summit order, plus I got word today that the long awaited and overdue mirror gaskets might just be done. Finally.
But those’ll have to wait for the next update. In the meantime, it’s back to filling and sanding on the bumper.
D.
I can easily see there's a difference of height but the angle of the image skews the amount. How much are you pulling them in?
Beautiful country out there Donovan. Its amazing to me, when I think of all of the natural beauty that we have in this country. Glad you were able to get out, relax and rehydrate.
They have been shortened by an inch and a half from their stock length. Now keep in mind that these brackets were originally designed for a GN or a Regal and not for the Cutlass, so the unmodified length probably wasn’t right for a factory replacement in this application anyways.
What that means in the grand scheme of things, I dunno.
Gotcha. When I did my previous ElCamino bumper tuck, I used drilled & spot-welded OE mounts. I recall moving them in ~1". I basically moved the bumper in until it was just under/at the edge of the lower portion of the grille. That allowed trimming the corner trim filler pieces for a nice, finished look.
Latest update on the bumper bodywork.
Still quite a bit left to do, but every day and every hour I can spend on it gets it closer.
So many adjoining angles on different planes!
As you can see, I’m sharpening up the body lines on it considerably. They ultimately won’t end up as sharp as they are here, but they will definitely be substantially clearer than the lazy lines they had from the factory. I like to think of it as probably closer to what the designer originally had in mind to begin with.
Still quite a bit left to do, but every day and every hour I can spend on it gets it closer.
So many adjoining angles on different planes!
As you can see, I’m sharpening up the body lines on it considerably. They ultimately won’t end up as sharp as they are here, but they will definitely be substantially clearer than the lazy lines they had from the factory. I like to think of it as probably closer to what the designer originally had in mind to begin with.
Thank you! I can honestly say that this is the most technically challenging bit of bodywork I’ve done to date.
The angles, the measurements, the different planes, everything has to be just right or else it’ll be painfully obvious that something’s off.
I’m taking my time, using the best materials, techniques and equipment on this and I think it’s already paying off. The finished result should hopefully be pretty impressive, both the bumper and the complete car.
It is paying off. You're building an absolute show car in a 2-car garage. Very impressive.
