Rob Scott

dude ask you have the moulds already would you be interested in making another boot or bonnet if possible?

yeah sure, £75 for a bonnet and £55 for a boot, i can post or you can collect

yeah its real easy,

you need a release agent, i use kantstick wax, polish the bonnet with that, get a good few layers on there.

then gell coat, either brush or spray the gellcoat onto the waxed bonnet,

then fine fibreglass tissue, stick that ontop if the gellcoat, and then dab the resin into it with a brush, once the tissue is coated, use a paddle roller to get any air bubbles out.

next is the chop strand glass to bulk it up, cover the whole bonnet in it and dab the resin onto it, coating it all, and use the roller to press is flat and get rid of air bubbles.

do a few layers of chop strand to make the mold as thick as you like. if your only doing a couple of bonnets the mould doesnt have to be very thick.

now add some battons/peices of wood accross it to keep the mould rigid, just stick the battons on with resin and coat in chop stand.

you can either pull the mould off before its fully cured, so 2 hours after, or leave a day or so and crack the bugger off, use a plastic scraper to get between the bonnet and mould. dont be scared of giving it some grief to get them apart

i normally leave the mould for a week or so before casting from it, to get it nice and dried out.

as with the bonnet, wax the mould, about 10 coats, the last coat put on nice and thick and dont buff it off.

now its basically the same as making the mould. so brush or spray on the gellcoat, then apply tissue, resin, then roller, then add 2 layers of chopped strand, making sure you get it nice and even, and also put more towards the edges. give it a right good rollering, the more you roller it the stronger it will be.

i usually use 1 layer of tissue, 1 later of fine weave fibreglass, as its really strong, its like carbon fibre but real cheap.

leave the bonnet in the mould for about 2 days, because if you take it out before its cured fully it will warp like a biatch

anyways, hope that helps.

oh, if you want to make a carbon bonnet, there is an easy way, insted of the tissue, you use carbon, and the gellcoat has to be clear, and you have to spray the gellcoat on with a gun, get a good few layers on, so its thick enough to sand and polish. leave it 20 mins so its half cured, then spray another layer on, then you lay the carbon on and roller the shit out of it untill there are no bubbles at all. then just bulk it up with chop strand, mix one of the small black humbrol model paint tins into your resin, to turn it all black

carbon is £25 a sq metre by the way kevlar is about £15 and looks awesome on a bonnet.

i use fibreglass because its cheap for racing/crashing

allreety again, well today i made a front upper strut brace, and also lower brace and sump gaurd mount.... and also cut two holes in the bumper for the A-frame mounts

lower strut brace:

the A-frame mounts:

so, there we go for today yup yup

oh, the rollcage thats in the car, is just one i had lying around, its not a bad fit, but not up to msa spec, pluss it needs to be 6 point

Allreety, as you may see in the members rides section, i'm building a rally car, so i have a

front and rear seats, mint, no rips burns etc £70,

all plastics, let me know what you want, as a price guide, biggest plastic interior part £5,

headlining £10

door cards £10 each

eleccy window mech £20 each

bonnet, £30

boot, £20

air bag steering wheel £15

passenger airbag £10

open to offers, and i will post.

also i have made moulds for race weight bonnets and boots, bonnet £75, boot £55, made to order.

I'm in Preston, Lancashire

thats hannah

its quite light

release agent on the bonnet ready to take a mould

moulds are done, just need trimming, and gotta let them cure a bit more before i can cast some pannels.

I'm looking for sponsorship for this car too, so parts, paint, wheels, seats, harnesses, loan of an engine etc welcome

Allreet,

Heres the story, i have a karmann ghia:

which i race in autosolos/autotests and autocross, but as body panels are getting expensive and rare, i went looking in scrap/salvage yards for a car to use for autocross/rallycross and stage rallying, origionly looking looking at corsas, fiestas, micras etc, and happened to come accross this:

I hadnt even heard of a paseo untill i saw this one, hoping it would have a 4AGE under the bonnet, it didnt, but 1500 16v and 89k on the clock, bodywork pretty good shape (apart from the laquer was peeling off) and a mint interior, i thought it looked pretty cool, and different from the corsas/fiestas etc. After repairing the rust, respraying and helping my mate build up is UK '86 i knew a toyota would be a good choice

(thats me by the way ;) )

it was up for £395, but managed to get it for £300, there is nothing up with it, and its still registered, so can be used on the road

after picking it up and taking it to my garage, me and my mate, hannah, got on with stripping the interior out, taking out all the sound deadening, and seam welding the whole car

ive had the car a week, and so far, painted the front and rear suspension and inner arches, seam welded the whole car, cut inner skins off the doors, made moulds for fibreglass bonnet and bootlid, and made an a frame for towing the car ;)