In between the fiberglass steps I worked on mounting the trusses in the front of the hood. They can be seen in the previous pictures. It was uneventful so I hadn't taken any pictures of the process. Basically I placed the trusses in position with the mounting discs attached to the trusses and tacked the discs to the body with the 3M 08219 SMC/Fiberglass Adhesive. After the adhesive cured I removed the trusses leaving the discs behind and filled the remaining holes in the discs. The adhesive is a two part mixture which requires a special calk gun type tool a mixing nozzle. The gun and nozzle combination provides a good way of dispensing the adhesive. The body is not flat so the voids between the body and discs are filled by injecting the adhesive in several of the disc perforations. After the adhesive cured I reattached the trusses.
In the interest of checking for problems I didn't spend time cleaning up the parting surfaces.The body fit well when it was in one piece but when reattaching the body to the frame, it needed to go forward another 3/4" to match the mounting holes on the bottom of the frame. The sheet metal on the back end was keeping it from moving the final inch so I removed the body and trimmed the sheet metal. Perhaps it needed trimming all along but was masked by the method in installing the one piece body. With that done the body lined up with the mounting holes. I attached the hood to the hinges and took some pictures. It needs some alignment but looked good for the first fit. The contours between the hood and body looks close also so I am pleased so far.
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I have a mistake some where in my CAD model because the front is low by about 1.5". I'm not surprised because the body is not symmetrical and differs over an inch from one side to the other. One headlight mounting flange is forward of the other about an inch and the contours around them are different. Finding a centerline is difficult. I may have to remake the hinge mounts.