Making progress on my build...

[beeman]

Mike, I might do that to keep air from catching the bodywork from underneath. Would you use 060 aluminum?

[crash]

I'll try and get a picture tonight if I remember.

I used pretty thin material and then bent an edge on it to make it stronger.

[beeman]

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[crash]

It looks like .030.

[beeman]

It looks like .030.

OK! So pretty thin like you said, thanks

[Shoeless]

Now that's some fancy welding. I wish I was half that good .

[beeman]

Me too, that's why I had this guy do it .

Measure twice, cut once. Then undo the changes you made
Going back to the original door length will allow access to "cubbies" behind the seats.

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[beeman]

Side skirts widened by about 50mm. Aluminum sheet support plus a small welded plate at the rear for additional stability at the rear intake.

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Mounting door outer panel to door frame. Had the fiberglass shop that did my hood and rear spoiler throw together some fiberglass "angle iron". Bonded to door skin, rivets to the door frame.

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[beeman]

More fiberglass work to match the window seal contour at the rear of the door, aluminum template for layup.

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Fitting the door card, donor upper but will require fabbing lower part to clear the cage/side bars.

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[beeman]

Boxing in the side coolant pipes. Made 2 temples. Started with a flush top which looked really nice. Then I figured I would incorporate the door seal into the piece.

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Final design, should be a nice door seal with the weatherstrip.

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[Power Surge]

I love your attention to detail, as well as the patience that you have building this car. I haven't even had mine a year, and I struggle at times with how long I foresee it taking to complete my car.

[VRaptor SpeedWorks, LLC]

Wow.....what an incredible amount of work you've put into that! Looks like it's coming along pretty nicely!

[beeman]

I love your attention to detail, as well as the patience that you have building this car. I haven't even had mine a year, and I struggle at times with how long I foresee it taking to complete my car.

Luckily I have other projects that I can bounce around on when I need a break. My GTM is by far 10x the work compared to the other car projects I have... But I think it will be my favorite when it's done.

[beeman]

Passenger side was the prototype, made great progress on the driver's side last night and today. Symmetry is the ultimate challenge here, especially starting with the asymmetric GTM body.20241213_123221.jpg20241213_123242.jpg20241214_143411.jpg

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[beeman]

Cut... Paste... Cut... Paste
Why is the site posting my photos rotated all of a sudden?

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[Power Surge]

This is such a cool build, Dave. I love seeing the progress.

[beeman]

Driver's door bodywork nearly done.
Was considering options for license plate mounting with the center exit exhaust, including below one of the taillights. Will mount it above the diffuser. Ordered diffuser strut mounts to finalize diffuser location. As it sits, diffuser angle is 18 degrees which is on the high end but I think it will be functional with the spoiler assisting it.

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[beeman]

Finished the passenger side rear trunk. Tons of storage space back there. Need to order more 040 aluminum to do the driver's side.

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[Power Surge]

Really cool engineering as always. Do you have a rendering of what you expect the car to look like when done?

[VRaptor SpeedWorks, LLC]

Wow....you're going to have a ton of storage space there!