Ulysses said - What about someone making the proper molds to make actual s.s. parts on a small scale setup. I heard Steve Wynne say at the SEDOC last Sept that DMC/Texas is working on having reproduction left front fenders made. I understand that dies made to stamp SS need to be harder than normal dies to hold up to regular use. I suspect that DMC/Texas is going to use soft dies for a small production run. I got the idea a long time ago that fiberglass panels could be copper clad like printed circuit boards. This clad could be brushed (textured) and then nickel or gold plated. Nickel would look like stainless steel. ___________ Scott said - I have a Saturn that has plastic door skins and fenders. I don't know what method is used to make these parts, but you could find out. I think they use injection molds for that. Those operate under high pressure and are expensive to make. There is a company somewhere in Florida making reproduction bumper filler panels like what you see on old Cadillac Fleetwoods rotting out around the rear tail lights. These are polypropylene and injected molded. I've been thinking about hunting these people down and seeing if thy can likewise make fascias out of the new materials. _____________ Andrei said - I think Walt wanted to try and make some new facias with air dams or something. Perhapse he could use his contacts and get some of the factory drawings.... Part of this was my idea to make SS finish fascias by covering them with copper clad and then nickel plating. I would like to make a perfect wrinkle-free fascia made of modern plastics, but I would also like to make everything on the planet perfect & wrinkle free. I have to realize my limitations. I was able to get the factory drawings for the front anti-sway bar. It cost me some bucks and some promises not to disclose certain things. I'm sure there are factory drawings that show dimensionally how the fascias bolt on, but those could be determined just as well by measuring. Measuring the sway bar was a lot more complicated. I don't think the factory drawings would show how to reproduce the shape of the fascias. CAD work was kind of exotic back in the late '70s. _______________ Greg said - Where did you learn how to do interior work? That is kind of like asking, "How did you learn to repair engines?" It is something that you just go and do. My Dad used to restore antique cars. I helped him on a few projects and then did some of my own. Any auto upholstery project is basically a matter of taking what is left of the old stuff apart, using it as a pattern for the new, and then sewing the new pieces together. It takes some patience & practice initially to make sure the stitching is straight and will look right when done. Then when you go to car shows and start looking at how other people did things, you will figure out techniques to put upholstery on just about anything. Walt ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Will You Find True Love? Will You Meet the One? Free Love Reading by phone! http://us.click.yahoo.com/it_ffB/R_ZEAA/Ey.GAA/HliolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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