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16th October 2009, 19:41
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| BHPian  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pune
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|  Thank you for your support mates..... After having your views I spoke with Sunil and Nigel on their approach towards the body work.... as rightly pointed by all of you, i also had the initial concern on the labor to work on the metal... Nigel has a team who are on this job, they ave not taken up any large assignments apart from few fiber glass fairings for bikes.... I have a very big question that I would need your suggestions for..... Nigel and sunil are planning to on with Fiberglass for most of the parts... the bumpers, dash... and body.... My question... will Fiberglass tolerate highspeeds..? also when they are planning for a v6.....? As far as the work progress is concerned the car is now completely dismantled..... two door conversion in progress outer metal completely chopped off rear end cutdown to shortern the overall length... Nigel is padding the car now with thick thermocolsheets..... he is planing to shape the external looks out of thick thermocol and go with fiberglass on top..... will keep you updated once I get the snaps Reitz |
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16th October 2009, 19:49
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| BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bangalore
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| Do you plan to leave this car parked (as a showpiece) ? The first thing to do - before you start the bodywork (fiberglass or sheet metal) would be to reinforce the body and the engine bay to provide the strength and rigidity to the roof less frame. Do that and the mounts/changes for the RWD before you proceed with making the car look good.
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17th October 2009, 02:48
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| BHPian  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Madras
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| Any work-in-progress pics would be great. Interesting project, and Contessa is the first car i ever drove (Dad's '89 Petrol!). Getting one and modding has been my dream. Lets see if this pushes me into reality  |
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17th October 2009, 09:21
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| Senior - BHPian  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: bangalore
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btw, I had bought a conti a year ago and started on a similar conversion a while ago. I too planned a 2 door coupe out of the conti taking inspiration from the new camaro. but i did not choose to make it a convertible. too risky coz of body rigidity issues. My project will take longer coz of financial issues. outside projects are taking higher priority.
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19th October 2009, 00:51
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| BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pune
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| Here are the Stage1 Updates Hi All Here are the Stage 1 Modification Pictures Sunil.s Contessa  Car Bumper, grill... removed  Side fenders Bonnet removed   Doors removed and Nigel working on reinforcements  B'pillar removed  Nigel working on removing the top  Removed Top Roof Removed  Car Rear Chopped off to reduce the Overall length, Car Front Glass Frame inclined... Side outer metal chopped off to work with interior framing... (as this is convertible, Nigel is planning to have cross bars to get extra rigidity... B'Pillar moved back by approx 1 feet, increased length of front Door...  Thick Thermocol sheets attached to car body.... after these sheets are properly dried Nigel would be working on shaping the muscular look on the car...    REITZ |
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19th October 2009, 10:21
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| BHPian  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gods own country
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20th October 2009, 15:56
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| BHPian  Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Pondicherry
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| Great Project! Those wheels look amazing can u please give me the details about the size\brand of the same? Have you used PCD adaptor plates to fit them on?
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