The steel angle in the foreground helps to ensure that the "wings" near the doors will be in the correct position once the fiberglass dries. The ribs are once again made from foam core and are 1/2" wide and approx. 1" tall. They are held in place with contact cement until the fiberglass dries.
I also need to add some mounting supports for the new auxiliary fog lights. With the baffles in place I can build off of those. The plywood will be encased in fiberglass when it's done. I have not actually applied the fiberglass yet as it has been very cold in the shop the last few days.
Also needed are the hinges themselves. The rough fabrication has been completed. The top side of the hinges will "sandwich" the fiberglass and bolt through it. The tube steel side of the hinge will be welded to the existing metal frame just below the fiberglass nose. The brackets in the middle are the stops that will be bolted to each side of the metal frame to keep the nose from rotating too far. After a test fit and attachment of the tube steel to the frame, I will paint these before final assembly.
The nose needs to rotate up and down, and so do the headlights, but independently of each other. Therefore, the next set of brackets needed is to attach the headlights armature to the metal frame instead of the fiberglass. The following photo shows how the armature was originally attached to the fiberglass.
The "tabs" on the fiberglass are no longer needed or wanted, so they have been cut off.
Now similar supports need to be created on the steel unibody. I've fabricated them so they fit just behind the existing splash guards at the front of the wheel wells.
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| Driver Side |
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| Passenger Side |
The passenger side has to fit around a bump-out for the alternator, so the bracket had to be curved in two directions.
To complete the brackets, I'll need to fabricate four "L" shaped attachments that will actually fit around the armature pipe.
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