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15 May 2001:

Now to stretch the body... I decided to make additions from resin and I had to make a mold for the body profile. I chose foil copying. Aluminum foil 0.2 mm thick was pressed over the body as shown.



To have the foil keep its form, it had to be supported. A piece of wooden slab with a marble cement did the job. It was hard in 4 minutes.


This is the body contour mold.



Resin was applied with the addition of a piece of cloth for reinforcement. Resin is impregnated in the cloth.



And here is the part to be used (on the left) for extension.



Now cutting the body... I cut the front part in the doors and the roof at the rear. The reason was to save the front door lines and handle. For the roof, Pt's roof parts fitted fine at the very top of the roof, so it was cut there.



The door extensions were secured in place by tapes and fixed to the body on the inside with superglue impregnated cloth pieces.


The roof was also treated in the same manner as the doors, but the whole roof was covered with superglue embedded cloth on the inside. The cured roof was very rigid and safe from breaking apart while sanding in the future.



19 May 2001:

The center console was shortened to the limits of the passenger compartment.

25 May 2001:

Now the stretching of the door panels. The most suitable contour was found to be and cut as shown. A styrene filler sheet was tailored to fill the gap and reinforced with cloth+superglue composition. Then the higher parts of the door panel were cut and glued in place as in the last pic. Later they were sanded to proper contours. The rear part of the B-post was cut away.












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