HOW TO

Now I have my mould I need to prep it ready for fiberglassing. I started with 240 wet and dry then went to
400, 600, and finished up with 1200 then T cut to get it as shiney inside as I could
Now ten coats of wax.



Well, the mold has had ten coats of wax, and its ready for P.V.A.



Because the surface has been ...

First I'm going to make up a form for the pod I will cast then graft onto the pan. The MDF form will be filled with expanding foam then sanded into shape and fine filled.

From this I will take a cast and produce a mould to reproduce the finished pod.



Shape looks right



As does the height.

Ok, ...

Not really so much of a how to, but more of a what I did

After a lot of messing about with proping the sub-frame, and getting the angle just right I was able to make templates
from a couple of bit of serial box.



I drew round them and added a few dims, so now you dont have to mess about with bits of string and stuff like that.
all you have to do is copy the template to your pix, print it ...

I found a company on the interweb the other week that do break lines that can be assembeled at home and it got me thinking.
Hmmmmmmm!!!
How nice would it look if I had my rear line going through my swing arm??
So I went about ordering the bits I needed from Venhill lines from Dorking in Surrey and had a chat with a very nice lady called Caroline and she put me right on all the bits I would need.
The first thing she told me I didnt know was that the pitch on the banjo bolts ...

I did a car wheel conversion to my SSSA and used an Inovit Concept wheel in silver.
And very pleased I was with it if I say so myself. Problem was I still had that scratched black front wheel.
I was thinking of getting it refinished in two pack or powdercoat when I came across a thread on another site about doing it your self and save between 60 to 80 quid per wheel.

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First thing the guy advised was ...