Here's the fit of the door post to the windshield. The door fit the fender but there was a huge gap at the top. Needed another door but took two to

This is the Corvette as it sat partially disassembled for 30 years and after all the stored items were removed and the car cleaned up a little. Looks

Here's the fit of the door post to the windshield. The door fit the fender but there was a huge gap at the top. Needed another door but took two to

The left front fender had seen a lot of previous work and took considerable time to get into shape

First exposure to just how bad the underneath fiberglass was in terms of ripples. Was then stripped, block sanded, filled and primed with Featherfill

Final hood shaping. This hood had been patched before and at some point had hood pins. Inner surfaces required quite a bit of work also.

Shaping completed before primer. Tried two other doors before I found one that fit but even that had to have the shell built out with fiberglass clot

Right side in Featherfill. Note the nice working clearance between the garage post and the car. I got the owner (his garage) to move the post before

Here's the fit of the door post to the windshield. The door fit the fender but there was a huge gap at the top. Needed another door but took two to

Chevyman for life
Nov 7, 2008

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