Ivan's coupe: roof stuccowork

[Ivan141]

Havent been too busy the past month (too many things going on in my weekends).
Spent a few days at the garage helping a mate get his KE30 back on the road (front chassis member replacement). Since he is the guy that will be in charge of getting my car ready for paint and probably the painting part too, that was some good karma points. The KE passed inspection thursday so that worked out well.


Today I've finally done something to the 86 again.



Bolted the doors in place temporarily, it helps to have them on there when making things straight. They dont look too bad.. the left one needs some bending in at the bottom corner where I did some welding, the right one might need some subtle tapping down along the top to align with the rooftop a little better.
The brand new hinges are nice and tight compared to the old ones.

I also put the roof bracing in place and filled the gaps with anti-flutter sealant (which takes forever to dry by the way). I also bolted in the 2 temporary roof supports I built to help stiffen things up for sanding etc.. They will need to come off to fit the headliner though, so I hope the roof wont take liters of mud to straighten out.

To do:
-Move the bonnet back from basement to garage (pain in ass.. need a bigger car).
-Find trunklid latch and other bits
-Bolt front together to align all gaps.

To buy:
-Front inner window guide for LH door (got the door without it).
-New weatherstripping for the trunklid. (to help fit the trunklids correctly for bodywork)
-Rubber stripping to put between the fenders and the body (as original, which I had to throw away since it was glued on).