Filling holes in a 73 corvette body

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 5:40 pm
I'm starting a new project and have a few questions. The car is a 73 vette. The rear luggage rack has been removed and has left 8 holes about a 1/2 inch diameter. What is the best way to fill these? The gas tank has been removed so I have full access to the back side of these holes. I was thinking to use fiberglass resin and sheet on the underside.? Any help would be much appreciated.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:19 pm
Hmmmmm.... let's start with the fact that you probably don't have "regular" fiberglas there... go read about half way down in this article...
http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/vemp-1 ... materials/

According to that and a few other sources I checked you should have SMC there which requires SMC compatible resins. Evercoat makes SMC compatible Vette resins, cloths, mat, etc., available at most any paint jobber shop. Essentially SMC compatible stuff is usually some type of epoxy resin although there are some hybridized materials around.

And yes, basically mat and resin from underneath and then from top, level out and probably dress out the whole area with body icing, seal the entire panel with epoxy, then go into build 2k primers, etc. Time, in my opinion, is your best friend here. Don't rush everything.... let each process have time to off gas and "shrink" or you can be plagued with ghosting, print through, later.
Maybe a vette specialist can drop in here, too................
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 2:38 pm
Thanks for the reply. It was very helpful. I'm going to keep looking for ways to try and find the best possible way to do this. I don't want some ghosting to haunt me in a few months.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 5:52 pm
Yeah, I completely understand that. It's even come to bite me just a few times and I thought I had all my bases covered.
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