Glassing to pan......

In my CMC manual it says to fiberglass the body to the pan after it is bolted down. Is this what everyone else with the CMCs have done. Anyone have pics?

Thanks, Troy

Yes....be creative.

No, I don't have pictures.

Just use lots of mat and resin. You'll be fine.

Remember to sandpaper up the metal and body area you're trying to fiberglass to so it'll stick. Don't take it down to bare metal, but rough it up a little. Same thing for the body glass - just rough it up a little to make the new stuff stick. All of it shouldn't take you more than a night or two.

Also, don't forget to glass in those two inner fender walls in the front. They glass to the underside of the front fenders and also to the front bumper mounting brackets. I bolted them to the brackets and glassed everything else.

gn

Thanks, I've got a buddy with a fiberglass shop. Time to call in a favor!!!

Thanks, Troy

i didn't fiberglass to the pan on my build. i wanted to the option to pull the body if i ever wanted to. i used a proper pan gasket, bolted it down, sealed the outside with black RTV silicon and then sealed the inside with expanding closed cell foam, trimmed the excess off, then put sound deadening over it all.

Although I also opted out on fiber glassing the body to chassis and used the pan gasket and RTV instead? I'm not sure if that was a mistake or not? It certainly would not hurt anything doing it. I've actually considered covering the entire floor and tunnel area with fiberglass mat or cloth, but never done it?

But, there were a couple of other areas to glass-in as Gordon has already suggested.

In addition to the front pieces that support or seal around the bumper brackets, I glassed the rear engine compartment to the frame, and I think the rear trunk latch had to be glassed in place also?

Good luck, that's all good stuff to have behind you.

Boston Bob E