source for speedster body

anyone have a source for a reasonably priced speedster body "only"
Rusty tubs offers one for 4 grand and that seems nuts..plus it does not appear to have a glassed in birdcage frame.

You might want to check with a guy here named Jim Anderson.
He's got a profile on this site.

I'm going to check in with Jim next week -- see how he's doing on those hardtops! Plus I owe him dinner at the Bakwer Gator Hut.

price out the fiberglass, gel coat, resin in the desired thickness and you'll see it's close to $3K in materials. those are retail prices mind you. if you've ever done fiber glassing and gel coat, you'll appreciate the labour cost.

I know talking to Jim in past that only way to economically buy resin was in 55 gallon drums plus Once open it has a short shelf life. Just a quart at Lowes with catalyst is $15.

I suppose you are right if you calculate material costs. I'm thinking that for that kinda price $3k to $4k it would probably be easy to find a non completed or half finished CMC or Fiberfab kit and kill a coupla birds with one stone.

Paul, where are you located?? I have a body shell for sale.

http://picasaweb.google.com/hirdrutter/SpeedsterBuild02?authkey=Gv1sRgCInkgoaZ69uHeQ#

Simon

Simon,
I am in new york on long island. How did you graph that piece in on your intermeccanica? I ask, because my plan is that I want to graph a T-6 nose from my envemo onto a speedster body to make a T-6 roadster. Did you make some kind of flange or other reinforcement to bond the two together? send me an email pcelenta at yahoo.com.

regards,
Paul

"I suppose you are right if you calculate material costs. I'm thinking that for that kinda price $3k to $4k it would probably be easy to find a non completed or half finished CMC or Fiberfab kit and kill a coupla birds with one stone."

That's what I did !

Looked like this last summer

Paul;

Full nose or wheelwells forward ?

Corvette FG panels are glued together with epoxy or polyester adhesive . Bonding strips may be required to increase the strength and surface area.

Google "panel bonding corvette"

I need to apply for a Federal Grant to study why every unassembled CMC speedster kit has the lic. light, tail lights and headlights installed on the cars then owner just quits.
The only conclusion I have in mind is that those items took the entire 40 hours CMC quoted as the assembly time. ~Alan

dave,

not sure just yet. a T-5 B nose from the wheel wells forward will work pretty easily as the hood for the A and B are the same. dilema with a t-6 is that the hood is wider and the drip rail flange would have to be molded too. Certainly not impossible, but more work.
I've played a bit with fiberglass over the years (have my old john willis fiberglass auto body construction "bible" forever) We'll see. Open to all ideas and suggestions.

regards,
Paul

Hey Paul, I used West Systems, Six10 epoxy to bond the graft. I ground down the body till I got to raw glass. the graft that I made was tapperd out to the edges.