American Motors Xperimental full frame by Ron S

2 minute(s) of a 140 minute read

2-10-2018

I use these highly sophisticated quarter panel gauges

2-19-2018

Finally got the crudely welded together panels done. Pull some fiberglass molds off of these panels, then the part. Yahoo, then I get to do body work attaching them to the car.

The guy I used to pull the nose molds builds 80% of the dragster bodies in the country, all carbon. He recommended not doing them in carbon fiber. He explained about how strong carbon was in long flat panels, or in a tubular shape, but how weak it was on a complex shape with a lot of 90 degree angles. He explained how brittle it is, and how any shape corners in carbon will eventually crack. Considering he said my nose mold was the most complex mold he had ever done, with nothing but sharp corners, he recommended fiberglass parts reinforced in critical areas with Kevlar. So that it what I did, have to trust the pro's.