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Using nylon screen and fiberglass resin again but this time doing it neater/better... Removing the bumpers (again)... Making the hood a cowl induction job... Starting work on the front splitter...

Thanks Lawrence. Didn't like the vertical tubes so back to the horizontal. What do you do when you run out of primer? Why, use silver paint... ...and when the silver paint can goes phhhuuuut use gold...

Trying vertical locating tubes... ...and using some persuasion to square it up while the epoxy dries... Let's see, so far 3 types of body filler, epoxy, fiberglass resin and most of every kind of glue I have...

Found a can of body filler from when I patched up spots on my wife's car... ...opened the can and found a shallow lake on top of a large lump of rock-hard putty. Let's try this stuff... Cut it apart again...

Ok, I MIGHT have these sorted out now, not posting pics while in work makes me rely on my memory...bad idea! Adding a piece to widen and smooth out the front sides, also realizing that the lower sides now have to have part of the front wheel openings added to them... Looking from inside shows reinforcement and "meat" added for dissecting the body again... Applying the last of the spot putty... More sanding and adding nylon window screen and fiberglass resin to the inside... Removing most of it except for small areas for reinforcement...

Thanks for the comments all I've confused myself with the order of my pics, that's why I haven't posted more yet, I'm going through the pics again. The front and rear was cut off and stuck back on again a few times. Comparing T.J.'s pics to my build you can really notice the difference in where the wheels are on each. Old Brat pic, have only added better inside tin-work since it was taken... Bob

I don't want to hijack this thread but if you search on the workbench for RiviAirEh you can see I started with a '69 Riviera. Mine is kind of a "phantom phantom", in my mind it was never run in a race but it was built and driven/tested. I have my story for it in my head I really love your builds for this thread Steve, got any more of them for us to look at? Bob

Very well done Svendsen. I've surfed all of your website before and it's great having someone of your caliber in this hobby, and also on this forum. Bob

I would be interested and might get one sometime. Will this kit fit on a GTO/IMSA/SCCA chassis? Bob

Doesn't get much better than that, picture-perfect. Bob

Thanks for all the kind words Rob, Jonathan, Lawrence, Steve, Mike, Bob, Patrik, Ryan, Jim, Jeff, the other Steve and Danny Didn't have any band-aids, used masking tape. Why use the Beretta body? That's an easy answer, because I'm using the Beretta pro-steet chassis and running gear under a Subaru Brat of course! The hood scoop is not finalized yet. "He's not going to..." my wife says that all the time. Hole saws are not very neat unless you cut through the parts on a soft wood backer. Determination...I once got a car stuck in a farmers field waaaay off the road because of determination to get to the other road. Since starting this thread I've gone through over 300 pics (and still missed some modifications), out of them I have chosen and cropped 124 to upload and post. At this time the build has been sitting for over 2 months and is not finished yet. Frustration. Bob

DOOFUS! Frustration of my own doing (part 2). I used to build real aircraft so why did I confuse inside diameter with outside diameter of the hole-saw for the rear opening? Now to fix things...

Moving the body back, or the wheelbase forward, take your pick...

DOOFUS! Frustration of my own doing (part 1), look at that rollcage in relation to the body...

Gathering my thoughts...and parts...

More bodywork...

Modifying the rear to extract air... ...using leftover parts from my CFCF-18 aircraft... Work on the hood scoop...

Using tubing to mate the body pieces... Bumpers attached and smoothed...

Start of rear bodywork... ...and a small filler strip for the rear of the nose piece... Lower bumper done... Underside of the main body pieces...

A little help to untwist... Start of bodywork using a product that I heard of... Looks like ######... ...but it worked and I sealed it with clear nail polish...

The nose... The rear (first blood)... The main 'Stand body parts... Tape the main chassis to flat glass... Start bonding parts...

Work on the sides first...

This project has really frustrated me so far, and most of it has been my fault. The concept: take a Beretta body and fit it to an SCCA 'Stang chassis, without altering the chassis at all.

There is a Canadian comedy "news" show called "This Hour Has 22", not sure if the 22 is show or commercial time. Bob

Worked on this Phantom Buick but am going to do it over...... Bob