Now with all the lightweight fibreglass Hood, Doors, front fenders and trunk lid in the work shop, the big job of fitting and finishing it all begins. Fibreglass panels need an awful lot of work to fit correctly and usually some extra fibre glassing is needed to get it right. also some manufacturers use a type of rubberised type of mold release which is actually a type of alcohol based PVA and must be completely removed all over as a part of the prep work.
Then fitment begins, I have elected to use all of the OEM hinges & Bolts for , Hood, doors & Trunk lid also OEM bolts and fitment for Front fenders to meet the exact mounting placement as original.
As far as researching the Fibre panels for 1964 they were exact copies of the OEM steel parts. So I will continue down that path.
The finish of these parts was pretty good.
The Trunk lid was made almost identical to steel top and inner panel too
The hood and front fender, pre fit much work to do here
The doors are nicely made skins but inner frame is too flimsy and will need work
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