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'68-69 GTO Nose - The Project Has Begun

We're hoping to get together tomorrow afternoon for some more sculpting! Rain, rain, go away!!

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Jonathan

'68-69 GTO Nose - The Project has Begun!
My '85 L67 Build Thread

OK, here we go - we did some more shaping today, see what ya think:

Here is where we rounded the fender to be more like a sdtock formula fender and we took out the right side grill area for shaping


Here you can see where took out the grill area on the passenger side


Shaping the nose


Shaping the nose still


This is an angle to see the nose taking shape


Another angle for nose shape


Here we are starting to cut the lower air dam and forward scoop


still shaping air dam (we were adding more foam to the top because the angle of the front top of the nose of the whole bumper isn't where we want it, so we are adding more foam to get the shape we want)


Here you cannot see the air dam pockets that allow air into the radiator but they are there. Also, we still need to finish shaping passenger side fender to match drivers. (alot of measuring taking place here )


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[This message has been edited by CrazyDragn (edited 06-19-2013).]

And even more pics!

My big project for the day was to re-do the driver's side of the bumper where it meets the wheel well. I noticed in earlier shots that although the shape looked good by itself, the lines didn't flow well enough. Upon further investigation, I could clearly see that our bumper was too thick near the wheel well. I found this out by comparing our iGTO bumper with my other Fieros' stock bumpers. Basically, I had to completely re-cut that side and smooth it all out again. It was worth it. It looks much better now and will work very well with stock fenders. That is a MUST for our designs.



















When I was satisfied with that, I looked at the grill openings that Crazy Dragn had cut out. We were happy with them but were concerned about having enough foam material in the center for the point. That was my next project. I started shaping the center of the grill and with some good observations and ideas from Crazy Dragn, I think it is going in the right direction.







We had to add some extra foam to the corners of the bumper and would have liked to add more on top. We had some low areas in the corners and the top needed to be built up a bit more. After trying a couple of different techniques, we were able to get the foam built up on the sides and a little extra on the top. We're dangerously low on two-part foam! Who needs floor mats?!?!







We had been working pretty hard and were surprised at how little time had gone by. We started to work on the chin spoiler a little more. It's looking good. Needs more work but it's getting there.



It was an amazing day. I would not have believed we could make so much progress in one afternoon. I get more excited about this bumper each time we work on it. I wanted to put it on my '85 project but I'm not going to be able to wait. The first one will have to go on my GT!

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Jonathan

'68-69 GTO Nose - The Project has Begun!
My '85 L67 Build Thread

quote Originally posted by fierogtlt1: It is starting to take shape better.But IMO I would round the outside corners a little more instead of a sharp edge.Just my opinion.Take it or leave it.

We agree completly. We just haven't gotten to final shaping yet.

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Jonathan

'68-69 GTO Nose - The Project has Begun!
My '85 L67 Build Thread

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Jonathan

'68-69 GTO Nose - The Project has Begun!
My '85 L67 Build Thread

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--Jeff aka mrfred8
- 88 Yellow GT
- 86 Silver SE (3800 in progress)
Fieros For Sale

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Jonathan

'68-69 GTO Nose - The Project has Begun!
My '85 L67 Build Thread