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Jonathan

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

We just wrapped up a short session of bumper work. We ended up using most of our time for R&D and discussing some of the challenges we are facing. We did manage to get our hands on the bumper, though. Here are the newest pics! As always, questions and comments are welcome and encouraged. They keep the thread and the excitement rolling! We hope you like these!

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Jonathan

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

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Notchie to Fast Back Conversion

After Market Steering Wheel Conversion

'68-69 GTO Nose - The Project Has Begun

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"May the grins begin when you turn the key and hear the engine roar over your shoulder" ......Gall57 (slightly modified LOL)

quote Originally posted by Pete Matos: At the risk of sounding negative and if I do I am sorry, but IMHO it is way too blocky looking and the openings are too large and too squared off. This idea has potential but the way it looks right now personally I'm just not feeling it. Also the distance from the front of the nose to the hood looks too short somehow and the overhang is just not right. Those photoshopped pictures of the black car with the nose looked promising but it seemed much sleeker looking and the openings were considerably smaller looking to my eyes. Like I said hate to sound negative because you guys are working hard on this obviously and it could be cool with some more work. Good luck with it man. Peace Pete

Not a problem, Pete. You are exactly right. It is too blocky...so far. We are still doing rough work. There is rounding and blending and adding and subtracting yet to do. You can see in the recent pics above the wierd looking piece on top in the middle. That is a scrap piece of foam that we stuck back on to do some re-shaping. There are other areas like that, too. That first piece is a test to see if that technique will work for adding material. If it does not, we may have to re-foam in some places. I'll admit we have gotten a little aggressive in a few areas and we'll just have to fill it back up with putty or something.

As to the length of the nose to the hood, I was thinking the exact opposite recently. It looks shorter in the pics, I think. One of the illusions is that it is cut too low on top. That will have to be raised to meet the level of the hood.

Thanks for watching and keep the comments coming! We're (mostly) an open book.

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Jonathan

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

Additional inspiration.

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Jonathan

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

quote Originally posted by Boostdreamer: I've been thinking about the design and these two photoshops since the last time we worked on the bumper. I'm not satisfied with the top "horizontal" surface in the middle, just above where it comes to a point on the front. On the yellow car it is just too flat. That's the way the bumper is looking now. I think it is time for an eleventh-hour change and add more of an upward pointing point in that area and blend it down to the front. I don't know if that makes any sense but I promise it will make it better. You can see in the recent pics above the wierd looking piece on top in the middle. That is a scrap piece of foam that we stuck back on to do some re-shaping. There are other areas like that, too. That first piece is a test to see if that technique will work for adding material. Jonathan

I wanted to see if the "repair" technique would work so I went out and spent about 10 minutes on it and came up with this. This is the "concept" of what I want the top to be but it is still out of proportion and it needs to be blended in much better. The important part is that the nice pointy division between the grills doesn't have a flattop anymore. Also good to know is that we can use our putty to "glue" foam back on.

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Jonathan

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

Is my bumper done yet?
Hahaha...

[This message has been edited by fierogtlt1 (edited 07-28-2013).]