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cole455 wrote: Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:43 am For anyone interested, I have a set available on the east coast that I likely won’t be using. It’s a complete japco kit that Mike had made several years ago. I decided to go another direction and leave the car as it was raced in 1978.
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These are fenders with a WIDE FLARE ??
It they are "stock" looking, then --> PLEASE PM me!

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RustyBucket wrote: Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:30 pm These are fenders with a WIDE FLARE ??
It they are "stock" looking, then --> PLEASE PM me!

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Nuts. Oh well, thanks of the note!
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Hello rcmike
Are these kits still available?
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Carfanatic86 wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:21 pm Hello rcmike
Are these kits still available?
Cole has a set that he could sell...
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Thanks
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Well the first attempt was an expensive hot mess.
Spent WAY tooo much time reviewing the Youtube videos by people "WHO HAVE a CLUE"" , for motivation.
Many hours of labor to get the orignal metal fenders as "perfect" as possible.
Stunk up the garage ( and house) from the "tooling gel coat" and the multiple layers of fiberglass.
Despite the multiple coats of mold release wax and PVA coatings, i had mechanical "locks" which drove my nutz.
The fiberglass was then cut away and we are back to square one.
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True but Tesla almost eat his lunch had Tesla lived longer.
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Got the fenders repaired from my hacking the the first attempted fiberglass debacle.

Got the holes plugged up with clay and now pondering whether to attempt to make a one piece plug mold or go for a multi part mold .

The impending rain stopped the progress for this weekend
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