body repair questions

Sure...What type of bumper? Eyebrow? Cast aluminum or sheet metal? Here is a shot of some LED dot lights I played with on my splits. Decided to put it on the shelf. There are many light designs that should/could/would work. If you have the cast aluminum bumpers, drilling or cutting holes may be more difficult.

Kirk -

Thanks for the advice.

Chuck/Rocky

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Originally posted by Kirk Evans:
Sure...What type of bumper? Eyebrow? Cast aluminum or sheet metal? Here is a shot of some LED dot lights I played with on my splits. Decided to put it on the shelf. There are many light designs that should/could/would work. If you have the cast aluminum bumpers, drilling or cutting holes may be more difficult.

Original '71 euro style bumperettes.

Are you leaving the bumper's shape alone? If yes, are the original lights still in the holes or have they been replaced? Do you want the LED to go into the front edge of the bumper? If yes, do you want to eliminate the parking light opening? I have quite a few different LED light possibilities.

If you can let me know what your ideas are in a bit more detail, I could possible make some suggestions that will follow your needs. If you want to keep your concept off the radar, shoot me a PM or a note to my AmeriSport email and we'll go stelth.

I have 2 lights that are half as thick as the one below in the L bumper that should fit nicely in the edge of a pre-L bumper-et

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Originally posted by Kirk Evans:
Are you leaving the bumper's shape alone? If yes, are the original lights still in the holes or have they been replaced? Do you want the LED to go into the front edge of the bumper? If yes, do you want to eliminate the parking light opening? I have quite a few different LED light possibilities.

Are you leaving the bumper's shape alone? Yes
If yes, are the original lights still in the holes or have they been replaced? There are no lights. These are euro bumpers which didn't have the lights.
Do you want the LED to go into the front edge of the bumper? Yes
If yes, do you want to eliminate the parking light opening? There is no parking light opening.

Are the chrome? If yes, are you re-chroming? If no, they are rounded edged and painted, correct? You have a pre L car with no light pods in the valance with later eyebrow bumpers also with no light provisions, right? Do you want to use those bumpers or have a set of composite bumpers modified and fitted with some type of LED light? What type of light design do you like or does it matter?

I modified the license plate bracket to fit the license plate then used LED strips above for a license plate light:

http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/lp/lp.htm

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Originally posted by Kirk Evans:
Are the chrome? If yes, are you re-chroming? If no, they are rounded edged and painted, correct? You have a pre L car with no light pods in the valance with later eyebrow bumpers also with no light provisions, right? Do you want to use those bumpers or have a set of composite bumpers modified and fitted with some type of LED light? What type of light design do you like or does it matter?

Yes, rechroming.
Correct. There is no front turn signal provision at all.
I would use these bumpers. I like the chrome.
Some sort of LED.

OK so you want to use the early original metal chrome front eyebrow bumpers, modify them to have an integrated LED in the edge and then re-chrome them, correct? Did you fill the valance divot where the original light use to set? There are lights that could be installed on the underside of your bumpers that would not require any chrome work---not a fitted cool custom job but you would not have to cut the bumpers.

Ever consider installing a set of valance light pods and using the original style clear lens lights with the Jon Hass LED conversion? The converted lights can be used as daytime running lights, nighttime parking lights and blinkers that change to yellow when blinking.

I make the pods but you have to open a clearance hole in the valance. Was working on a modified version that would not require cutting the clearance hole---not finished yet.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by comp2:
I modified the license plate bracket to fit the license plate then used LED strips above for a license plate light:

Nice job! Moves the license plate up, hides the LED and gets rid of the factory light bar that is very hard to find and quite expensive these days. A great solution (< congrats.

How about some guidance on a seamless trunk liner install?

All finished.

With a peddle extension installed.

Kirk,
What material did you use?

For the front turn signal and marker lights I used a generic marker light. Actually not the one in the first photo but an LED which looked a little better. I liked the idea of cheap common replacements available everywhere.

The microprocessor based light and turn signal controller I made uses the same bulb for turn and marker. The flash rate also does not care if it's an LED or standard bulb:

When doing the frame rail repairs I made them from 14g. I added extra supports with grooves and holes to drain moisture. I would be jacking on the frame rails like those before me but if some one does latter, I doubt they will hurt the rails.

http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/frame/frame.htm

My headlight buckets had individual bolts. It was a PTA. I made a nut plate which made bolting on and adjusting the buckets a lot easier:

http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/np/np.htm

Door hangers for body repair.


http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/dh/dh.htm

Removable tie down hooks. Proven to be quite useful when trailering Pantera for interior, getting windshield installed, etc. I have actually left them in as contact points for the ground but I am considering some sort of a skid to make contact before air dam:

(At bottom of page)

http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/valance/valance.htm

Home made ZF side mounts:

http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/zfmount/zfm.htm