Been doing research on adapter plates and came across this one. This plate also works on Volvo 2.4 5cyl , a cheap alternative to the expensive 2.5 turbo motor..
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Hi Marty,
man of many talents.
Have you got good mould to make Mk2 dash pads?
Sitting on an easy product to sell if you do.
 
I've done a bit of glasswork, having a boat, and making models etc.
Do you use Poly or Epoxy?
I'm yet to try using vacuum bagging, or Carbon cloth, but that would be next if I wanted to have a play and found a project.
 
The next thing I would like to glass up, is like a half height, egg/pod  chair/bum support rest for on the boat. Getting on in years you get tired standing while steering after a few hours, but you still need easy and rapid access to the sail controls, so often a big chair can get in the way. Fishing boat chairs dont look slick enough, and I have not seen a product yet that suits. Larger expensive catermarans have some, but again they are too big and OTT. Another market idea that is void currently.
 
Being able to glass stuff is as useful as being able to weld.
 
 

I think the van top pad I have is in good nick.
If you wanted to retire early, I can check it out, perhaps it would be ok to take a mold from.
 
Epoxy all the way, with a dash of Johnsons baby talc just to remember the good old days when you start sanding.
Go cart seat, what a great idea!'Will look.
 
The simplest way of doubling the price of a product, is to call it marine.
 

ok, let me suss out the dash top more, and fit it to check the length.
I just assumed it was a van one, but maybe its not.
Since it's in good nick from memory, if it was for a coupe/4 door, I probably would not have gotten it thrown in.
 
 

Marty,
Quick question as I used to do a lot of boat stuff with my dad years ago. Kill boxes, live bait tanks etc so never had to copy a component as you are.
For example, if you are doing a bonnet and using a decent one as a template the glass version will be a different size as its either going over the inside or outside face of the bonnet?
 
Also the mk2 C pillar covers. Are 2dr and 4dr different?
 
Wouldn't someone who is tempted to try do well with RS nosecones!

Not much going on as I've been doing repairs on a friend's mk2 panelvan , leafs, cam belt, modify fuel tank to work better than the other mech done. Will be converting from normal dash to tacho rally pack and then install a new full length hood lining .
I'm between that I made the internals for my bonnet, once the hinge points and slam panel are all measured up to be in the correct place I'll be glueing them down.. not much time after work before sunset now so I'm choosing the jobs needed at the time .

Went to the nickel plater place today and he said in a very understanding way that I need to clean paint off the parts so they can get cracking, he said I can soak the parts in caustic acid to remove any hidden paint, oils, grease . His main reason is the EPA have threatened mortgage size fines for businesses that don't be environment friendly..
Sounds like a packet of rubbish to me, kind of like battery cars which are worse than petrol cars over given lifespan period .. Enough of rant. I'm currently resandblasting the parts I want coated and then dunk them in caustic for a day or two to strip them clean.
While on lunch break I was looking on auction sites and slammed a bid on a bunch of tools.... Ended up winning the auction and went to collect my $80 prize, what I got was about 30 new Repco spanners, 20 s/h spanners, various sockets, impact swivel sockets , pliers, new hammers, and 4x boxes of new impact sockets , etc etc





I will be getting back in action on the Escort soon to get the grafting going.