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elco 64 BB
Aug 18th, 04, 3:30 PM
come on guys there has to be someone here who has a story good or bad on the swap..thanks,mike :eek:

Jim Streib
Aug 18th, 04, 9:12 PM
OK, heres my story. About 4 years ago I wanted to get fiberglass fenders, doors, hood, etc for a car I was going to build. A buddy had the same model car and I looked at his doors (Harwood) and he said they worked fine but like anything else they required some fitting. I looked inside and saw smooth fiberglass and the ends by where the latch would go looked nothing like mine. He had no need to try and make the factory latch work or try and put on the stock door panel as it was strictly a racecar.
Some time passes and another buddy of mine who is into race cars said they were having no problem with a company called Glasstek. He had installed many of their hoods and some inner fenders and they needed minor work on the edges when they were fitting them but the lips were fairly thick and had no problems thinning it down to get a nice gap. He told me that he waits until he can order a couple of hoods or a decent sized order (not one at a time) so he can save on shipping. He gets me some prices and I order both doors, both front fenders, 6" cowl hood, hatchlid, front and rear bumper. A few weeks pass as they build the part(s) when ordered and I get a call they are in. I go to pick them up and we crack open the shipping boxes and they are secured very well and also have a wood frame around the perimeter to reduce the chances of shipping damage.
I get the parts home and look real close at the fenders and I can see where they must have taken a mold off of a stock fender and I can see a little depression where the bolt hole should be at. I drill them out and try fitting the fender and had to to minor elongation of the holes to get it on the car.
I made my own hinges for the doors and also some inner bracing for the doors as they had a little twist in them and also added some underhood bracing so I could get nice and even hood to fender gaps and also have the same height between the hood edge and fender edge.
Like any fiberglass product out there they will take some work to get the just right but if I ever oreder fiberglass parts again it will be from Glasstek.
On the doors from Glasstek I was able to put in the stock latch mechanism and when it gets done with a window frame from a donor car, have roll up windows.
Below are some pictures of the car with the parts on it (and of course it's still sitting while I work on a different car).
I looked and Glasstek does have a few style of hoods for your car. ( www.glasstek.com (http://www.glasstek.com) )
OK that's my story and I'm sticking with it :D

http://community.webshots.com/album/112419609BoHFrN

http://hometown.aol.com/krystaldesigns/pageA16.html

elco 64 BB
Aug 23rd, 04, 7:26 PM
jim thanks for the story i didnt think it would fit right
out of the box but would be great if it did... thank you for the link..will a 65 hood fit as well as the 64 ? there seems to be a few more choices for a 65..thanks again ...mike

Jblack
Aug 24th, 04, 2:29 PM
I have a Glasstek 4" cowl going on my car. My painter had to add a little material to one side to adjust the gaps. Other than that it needed very little body work to get straight. Should be on the car in a couple of weeks. It's getting painted right now. Like the above post it was shipped in a very sturdy box/crate. Would recommend them!