I am going to sans my steel shell for a glass job. Can anyone give me som pointers on working with glass? Can I use the steel doors or do I have to use the glass jobs there too?

I wouldn't reccomend trying to make your own fiberglass shell. There are a few places that you can buy a fiberglass shell from a couple of different places.

Sorry, the shell is made ny US Body, as well as anything else I will use. Are there any other manufacturers out there?

Oh, I see now... For some strange reason I thought you were going to make your own... Then again, it WAS 2am when I wrote that... Anyway... I know there is one other place that makes the fiberglass shell, but I just can't remember, so you'll have to look around. I'm almost positive that you aren't supposed to run a steel hood with a glass shell. As for the doors, I would the the weight of steel doors on the glass would crack it. They may be allright for a while.

As you're talking about keeping some steel body parts, I guess you want to replace it just because your steel body is bad. I wouldn't expect to find anything that fits right away as a "bolt on", and even if there are complete fiberglass bodies out there, they all seem to be intended for use on race cars. I have never seen one that's complete enough to replace a stock body (would be sweet though). Some of the problems I would expect would be to fit your glass, make the side windows work (if you don't keep your steel doors), build a floor (are there any glass Chevelle bodies with a floor?), fit all the interior panels and trim etc. I would also think that a roll cage would be a very good idea, I don't even want to think about what would happen if you roll in a car with a glass body. Another question is if they have any steel bracing (like in a Vette), if they don't you will have to do that yourself to keep it from warping and cracking.

In short, I believe that this kind of swap requires a pretty good amount of fiberglass work, and also a lot of fabrication to make your stock parts fit. But if there is anyone who knows of stock replacement bodies, I would be very interested too.

By the way, US body source's web site says that "installation is a snap"... I think you should take that with a grain of salt.

Funny thing is, the floor pans are in perfect shape.