[back from the the dead 7/78 s130 ISMA Race car build]

Hello Frank,  did you get the doors?

[back from the the dead 7/78 s130 ISMA Race car build]

Hello, do you have any pictures you can post.  Hard to guess without seeing it. It was all race car parts that at the time you bought from Electramotive or Nissan Motorsports.

[back from the the dead 7/78 s130 ISMA Race car build]

Hello, google hartmanfiberglass.com, and look at the gallery. I talked to him today, he still has the molds for the ZX gtu car including the doors. Contact him, he has what you need.

[back from the the dead 7/78 s130 ISMA Race car build]

Thanks. I actually built 2, the white/red car was a 79. All glass except for roof and hatch, full cage, blow thru Cartech turbo setup. Was a street car, good for Texas weather where I was then. Bought gtu glass from Electramotive, built it around 1986. Red one bought new, 82 turbo. Was black, that was 3rd version. Bought glass directly from Hartman Enterprises, Wayne made a lot of race car bodywork. Nissan gtp, gtu, Swift open seaters are some of what they did, I was working for the GTO team at the time. Did that version in 89 and has been the same since.

 

[back from the the dead 7/78 s130 ISMA Race car build]

Hello, I just bought my car back 20 years after I sold it. Built it in the 80's, actually built two but this was my daily driver until I  moved where it snows. Now I have to redo everything.

[How to make fiberglass parts stronger]

If you want cheap and easy use paint stir sticks end to end, cover with cloth/mat/cloth layers.

[How to make fiberglass parts stronger]

More fiberglass alone will make it heavier. The strongest and lightest way is to use wood or a dense foam to make a beam in the glass. It's like you're turning a piece of flat stock into a L shape, the L is stiffer. It does'nt have to be real thick, a 1/4 inch thick with a few layers of glass cloth will stiffen it up. And it can be a 2-6 inches wide. In the bottom of the doors or undertrays a foam core mat was used to make large flat areas stiffer without alot of added weight. Also just use enough resin to get the cloth wet, there is no strength in resin.