35 chevy glass body cracking?
Posted: April 20 2008 07:58 PM
EDIT_ gel coat is .5" thick not an 1" like i thought----
History on the project- roughly two and a half years a ago we ordered a fiber glass 35 Chevy coup body from Antique & Collectible Autos Inc. When the car arrived to are shop it Had no cracks.The body was left out side in the crate for round 2 weeks. When we went to test fit the body on the frame we noticed 2 cracks about 3 each long on the top of the body at this time we didn’t think much of the cracks. A month later the car had around 30 small cracks on the body. I called Antique & Collectible Autos Inc and was given a number to the guy that makes the body’s .He told me to email him photo’s .Basically He wrote back saying the cracks need to be fixed.
A year later from when the body arrived we started the body work. Realizing that some of the crakes were only in the gel coat and some had gone all the way down to the glass. Also the gel coat was up to a 1” thick on spots where it has cracked. At that point we fixed all the cracks and did a matt red paint job on the car. Now one year later from the time we painted the body we now have around 20 NEW cracks that are on parts that were previously fine. Once again some of the cracks are only in the gel coat and some are all the way down to the glass
What could be causing all the new cracks? I’m at a point on this car where I want to give up
FYI= body is bolted down to the frame on 8 spots. Cracks are on the rear body by the trunk ,top of the roof by the doors and on the body line that go across the boors. seems like the cracks happen when the car sits in the sun
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