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I've been playing with cars for a few decades but I still learn new stuff regularly... Lesson for yesterday was: Even though all the pulleys, accessories and the crank are just fine the belt itself can be the reason it gets thrown off immediately on startup. Yup, the main serp belt was tossed...

A little experimenting with the stick-on shiny stuff...

Here I was all worried about finding a rear glass seal cuz I want to make it look 50s, not NASCAR and use some of the stock stainless window trim.... Bad Chad has a Good Idea.... He did the side and back windows with this stuff... Looks very respectable IMHO.

First pass polishing some of the fin pot metal pieces.... Grinder, 320, 600, 1500 then polishing wheel. I need to get a few more sandpaper grits... 200 and 2000. I'm thinking the middle section that is heavily pitted will get high build primer and painted the color of the fins... New and old...

Pulled out the Corvette inner door panels that were conflicting with the new metal I added to the doors. Got brave enough to chop them up and do some FG work. This should allow the new metal to clear when the door is closed and not bulge out. Also began trying to shine up some of the pot metal...

Ok, back from vacation and time to get back to work on Boris... Moved him out from under the COE and back into his own bay yesterday. Got to a couple car shows while in Florida. Yes, it's quite strange going WITHOUT a classic car. Got to see some great cars. One was a radical, chopped VW bug...

I haven't forgotten about the Corovet. It's constantly on my mind while on vacation and will get more love when I return next month... (I know you guys must have been concerned LOL)

Alignment from door to 1/4 panel issue solved. Even though I made the metal bracket the same thickness as the mockup wood spacer, I increased the length effectively pushing the door skin out. Pulled it apart, cut the bracket now all is well... PIA to pull it apart, but glad I know the fix.

You can sort of see where I screwed up the door to 1/4 alignment in this pic.... The door skin bulges out now about at the body trim line.

Projects on hold for a few weeks....

... and other than this new piece, the 1959 outer panel has brackets that are bolted to the corvette door structure as well as the rest of the hem.

New steel panel riveted to fiberglass door structure then uses original 1959 pinched hem. I will also reweld the handful of 1959 spot welds on the hem. 1 problem... It seems I've reshaped the 1959 skin and now it no longer lines up nicely with the 1/4 panel. It lined up very well before this...

Inner panels installed... Still need to create a little piece from that 1959 triangle shaped piece down to the new piece....

Made 2 panels to connect the Corvette inner door structure to the hem at the rear of the Coronet door skin. Went pretty well til my angle grinder went tits up.

Grinding skills improving. Welding skills still very sketchy... Right door small filler panel installed...

Bought the pricey short strand fiberglass filler. It was recommended on the cabover by a buddy and has performed perfectly. No cracking at all.

I am certainly no expert but I'm persistent. I've learned a lot over the years. For instance, I had a Jeep FC150 pickup I sold 20 years ago cuz I didn't have the skills to fix the body.... Today I could even though my body skills are still pretty rudimentary... Made the patch for the driver's...

Primed... some mudd next to hide my sins... I know my buddy told me about something with strands in it. What the hell was that...

Finally got the door filler panels nearly done for both sides... Just a little more tweaking and then weld 'em in... Real happy with the new door alignment. Got to decide what's next up. Doors still need a little filler piece up by the fender then I need to figure out what I'll do inside the...

Boris' long lost cousin??