... No problem, and your right there has been a lot of guessing. Some of the ideas presented are simply swags. ... In this case, Riley has gone on record. It...
... Yes....well....Maybe if you can get them to sponsor you. Other than that they are a tad pricey at the moment. I actually hope to go with lithium Ion...
Alusion is an aluminum/ceramic foam sheet that has some really cool properties. Six times stronger that the same weight of solid aluminum, and able to absorb a...
RQ has posted some new images of the body in progress including this one: http://www.rqriley.com/images/xr3foam3-big.jpg Is there a hint of glass on this...
Maybe, but it looks to me like the recess FOR the glass. Or maybe not John Bolding ... From: e_recon To: xr3car@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007...
Looks to me like it has a layer of glass on it! I've done a lot of glass'n in the past few years and that has the gloss of glass in some spots. What do you...
Looks like the body has at least one layer of glass to stabilize the foam, now it gets a bunch of filler and LOTS of sanding, finished up with a layer of...
... foam, now it gets a bunch of filler and LOTS of sanding, finished up with a layer of tooling gel coat that gets wet sanded with progressively finer grits...
I seem to see a few pieces of wood embedded into the side. My imagination? Gary Nope, Those are hard points or bulkheads or ...... there are several. this...
I can't really tell if that is a finished piece or not, the way it "floats" from the rest of the hood indicates it may be connected to the engine , not the...
... Best guess is that the beer cooler lid in the front is the equivalent of a "shaker hood". It will be fastened to the engine but isolated from the rest of...
... Coors ... and ... wipers. ... you ... no ... very ... Unlimited ... turbo ... 1.5L ... may ... there ... I've come to this late, but am wondering about...
... Actually side views work remarkably well on vehicles like this. Because of the narrow rear end you can see almost everything behind you with side views. ...
I have to admit, even though I didn't post anything, when I saw the suggestion of using a turbine, I rolled my eyes, and said "That'll never work". Well, I...
... imagination? ... several. this is the final shape, whoever is doing it this isn't his first rodeo. The recess lines around the windshield are nice and...
... Don't feel bad Tom, I felt the same way. In fact I still feel that way. Oh I'd be delighted if some hyper technoid out there found a way to build a...
... Yes. Riley has always done this. Check out the Tri-Magnum construction article on Riley's site for more detail. I knew that wood was used, it just seemed...
There is a difference in a hard point on a "one off" (which this isn't) and a piece of wood imbedded in the plug that will have molds pulled from it. If you're...
John, Would you have cut out the windows if you were making a plug? 'Recon ... isn't) and a piece of wood imbedded in the plug that will have molds pulled from...
No, but there are several ways to skin that cat. Putting in a flange for the windshield/windows to lay on makes mounting those parts infinitely easier to...
... isn't) and a piece of wood imbedded in the plug that will have molds pulled from it. If you're going to make molds (as in this case) it is completely...
Cal, Have only done a couple of what you would consider "one off" . Nearly all of what we did required that the weight be kept down and that's hard to do...
John I agree it looks wonderful. I also understand why the flange is a very good idea. I just thought he would want something to lay up as a solid to show...
