It continues

I have been working so much that I haven't been here in a while.  I wanted to have a Baja bug but I didn't have the money for the parts.  I did however get a deal on a roll of fiberglass from a boat store that was going out of business.  Here starts the fiberglass.  I am doing this from memory since I did this a while ago.

The parts car that I had purchased had a Baja kit on it.  The big problem with it is that the kit was for a Standard Beetle and not a Super Beetle, even though it was installed on a Super Beetle.  It barely fit on the parts car.  The rear fenders were fine since both cars are identical in the back.

In order to do this, I had to be creative.  I looked into changing the metal and reshaping the front end.  That would be a nightmare.  I then decided to cut it up into pieces.  I had nothing to lose but time.  I figured if it doesn't work then I would have to buy a kit.

Here it goes.  I sectioned out the entire hood.

I was not concerned with structural strength since this is just a plug to make a mold.  Once it was pieced together I had to make it look good.  so bondo and a lot of sanding.

That was good enough for a plug.  It then gets painted and coated with parting film to then make a mold.

This is the mold once done.  Now I can make as many hoods as I need.  If the hood gets damaged, I can make a new one.