Knight Rider Nose Project Continue

Hey everyone,

I hope your summer was not to hot and that you stayed cool under the AC. Next actions I will be taking to get this project into full stream:

For the Knight Rider Nose, I will be repairing the grill areas slits, some are really damage and need building up and filling. Will use fiberglass to overlay on the problem areas and do the body work that goes with it. While that is going on will take a trip to Harry's U Pull it which is a well known junk yard, I will secure the following items: New support for the front end (this is used to help hold up the original Trans Am/ Firebird nose) next order from Classic Industries Parts & Accessories set of 1982 -90 park lamp assembly>> part number G8978 LH and G8979 RH. Lets continue with my list of things to do, as you can see on the nose there are two marking templates for the plexiglass which will cover the cuts that will be made for the park lamp, this will allow the lamps light to shine thur.

The nose connecting area are located on the side fenders LH and RH which have holes in them, will try to mold these areas with putty once the putty harden will overlay with fiberglas and create new part for Knight Rider nose. The same procedure will be used for the park lamps, I will be creating a inlet parts from the original front end (Trans Am/Firdbird Nose)this inlet is the same on all early model Firebirds and Trans Am. I will pick up this part from as mentioned earlier from Harry U Pull it At this time, I will not go into detail on the actual process of creating the mold, reasons why is that I am still studying the process myself, It looks easy to do but I know it not.

Another thing that must be done is the fog lights, I have six of them which will be mounted behind the grill in the nose. Following the How To Instruction by md_knight_rider who post an article called the Fog Light Mounting Plate, which allow you to modify store brand fog light ( i can't remember the name at this time. But will secure it later on in this blog.) I have completed the fog lights per his instruction at this time I am working on the one piece 16 gauge aluminum at least 50" in length x at least 18" in width. Since my metal guy closed his business in New York City I am currently looking for another one. Again, once secured will continue with that part of the project.

Now last part of this project is the car itself, since I am working on the front end of the car, remember in my earlier posting I did mention that the car had a slight damage to the front end, it was on the passenger side. For me to mount the Knight Rider Nose to the car, the right front end must be pull out and straighten once that is done will proceed with creating mold for the Knight Rider Nose. This will be done in two stages. Stage one will be the mold for the holes and stage two will be the wall to connect to the holes holder. I am considering using aluminum or steel rings in the mold for support. At this time I have taken pictures of the damage and will take them to a auto body shop and get a quote. This is all for now, and I will see you on the open road, keep those scanner going.