Factory Five Racing Type 65 Coupe, Assembly Manual

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The Body and panel mounting are a critical part of how your car will end up looking when it is finished.
Whether you are having a body shop paint your car or doing it yourself, the best results will be from
fully mounting the body, all the panels and getting them to fit properly and then removing the body for
the paint process. If you are not doing any of the body work yourself this means for best results, the
entire car should go to the body shop for panel fitting, in this case, you should take extra precautions to
tape/protect/remove anything that you don’t want paint or primer on. All of the panels have been
trimmed oversized so they will need material removed for a perfect fit. The easiest method for getting
the best fit is to sand or trim the panel edges just enough so they will sit down in the openings, then fully
mount them with hinges and latches. Once the surfaces are all matched between panels and the body,
trim away the edges until the gaps are all even and slightly larger than you want them on the finished
car. The paint will fill in from both sides and tighten the gaps so we usually run about
3 /
16
” of gap prior
to painting. If you are planning on stripes it is also best to line them up with the body and all panels
mounted.
Weatherstrip
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Tin snips, razor knife
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Secondary body fasteners
To ensure that the body is in its proper location, the weather stripping should be installed on both the
frame and the firewall even if you are just test fitting the panels. Locate the adhesive backed rectangular
foam weather strip and the press on bulb seal from the secondary body fasteners assembly.
The small rectangular adhesive backed weatherstrip runs along the top of the chassis tubes on either side
of the hatch opening.