Rumbles SLC Build

[Bill]

Click -> here for a video that shows more details on my SLC.

The video is a bit at 11 minutes, but don't miss the last couple minutes.

 

[Brian Kissel]

Love it Bill. Fantastic build you did.
Regards Brian

 

[Allan]

Great job Bill.
A true Rumble(s) seat there in the front.

 

[John]

Beautiful car with a lot of nice custom touches. When I saw you post that you were going to build a SL-C I figured it would turn out really well.

Sounds like the radiator relocation is working out ok?

 

[Will Campbell]

Great video- and nice to have such a willing assistant!

 

[Preston Brown]

That's awesome. I think you are missing the mandatory emergency trunk release.

 

[Dave Nugent]

Wow no idea how big the trunk ended up being. Plenty big for two peoples bags to go on a road trip.

 

[Michael Fling]

I am amazed by your creativity and engineering skills.

 

[Bill]

Thanks for the comments!

One of the details was the upper door hinges.

• The upper hinge is a nicely shaped CNC part, but it could use some refinement. I started by sanding out the CNC grooves and polishing them to a high finish.
• I'd always had a problem with the hinge joints backing out of the CNC'd parts and being kind of loose within their threads. No matter how much I tightened the hinge joints, they always seemed to back out. So I drilled and tapped set screws into the back of both sides of the hinge joint. They don't back out anymore and the door has a more solid feel.
• I wanted the upper hinges to blend in with the black top, so I had the aluminum CNC'd portions black anodized and I did a black-oxide plating on the steel hinge joint mechanisms.

 

[Bob from Cleveland]

I don't see any fasteners on your side windows ? How did you mount them ?

LOVE the yellow w/black !!

 

[Bill]

I don't see any fasteners on your side windows ? How did you mount them ?

LOVE the yellow w/black !!

Actually, there are some very subtle mechanical fasteners on the side and rear windows that are not normally noticed.

• The side windows are mechanically clamped in place with the hippo mirrors. The side window fits the contour of the body very snugly so no other fasteners are needed.
• The rear window fits the contour of the upper body, but pulls away from the lower body. I've found that if there is a constant tension between 2 parts, any adhesive will eventually fail. So I fabricated 3 small clips that barely wrap around the edge of the Lexan and are blind bolted thru the fiberglass lip from inside. I painted the clips black to blend into the border.

All the Lexan windows are held in place and sealed with 3M Windo-Weld 1/4" ribbon. The professional who installed my windshield recommended 3M Windo-Weld for the Lexan.

Here's a test. Can you see the rear window clips in the attached photo?

 

[Bob from Cleveland]

Very cool !!

 

[Bill]

Actually, there are some very subtle mechanical fasteners on the side and rear windows that are not normally noticed.

• The side windows are mechanically clamped in place with the hippo mirrors. The side window fits the contour of the body very snugly so no other fasteners are needed.
• The rear window fits the contour of the upper body, but pulls away from the lower body. I've found that if there is a constant tension between 2 parts, any adhesive will eventually fail. So I fabricated 3 small clips that barely wrap around the edge of the Lexan and are blind bolted thru the fiberglass lip from inside. I painted the clips black to blend into the border.

All the Lexan windows are held in place and sealed with 3M Windo-Weld 1/4" ribbon. The professional who installed my windshield recommended 3M Windo-Weld for the Lexan.

Here's a test. Can you see the rear window clips in the attached photo?

The Answer to the test is...

 

[Bill]

I open my front clam frequently to access the trunk, and the exposed lower door hinge looked a bit unfinished to me. I fabricated this cover to clean up the hinge area.

During the bodywork on this part, it became known simply as the "Athletic Cup" :shocked2:

 

[Jack]

I open my front clam frequently to access the trunk, and the exposed lower door hinge looked a bit unfinished to me. I fabricated this cover to clean up the hinge area.

During the bodywork on this part, it became known simply as the "Athletic Cup" :shocked2:

Nice! Helps with water migration too. Great job..

 

[Bill]

Here's a few PICs of the diffuser I fabricated for the top of the front clam.

While the body work was being done, we affectionately refereed to as the "Klingon Weapon"

 

[Jack]

Very interesting and complimentary. Nice work!

 

[Mesa]

Ahhhh, now I get the reference.
A truely willing assistant, with a good sense of humor to (uh) "boot". I knew the trunk was big, although I never thought of stuffing a person in mine to check (chuckle).

Trunk shuts nicely with little flex or alignment issues. Nice tidy build, particularly like the tablet install. I might have changed my tablet location had I seen that before, but then that was a while back.

Nice tour of the car Bill, thanks.

 

[Bill]

I've overcome every obstacle in re-configuring an Android tablet into a fully functional infotainment system. But now I've hit a problem that I cannot solve...heat.

Android tablets are powered by a lithium battery and lithium batteries are sensitive to heat, in fact they can self-combust if not treated properly. So tablet manufacturers put a temperature sensor in the battery to shut down the charging system if things get too warm. That over-temp sensor trips after when my SLC sits in the Carolina sun for a few hours.

Sooo, an all new infotainment system is at the top of my SLC ToDo list for this winter.

Like Rosanna Dana Dana says "Its always something"

 

[Scott Rowland]

Proves the saying "A car is never done, it just gets sold"