I feel your pain, as a plastic mold designer for 56 years our design needed shrinkage factored into each part. Plastic shrinks as it cools after ejected off the mold. Fiberglass does the same to a lesser extent. Dave Anderson of Anderson Industries in Eldridge, Maryland explained how they built their street rod component molds in 1986. They would obtain a N O S component, repair any defect, wax it to its best finish then construct a fiberglass mold for the item, producing the outter surface with a 4" flange and hand lay or chop gun the fiberglass. Body lines or under cuts could require the second or multiple pieces to replace sections of the flange. Warpage is induced during the shrinkage. At this point the component has 2 shrinkages. Your doors are full size. Probably the best solution is to continue expanding the body to fit the doors. You may have to saw cut next to body lines above and below the doors to add cloth and resin? Hope the door length front fits the opening better. (The molds for his funny cars were multiple segmented with lots of parting lines.)
I’m sure that you will leave a paint stick gap for primer and paint so you don’t chip the paint after all that work. Fiberglass bodies are made from a mold so they are not the same as an original 🤔 that’s why you’re having so much trouble fitting original parts to the glass body.
Your work is outstanding on the SIT UP AND BEG Ford anglia .as they use to be known here in the UK . Keep it up guys 👍👍👍
Watching with interest 👍🏼
We're PROUD of you guys! You're thinking through the problems and coming up with viable solutions. And your workmanship is excellent!!!
I enjoy u guys working on this build. From my couch u guys are doing a awesome job. 👍
Lou your car is builded not bought .you and Bob are dam good craftsman keep up the good work it's coming along nice
I feel your pain, as a plastic mold designer for 56 years our design needed shrinkage factored into each part. Plastic shrinks as it cools after ejected off the mold. Fiberglass does the same to a lesser extent.
Dave Anderson of Anderson Industries in Eldridge, Maryland explained how they built their street rod component molds in 1986. They would obtain a N O S component, repair any defect, wax it to its best finish then construct a fiberglass mold for the item, producing the outter surface with a 4" flange and hand lay or chop gun the fiberglass. Body lines or under cuts could require the second or multiple pieces to replace sections of the flange. Warpage is induced during the shrinkage.
At this point the component has 2 shrinkages. Your doors are full size. Probably the best solution is to continue expanding the body to fit the doors. You may have to saw cut next to body lines above and below the doors to add cloth and resin? Hope the door length front fits the opening better.
(The molds for his funny cars were multiple segmented with lots of parting lines.)
Having built many pops Anglian and prefect , you can do a lot of work by manipulating and cutting the door hinges it works
I’m sure that you will leave a paint stick gap for primer and paint so you don’t chip the paint after all that work. Fiberglass bodies are made from a mold so they are not the same as an original 🤔 that’s why you’re having so much trouble fitting original parts to the glass body.