Apparently the hotter it gets, the less time I have to spend in the garage. It's more than a little frustrating to know what needs to get done to the car and not to be able to just get out there and work on it. It's not the heat that bothers me mind you. There simply aren't enough hours in a day lately. I spent a total of 3 hours on the car this weekend.

 You can see that a little bit of the side right behind the front fender is ribbed in. I have the process down pretty well and it goes a lot faster than the rear or the front did. Here's what I am doing. I trace the side template out on a piece of masonite and cut it with a jigsaw. (Creating both sides at one time to maintain symmetry) Then I take the paper template, place it onto the car and figure out where I need to cut it in order to slip it onto the frame and the 2x4. Those measurements are then transferred back to the masonite and cut out with the jigsaw.

Having glued a foam billet into place on the last piece of installed masonite and waited for it to cure, I apply liquid nails adhesive to the new masonite piece and press it directly onto that foam billet. I let this cure and using the hotknife I cut the foam billet to shape. This process is repeated for every side rib on both sides.

It should be noted that there are a number of different liquid nails formulations. The only one that works for me is the Heavy Duty one with the blue label. The red label version eats the foam. I unfortunately found this out the hard way... So if you need to bond styrofoam to anything use the Blue label version. The ingredients are quite different but I don't have the tube handy. Email me if you want to know and I will look it up.

Working on the rear decklid and fenders, I just finished up the last of my first 5 gallon bucket of Drywall Mud last night. It lasted for the front of the car and a rough coat on the back part. I need to go buy another vat of it. This time I will try a bag of the powdered kind that sets chemically, not the water bsaed gypsum pre-mix. I think it's called dura-bond or something like that. A few people have emailed and suggested that it will create a much harder and waterproof surface. The gypsum filler is so soft, almost too easy to sand. One extra stroke and I can go right through to the foam underneath. I guess each type has its plusses and minuses... So I have to at least try the other stuff. I'll certainly report back on my findings.

I took a close look at the rear of the Enzo today and noticed how the rear of the fenders is quite slimming directly below the tail lights, not wide and fat like I had it. I am certainly not making a direct copy of any particular car, but at the same time I would think that some similarity to cars that I lust after is in order. Someone suggested that the car looks like the Toyota MRS from the back. I certainly wasn't looking to copy that particular car, but if you compare the back of the MRS to the Enzo you will see a slight similarity.

  The Toyota MRS... The Ferrari Enzo....