November 25, 2006:

  Since I mastered the art of fiberglass fabrication
there is one more part to make. Actually it's just part of a part.

On the interior of the car the trims that runs from the windshield to the bottom of the back window on both sides over the door and quarter windows
and then across the top and bottom of the rear window are also
chrome plated fiberglass. In addition, the chrome trim around the
rear seat headrests are as well.
The left and right side trims have a 90 degree return on them from the
side of the car over to the window which is about 1 1/2".
The return pieces on both sides was broken off, and the left side
was missing completely. Thankfully, the right side piece was here
and I made a plaster mold from it and fabricated
a piece for the left side. It was very simple compared to making the
hood nose piece. Then I reattached both pieces to the parts they
belong on and proceeded to finish them with filler, primer and wet
sanding to a 1200 grit finish for the plater.
I should mention that I removed all of the original chrome plating
you see in the pictures. As you can see, it was pretty loose and
peeled off quite easily. All of the fiberglass pieces were prepped
for the plater in the same manner wxcept the two pieces that trim
the rear seat headrests. The old chrome on them was still
firmly attached and I left it on as it is a good base for the new
chrome.

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     Broken right interior trim

   Broken piece taped in place

 Right side mating with trim at bottom of window

  Right side mating with trim at top of window

    Right side at front over passenger door

Close up of broken left side, The broken off piece was missing and had to be fabricated

      Another view of broken left side

    Full piece (left side)

      Piece broken from right side, body filler added on ends to compensate for the mitered end which will have to be reversed for the left side

Plaster of Paris poured over the "Mule" to make a mold

  The "Mule" removed from the plaster mold

 After coating the mold with release agent, the White Gel Coat is applied

Resin and fiberglass fabric are applied over the Gel Coat

The new piece is extracted from the mold and the edges will be trimmed

The newly fabricated piece (white) ready to attach to the main trim section it belongs with

 Resin and fiberglass fabric applied to the back side

Resin and fiberglass fabric applied to the front side

Both pieces reattached, sanded, primed and ready for wet sanding

      All of the fiberslass trim ready to go to the plating shop