Since summer has begun, we all have a bit more time on our hands to put towards the RX-7.  Our summer plan is to have one person at a time working at the shop with Mr. Garcia during the work week, then, on Saturday, we all will work together like usual.  This will allow us to get the car in working racing order well before the date of the $2017 Challenge (October 20-21).

So, with that said, this past Tuesday I went to work on the Mazda with Mr. Garcia.  For awhile now, the front bumper and front quarter panels have been mocked up on the vehicle.  The bumper was cut short and didn't make it to the wheel well, and the quarter panels lacked a curvature in the front.  However, on Tuesday this situation was changed.  We began by cutting a piece of plastic to elongate the bumper and properly form the wheel well (This piece of plastic came from the bumper which was originally too long.).  These plastic pieces were then riveted to the bumper and the seam was covered and smoothed out by fiberglass paste.  We then moved onto the quarter panels.  Mr. Garcia had previously made a fiberglass piece which fit into the missing crevice.  After grinding and roughening the area on the metal panel where the fiberglass will attach, we aligned the pre-made piece and connected it to the panel with fiberglass paste.  Here are a couple images of what we did:

                       

                           

It's kind of hard to see the final product in the last picture, but in person, the car is finally starting to look like an actual race car.  I'll post a better picture the next time I get the chance.

I would just like to say thank you to all who read this blog and support our efforts.  Also, we still are trying to raise money for this project.  So, if you are able and would like to financially support our endeavors we have a GoFundMe page set up for just that: https://www.gofundme.com/teenmade-2017-racecar.  We would also appreciate it of you would share our blog and what we are doing with your friends.  Again, thank you for your support!  See you in the next post!