The attic will hit R80. Brazelton is doing much of the traditional renovation work himself, with the help of his father and a few friends. He sleeps inside the unheated, unfinished house on a cot, sometimes with the family's two dogs for companions. The more complicated work is being handled by a professional builder, Ryan Stegora.
Go with an aluminum patch. Use aluminum rivits or screws. Avoid stainless or other metal screws due to the interaction of different metals. Use a sealant like 3m 5200 or Boatlife. Do not use fiberglass to patch aluminum. It just doesn't hold up well.
Wheel arches are always in danger of cracking due to stones that get flung up by your tires and hit the fiberglass like bullets. This project fixes a crack in the fiberglass bodywork of our About.com project 1977 Chevrolet Corvette. The crack is up on the top of the right rear fender.ere's the crack in the fiberglass of the About.com Project 1977 Corvette. We'll show you how we fixed it!. Photo Credit: Photo by Jeff Zurschmeide. One of the projects that every restorer of an old Corvette eventually has to tackle is a crack in the fiberglass.