Turbo1dr
9 Sec Wanna-Be
- Joined
- May 25, 2001
Ha! Well, a little over a year ago I posted some "photo-chopped" pictures of a Aero glass on top of my Grand Nationals trunk. It caused quite a stir here at the Turbo Buick camp! The GN Aero project was suppose to have been done during 2009 but instead I focused on restoring my 87 Turbo Regal instead and put off this project until now.
Anyway, these are REAL, unedited, NOT photochopped, bonafide pictures of the Aero glass sitting on the rear of the GN!
First thing first...remove the rear window and trunk lid. Remove the torsion bars from the hinges and then take some measurements. To get the package tray to lay flat in between the Regals fenders is to bend over the trunk seals lip.
While I had the factory window and trunk lid off, I dug out some of the seam sealer (which was cracked) so the aero package tray could fit tightly in place for proper measurments. I'll be sandblasting the surface rust and applying new seam sealer in the future.
Now that the tray could fit snug, I can get a better idea of how it will all fit together. In the picture below, the red marks are there to show you where I'm going to add some metal to the Aero tray so it will fit snugly in between the Regals fenders. It will make it look like it's made for the Regal plus give it some more support.
Here are some pictures showing how the Aero tray ends at the Regals quarter panel...just where it needed to end!
Here is part of the upper tail section of a Monte Carlo. The trunks seal on the Monte is in a different place than a Regal. I'm going to have to graft the upper section of the Monte onto the Regal body.
Anyway, these are REAL, unedited, NOT photochopped, bonafide pictures of the Aero glass sitting on the rear of the GN!
First thing first...remove the rear window and trunk lid. Remove the torsion bars from the hinges and then take some measurements. To get the package tray to lay flat in between the Regals fenders is to bend over the trunk seals lip.
While I had the factory window and trunk lid off, I dug out some of the seam sealer (which was cracked) so the aero package tray could fit tightly in place for proper measurments. I'll be sandblasting the surface rust and applying new seam sealer in the future.
Now that the tray could fit snug, I can get a better idea of how it will all fit together. In the picture below, the red marks are there to show you where I'm going to add some metal to the Aero tray so it will fit snugly in between the Regals fenders. It will make it look like it's made for the Regal plus give it some more support.
Here are some pictures showing how the Aero tray ends at the Regals quarter panel...just where it needed to end!
Here is part of the upper tail section of a Monte Carlo. The trunks seal on the Monte is in a different place than a Regal. I'm going to have to graft the upper section of the Monte onto the Regal body.