Body shell of Chevrolet sports car weighs only 340 lb and is composed of glass fibers and polyester resins combined in laminating process; reinforced plastics and their manufacture; body panels designed to meet requirements of matched metal die process; tooling methods include hand lay; vacuum bag and matched metal die processes; body assembly; repair technique.
Corvette plastic body
Soc Automotive Engrs -- Paper
Society of Automotive Engineers -- Meeting ; 1954 Plastics
1954
33 pages
Conference paper
English
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