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dozol's build thread "FIERO REBORN" (Page 16/18)

prostreet505

APR 14, 12:24 AM

Now that the engine and trans have been mounted on the cradle, it was time to put it back in the car:

Look the car is standing on its own again:

I had to roll it out and let the rain wash some of the dust off it. We are not to worried about the interior getting wet, because that is getting a make-over as well:

Now that most of the dust has been washed off, I rolled it back into the garage to get it ready for the wiring and the interior make-over:

More to come....

Craig

dozol

APR 14, 03:27 AM

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Ayrow

APR 14, 11:00 AM

That is absolutely beautiful. Nice job.
I'll bet you get some interesting smells from that engine the first few times it heats up and starts baking that fresh paint.
Great thread, thanks.

:-)

Foxy Fiero13

APR 14, 11:54 AM

dozol im telling you ima steal this car its begining to look VERY nice

dozol

APR 15, 12:13 AM

Hey Foxy

Look at the crappy paint job, spider cracks everywhere, rusted rotors, scratched windows, bold tires....... I wouldn't bother stealing it.

dominik

Foxy Fiero13

APR 15, 12:25 AM

yes but thats no problem its still got a v8 in it

and a good interior soon

dozol

APR 15, 12:28 AM

eeeeee naaaahhhhh

V8s are slow and get bad gas milage......

prostreet505

APR 15, 12:59 AM

Just as promised, here is some of the work on the interior make-over.
If you remember earlier in the thread, I made a face plate for the aux gauge pod to hold 3 gauges. The pod was pretty badly warped, and the inside was so brittle it was falling apart. Here are a couple of pictures of the pod:

The HVAC and radio surround was also in bad shape, but still workable:

As you can see in the picture above, this was a tan surround that was painted at one time. As a matter of fact, this car was gold with a tan interior. The whole interior was painted light and dark gray. I don't know what was used to paint the interior, but the paint is peeling off everywhere. Here are some of the pictures of how the interior is turning out.

What does everybody think of the interior so far??
It looks like total CRAP!!!!! Could you people sit inside this car and look at a screwed up gauge pod, bulging HVAC surround, peeling paint, and be able to drive this car with a smile on your face knowing that you just dumped in alot of money?? I think not!!! Something had to be done, so off to the thinking chair I went (which just so happen to be the drivers seat of the car), and this is what I came up with.

After some measuring and planning, off to the part and paint store I went to get some stuff.

I started off by removing the face plates from the speedo, HVAC and radio, and shift boot plate. I then applied a carbon fiber overlay to them.

I removed the gauge pod from the bracket and threw the pod away:

I then installed the new gauge cups we are going to use:

Then I stripped the peeling paint from the dash, HVAC surround, and center counsol:

Since the car has gray and black Mr. Mikes seat covers, I decided to stick with that theme. So I did the upper portion of the dash black along with the rear of the speedo cluster and the shifter surround: