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Archie JUN 14, 10:06 AM
WideBody install day #1

We didn't take many "before" pictures. I did take a lot of "before" video but everyone already has seen the before images.



It didn't take long to start tearing it apart.





Then we started mocking the body up on the car.....

Because we are limited in time to do this build, we did some of the prep on the MadArch WideBody parts before the car got here. We did stuff like premounting the rear side marker lights & other things like that earlier.







By the end of the day, we were considering options on what to do with the nose.



Looks like the spacers (100mm x 100mm adapters) for the rear were the perfect size.





Now we're on to day #2

Archie
Archie JUN 14, 10:42 AM
I'd like to add something here.

In an effort for this Fiero community to resurrect this former FastFieros lawn decoration..... we need some minor parts.

Upon consultation & considering that the 355 nose on the car needs a bunch of work, Charlie has decided that he wants to put a stock Fiero GT nose on the car.

I have a GT nose here but we do need a few parts to mount it properly.

If you have a 22P manual you can help us out by going to page 7-6.

We are needing the following items from that page #2, #19, #11, #17 & #22.

If anyone has any of those items contact myself or Charlie.

Thanks

Archie
exoticse JUN 14, 10:08 PM

Hmmmm,.....looks like you (Archie) got a couple of widebody choptops going also ?
doublec4 JUN 14, 10:38 PM
Don't want to get off topic, but are there any pictures of Ryan's red car floating around on here? I don't think I've seen it before
Charlie64 JUN 14, 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by doublec4:

Don't want to get off topic, but are there any pictures of Ryan's red car floating around on here? I don't think I've seen it before



I posted a video of his car earlier on this page. He's got the red Fiero. The 944 in the background is his as well.
Archie JUN 14, 11:46 PM
Thanks, I've found all these parts.

Archie


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Originally posted by Archie:

I'd like to add something here.

In an effort for this Fiero community to resurrect this former FastFieros lawn decoration..... we need some minor parts.

Upon consultation & considering that the 355 nose on the car needs a bunch of work, Charlie has decided that he wants to put a stock Fiero GT nose on the car.

I have a GT nose here but we do need a few parts to mount it properly.

If you have a 22P manual you can help us out by going to page 7-6.

We are needing the following items from that page #2, #19, #11, #17 & #22.

If anyone has any of those items contact myself or Charlie.

Thanks

Archie
Archie JUN 15, 07:54 AM
On day #2 Tuesday, it was all about fitting the rest of the panels.

The left side door panel was broken/damaged so we put one of my extras on it.

The hood was going to need some bodywork around the edges & had a broken area under the R. side headlight cover, so we replaced that too.

We've been working on the initial body fiting of the fender caps, door caps, rockers, front fenders & nose.







To day we should get to the point where we are fiberglassing the MadArch WideBody parts onto the car.

Archie

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Archie JUN 17, 01:27 PM
Day #3 & #4 Wednesday & Thursday...... It's all about attaching panels & fiberglassing

The last few days, we've been fiberglassing in the Warber hood scoop. It's nearly finished.





Initially all the door & fender caps are attached with selftapping screws.....





After getting the door & fender caps located exactly where we want them, we start getting ready to fiberglass them to the doors & rear clip.









Here the rear fender caps are fiberglassed on...



I'd like to give a shout out to PaulV..... When it was decided to remove the 355 front bumper that was on this car, I had a spare GT nose but none of the other parts needed. A simple EMail to Paul & 2 days later he has all the missing parts to me.





Mounting side marker lights is a bit more work than you might imagine. We made complete pockets to mount them into. And on the stock GT nose we laid up a couple of layers of Fuberglass on the inside of the nose to support the side marker pockets.







Work on the hood scoop is almost done.



Archie

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Charlie64 JUN 17, 10:19 PM
Great work guys. Also, a sincere thank you to Paul V for coming thru with the parts Archie needed for my car.

Glad you're doing this Archie. I'd still be trying to figure out what panel to pull.
exoticse JUN 17, 11:33 PM


Looks good ! Makes me excited about mine about to be installed.

Archie since you guys are using a stock nose, what are you going to do about eliminating the arrowhead and molding on the side of the nose ?

Also does the nose need to be pulled out some to match the widebody front fender ? Seems like there is an overlap ??