Enterra "Dark Shadow" Restore Thread (Page 21/65)
Archie JAN 31, 05:37 PM
Fiberglass flinging continues.....

Still working to correct the damage around the bumper (grill) opening on nose.







Checking out the door jambs after fiberglassing...





Working on closing up the rivit holes on the muffler cover. Grinding the old "skin" off of the fiberglass so that the new fiberglass has something to bond to....





The exhaust pipe areas (black areas) of the muffler cover are full of black carbon from years of running rich.





There's even an area where the exhaust tip burned thru from touching the fiberglass....



Holes are glassed up...





Here we are putting more fiberglass inside the 3 ribs of the muffler cover to stiffen them up.





Glassing uver the rivit holes in the rear facia where the muffler cover mounted to it.





Finishing up the mounting areas of the rear facia where we had previously glassed them ......





Here we have bolted many of the panels back on the car with the all new bolting methods (no rivits here)......checking out the gaps & fit of the panels.... We still have to do bodywork & filling, this is just to determine if we are done with fiberglassing in these areas.

























The door jambs after some sanding.....all the holes are gone......





Fitting the muffler cover so we can locate & fit the bolts that will bolt it together.



Finally for today, here we are glassing an extension to the inside edge of the rocker panel. this edge will go up under the rubber seal, so that we can hide the fasteners ...





Archie
bubbajoexxx JAN 31, 07:52 PM
dam nice jod on the repairs Archie and crew your doing a fantastic job on the rebuild of a relick from the past
madcurl FEB 02, 12:42 PM





I'm not feeling the old style door handles. You could use the same type of set-up that JScott used on #014. You can then tweak the already side vent inward near the edge in order to use the GM style electric door poppers.

This what I would do if the car was mine, because it not only modernizes the area with the new Camero side mirrors but also tweaks the side vents too. This tweak IMHO doesn't take away from the original design, but enhances and brings it up to date.

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troyboy FEB 02, 03:45 PM

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troyboy FEB 02, 03:46 PM
JDM DE RACING WHEELS 17X8.5 +20 OFFSET, 17X11 +24 OFFSET. WITH 5X100 BOLTPATTERN. 3PC WHEELS.



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madcurl FEB 02, 03:58 PM
Sweeeet!
Carcenomy FEB 03, 04:14 AM

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Originally posted by madcurl:
I'm not feeling the old style door handles. You could use the same type of set-up that JScott used on #014. You can then tweak the already side vent inward near the edge in order to use the GM style electric door poppers.

This what I would do if the car was mine, because it not only modernizes the area with the new Camero side mirrors but also tweaks the side vents too. This tweak IMHO doesn't take away from the original design, but enhances and brings it up to date.


I agree, that'd look very sharp and smooth the profile of the door too.
PaulJK FEB 03, 05:11 AM

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Originally posted by troyboy:

JDM DE RACING WHEELS 17X8.5 +20 OFFSET, 17X11 +24 OFFSET. WITH 5X100 BOLTPATTERN. 3PC WHEELS.




since the fiero has "front wheel drive" type wheels, i thought the offset had to be 35mm to 40mm (?)
troyboy FEB 03, 07:04 AM
they should fit , fingers crossed

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1988holleyformula FEB 03, 07:47 AM
How deep is that rear lip?