F40 replica aka "operation turd polish" (Page 21/62) Tony Kania MAY 03, 10:31 AM A look at page one shows just how far you have made it! I love reading this thread for some reason. Perhaps it is because I believe that you will actually finish your project. Thanks for sharing. 2.5 MAY 03, 02:06 PM I do admire your injenuity and skills. shemdogg MAY 03, 11:34 PM No skills buddy just making it up as I go along. This things all boogered together, every single piece o fb has been cut in half at least one way, once lol. The pieces are pretty damn thick from all the over lap on the inside. Im jonesing to do the interior, hafta finish the fb first- so much damn dust! Will be chopping up the headlight area of the hood this weekend and my metal showed up for door sills, rear roof frame, new spoiler and rear piece o metal that goes across the whole back. went dumpster diving while at the shop and found a 20" piece of 2.5" ss pipe. Free exhaust tips! Then onto air suspension. I live on a kinda busy 4 way street w poeple walking by often. An older guy sees me working on the car and says Ferrari? Pontiac. gives me a weird look- ferrari? no pontiac! what year? 86 oh, looks like a ferrari from the back the other day Hey is that a real ferrari? man u know everybodys been asking me that since I got it. Ive never heard of a real ferrari, this is just says ferrari only. I think those are waaay more expensive oh. hmm Im kinda thinking pontiac emblems all over, I pulled the ferrari stuff off the back. I think itll be more confusing for people if they see pontiac emblems when they walk up. thanks for watching the madness! shem turbodad2 MAY 04, 03:42 PM quote Originally posted by Tony Kania: A look at page one shows just how far you have made it! I love reading this thread for some reason. Perhaps it is because I believe that you will actually finish your project. Thanks for sharing. Agreed, skills and a refreshing attitude. Love this thread ! Please go with the Pontiac emblems ! shemdogg MAY 06, 10:49 AM Thanks for the nice replies fellas it is appreciated! Def not ingenious but I do have a knack for finding new ways to get things done. I learned how to use ms paint, put a pic of my car n a pic of the real one, scale them so the wheelbases are matching. Then using the draw a box function to measure areas on the real car to areas on my car because it gives a pixel height value. Everything on this kit was waay bigger than it shoulda been. I have made these body pieces proportional to the real thing and to the fiero wheelbase. I thought that was pretty cool, everything else is just hokey lol Mkay, heres what I got up to yesterday cut out the fb and made this test piece for the side vents. Its screwed to the door shell so it rotates w the door. Going to see if my buddy can cut these on the laser. If so i can punch out the upper vents to look like the real deal Dumpster diving the ss scrap bin showed up a 18" piece of 2.5 tubing. Shop owner asked what I was going to do w it, he gets a kick out of the junk I make w scrap. I told him exhaust tips, he said but those are maybe $15 a piece. I said yeah but id hafta wait for them to show,and spend the $45. This ill make in 5 mins, for free, and I had fun making it myself. He laughs and walks away. Cut em and 15 seconds on the wire wheel cleaned up nice. Fills the hole much better Dug out this scoop w the jigsaw to give it more angle, had a straight line before looked dumbbb ripped this panel apart, didnt match too well to the trunk. I didnt have the inside reinforced yet. U can see how little bondo actually stays Started chunking up the hood again, the lower area slopes in and shouldnt. Used the belt sander to make some serious roundage at the headlight areas Got some 5x2 .125 wall box for my rear roof support/roll bar. Only needed 6', had to buy a 20'. in the hood picture u can kinda see the super cheese attachment method used to hang the hood on the car. Buncha 1/2" box tubing that bends every time you open the hood so it never sits right again. Going to use some of that 5x2 to make frame/bumper extensions front and back and create a new hood hinge and mounting assy. Heres the 20 footer in the band saw Going to fb the inside of the hood right now! shem shemdogg MAY 06, 07:15 PM Backed the car out to clean the area. Man I havent looked at the car from far away in a long time, damn it looks pretty f@cking good! The hoods not as bad as I think. Or the work I just did finished the right look. I dunno but I like it i like it hey mikey shem shemdogg MAY 27, 07:05 PM Cant get over the above pics, man its looking good. havent had time to mess w the car, hadta get ready for camping. Yuuge chore to move everything stored underneath n inside and everthing around and moving 2 cars to get the trailer out. Cleaned the tanks n carbs on the bikes. Lake was about 60' higher than 2 years ago. Met my buddy from pismo that rides Me pullin a trump sized wheelie Started diggin into the car again, tone o metal fab n welding to do. Found a use for the rest o that 5x2, welded frame extensions and a back bumper fabbing a frame for the front clamshell hinges. Found a hitachi cutting saw at lowes for $149, comes w a grinder Got the rollbar welded in and working on hinges for the trunk lid Then onto final fiberglassing and air bags shem Tony Kania MAY 29, 09:48 AM What is that "jet ski" called? I have not seen one of those in quite a while. Still liking the build. 2.5 MAY 29, 12:12 PM Making progress IMSA GT MAY 29, 06:46 PM quote Originally posted by shemdogg: Me pullin a trump sized wheelie shem Where did you find a wetbike? I haven't seen those for a LONG time.