The Miura project begins (Page 24/84) Archie OCT 05, 05:01 PM It's been a while since the last update. Most everything we've been working on has to do with getting the body back into the correct shape. As you saw with the rear clip, It has warped quite a bit. In the rear we've built most of the trunk area liner. We also determined that the rear facia was warped. So we rigged it up to get it straight & fiberglassed more steel to keep it there... Here you can see the vertical angle of the rear facia. On the real car the tail lights appear to point down a little however not as much as they will with the rear facia at this angle. So we're going to have to mount the lights into slight pockets to level them out a little so they don't point down too much. In the mean time with the rear clip off of the car, we've fiberglassed in the steel that controls the shape of the sideburns on the rear clip. .......... Archie OCT 05, 05:15 PM One of the big problems we had to deal with in the last couple of weeks was that the front clip has warped quite a bit. The nose had curled up under the car. The wheel openings had closed up, like the nose was trying to curl up under the front of the car. To fix this we had to strap the front clip down to our lift & strap it down into shape. The we had to hand form steel to fit into the front clip..... Then we glassed the steel into the body..... ......... Archie OCT 05, 06:09 PM Here we put the revised front clip on the car again.... A little more tweaking..... Looking a little better now.... ....... Archie OCT 05, 06:21 PM Finally....... We also hinged the decklid. I had a set of hinges from an XKE coupe & we decided we could make them work on the decklid. We had to cut a little pocket in the box tubing to be able to mount the hinge up high enough. Well that's it for now. Archie madcurl OCT 05, 09:55 PM Wow! That's a lot of work and definitely not a home-brew kit to assemble. Archie OCT 08, 11:42 AM A little more update. Once we had the front clip nose & fender areas in the position we wanted, the area in the center area near the windshield was bowed a bit. That's the cowl area where the weight is sitting on the hood area in this picture.... So we needed to get that area into the right position & keep it there. While the front clip was on the car, we used some lumber to build a jig from the tops of the fenders & over the Cowl. We attached this jig to the front clip to hold the cowl in place while we removed the clip & put it in a workbench. I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the jig before Rob had put the front clip on the workbench, so I'll post a pic of it here before we remove it from the front clip. Then Rob hand formed metal ribs to hold the cowl where we wanted it. Then we put several layers of fiberglass over it to keep it in place.... In the meantime, while the fiberglassing is curing, we're working on cutting in & mountings for the tail lights. This process continues today. Note: you may notice that the tail lights we are installing are not the same tail lights I had pictured earlier. The owner of the car (who is watching this thread) Had originally sent me 2 different sets of tail lights & PM'ed me that I should be installing the 2nd set of lights that he had sent me. That was close. Archie whodeanie OCT 08, 11:46 AM A lot of work but looking great! Erik OCT 08, 11:58 AM Hey those look familiar My Fiat tailights are missing Theo_nr1 OCT 08, 05:25 PM Looking good... lots of work yes. I just wished I did have a real long holiday to start myself when I see this. Polyester disforming from just laying around hmm I know that yes.. not good. Pitty from the tail lights.. they are pretty close to originals. Maybe still worth while to search originals.. I bought a complete set for less then $ 200,- and there are more around with a bot of luck and patience. Search for "Fiat 850 spider" ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymot...trksid=p4506.c0.m245 maybe here !! posting to Netherlands is sometimes a problem but in US I have seen a few passing on ebay :-( just don't mention / seek for Lamborghini ! Still hoping to find some original cheapisch front head lights.. hm very rare.. Fiat 850 Spider series 1 Still interested in a detailed A-pilar picture ! Can I set in my profile somehow to get automatic message when something is posted here?? ... still new here at the forum. Keep up the good work ! Cheers, Theo bubbajoexxx OCT 18, 02:35 PM more PLEASE