F40 replica aka "operation turd polish" (Page 24/62)
shemdogg JUL 30, 11:33 PM
Blazer seats?
Got my metal cut up for the window frames. Ate a brand new $50 band saw blade in less than 10 mins on 3.5 pieces so the plasma was the only other option than doing it w a cutting disc or 6" ata time on the vertical mill. Came out like **** , uneven, warped, and not smooth, tons o divots on the finished edge, and an assload o slag

took the slag off w a hammer n chisel, rigged a cool way to sand everything tho lol

that works so damn good! Good news is 1/4" windows slide easily in the rubber in the channel

Havent been at the shop for awhile. One o the battlebots guys is making a trailer for burning man. Every year theyre makin some crazy shite. This things going to be a walking gecko with 6 strippers on poles in the middle. Its sad these guys have so much money. that trailers f@cking yuuge.



made the binnacle w gauges. looks uber cheese. will work for now


Should have these windows knocked out soon. maybe

shem

[This message has been edited by shemdogg (edited 07-30-2018).]

mmeyer86gt/gtp JUL 31, 04:59 PM
yes the seats you have in your car are from a s10 blazer
shemdogg AUG 02, 12:59 AM
Lol I thought those were stock fiero seats. They look like the same seats I had in a 83 z28. My other fieros had the blown speakers in the headrests

shem
turbodad2 AUG 30, 06:38 PM
Any updates ? This is a great build.
shemdogg AUG 31, 09:58 PM
Not much to report. Fixed a few things on the truck and mustang, works been crazy busy. Been pretty much ignoring the car. I did spend some time on the rear vents and have enough metal ready to do one side of window frames. Bent a few pieces at home yesterday but need to do em at the shop. Still waiting on the welding gas tank too. Ill have something worth posting soon

shem
shemdogg SEP 08, 08:48 AM
Gave up on waiting for my buddy to get me a gas tank n bought some flux core wire. Cleaned up all the pieces and started welding stuff in place to test. Was outta cutting discs, used some used ones down to the nub. One got buried in my finger. Playing w the sizes of the windows, deciding which looks best on this car. The slope o the fieruh roof is much longer than the real car so the front windows coming out too big. Im finkin o mounting the side mirror there so its not so obviously yuuuge. This was attempt 1


No time to take the car to the shop so i bent up the side frames on my vice w a big ass piece o pipe. Got a nice curve in there and the window should slide good


Heres the back window frame


hit tap today n got winduhs, bent up one back window w the heat gun. Lil bondo on the frame n paint n this winduhs dunn. How ima get it in the frame- i dunno


hence the recent weed legalization, tap plastics is marketing a new line of products tailored to the weed user


Had a job in the mountains today, fueled up in saratoga. Lotsa high end stuff round here, they have race gas $9.99/gal


Should get more done this weekend.

shem
DotTC SEP 12, 08:01 PM

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Originally posted by shemdogg:

Had a job in the mountains today, fueled up in saratoga. Lotsa high end stuff round here, they have race gas $9.99/gal


Should get more done this weekend.

shem



Never been a fan of these replicas, nor the real car for that matter but this thing is looking good.

And OMG! I think I'll stick to dealing with killer hurricanes instead of that killer gas prices
shemdogg SEP 16, 11:59 PM
Been poking w the windows some more this weekend, got the rear window size finalized and finished. Laid some more glass on the upper door and the area going towards the back of the car.

its been really nice not doing any sanding for awhile.

Upper door curve got cleaned up, and windows lined up


Extended the rear window area going back and up to the window frame. All window frames welded up


Picked out rims finally xxr 526 staggered but may not get them for awhile

shem
RCR SEP 18, 07:54 PM

Bob
shemdogg SEP 28, 09:02 AM
No time for the car but I did get a set of ferrari 308 door handles. Going to the lake and had to swap 2 motors in the bikes. Found my low compression issue lol


shem