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troyboy
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JAN 05, 06:36 PM
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The garage is now cleaned, painted, and heated, time to set the pickup date. Hopefully before the week of February 8, that's when I go in for the operation. As I heal I can play with my new full size Hot wheels in the garage while my son plays with his. 
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madcurl
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JAN 07, 02:16 PM
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Yeah, very nice write-up on #022. ------------------
"Friends don't let their friends drive stock."
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jscott1
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JAN 11, 08:41 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by troyboy:
I got the idea from the corvette boys with this flip plate,
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Do you have a link for the flip plate? If I'm patient enough I won't need a front plate after 25 years, but I might not be able to wait that long.
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troyboy
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JAN 11, 09:03 PM
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jscott1
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JAN 11, 10:21 PM
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Thanks Troy. That is totally cool! I have been looking for one of those for a while, but never saw a motorized one until now.
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countach711
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JAN 11, 10:48 PM
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I hate to point out the obvious, but will that even make it out of the driveway without getting ripped off? Whether the plate is retracted or up, it is only about 3" off the ground?! Very cool concept, though... I want to build something similar for the spoiler on my kitcar
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troyboy
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JAN 11, 11:57 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by countach711:
I hate to point out the obvious, but will that even make it out of the driveway without getting ripped off? Whether the plate is retracted or up, it is only about 3" off the ground?! Very cool concept, though... I want to build something similar for the spoiler on my kitcar |
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This was addressed at the top of the page:
| quote | Originally posted by aeffertz:
That would be really cool if it would flip in and out automatically, whenever you turned the car off/on.
It would suck if you forgot to flip the switch when going for a cruise and rip the licenses plate off if you hit a bump! Haha.
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| quote | Originally posted by troyboy:
Got it covered, I got the idea from the corvette boys with this flip plate, they mount two heavy gauge bolts on either side of the plate to take the hit if left in the down position. Plus Archie reinforced the nose of this car so he will have steel to mount it to.
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If and when the nose of the car scrapes the road , the bolts added to the new frame will take the scrape and not the flip plate. Plus airbag coil overs will be added in the spring to raise the nose to a safe level when pulling into driveways and foreseen obstacles with a flip of a switch.
 this pic is just one of the airbag coil overs set ups made by this company. Thanks for the concern but alot of forethought goes into every mod made to this car, we try not to leave anything to chance. But all that said, we drive fieros and sometimes sh*t just happens and we fix it
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countach711
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JAN 12, 12:14 PM
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my bad, I didn't see that post. Those shocks look like they are a good solution. Super nice car by the way,, plus I love orange cars!
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exoticse
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JAN 12, 12:53 PM
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Very impressive stuff !
Just a curious thought and not to get all technical, but is there some type of rubber stopper between the scrapper and the fiberglass nose ? Just wondering if that would give added protection from the stress of the bottom, impacting the metal, if it ever scrapes ?
Heck it may not even matter or help at all but was just a thought.
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troyboy
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JAN 12, 04:06 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by exoticse:
Very impressive stuff !
Just a curious thought and not to get all technical, but is there some type of rubber stopper between the scrapper and the fiberglass nose ? Just wondering if that would give added protection from the stress of the bottom, impacting the metal, if it ever scrapes ?
Heck it may not even matter or help at all but was just a thought. |
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It's hard to see but the scrapper or metal frame is bolted to the frame of the car.
this way the fiberglass nose should not take the impact
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