The Miura project begins (Page 25/84)
Monkeyman OCT 18, 06:28 PM
Archie---Just out of curiousity, what kind of price tag will this end up with (not counting the original Fiero chassis, motor/tranny upgrade and the Miura body kit)? Looks like an absolute ton of work. Is this going to be a $10k job or a $50k job? I'm guessing the motor/tranny will run between $10k and $15k, installed and anyone can find a space frame for free.

ETID: I WON PAIG SVEN!!!!

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Archie OCT 19, 11:37 AM
We've done quite a few things on this car since the last update.

Let me see if I can bring this up to date.


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Originally posted by Archie:
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.
Archie



Here are some pictures of the jig we used while doing the center area of the front clip.....





Notice how the jig was built to get the center of the front clip to mathc up with the cowl area.

Once we put the clip back onto the car & before removing the jig, we looked at what it was it was going to take the get the sideburns to stay in place. We decided to to build onto the jig to have it hold the sideburns into place so we could reinforce them also.





We used the sideburn jig to hold the sideburns where we wanted them while we handformed steel & glassed it into the inside of the clip. The steel is also welded to all the previous steel work on the inside of the front clip.





After this is all glassed into place, the front clip is put back onto the car & the jig removed.

Here you can see how the whole front clip has a complete steel framework skeleton to support it & hopefully keep the fiberglass body from moving around anymore than it already has.





With the clip closed you can see that the fender arches, the center flat area & the sideburns match up pretty well with the rest of the body.







Archie
MetroMatt OCT 19, 12:15 PM
Niiice update archie, but you evaded the previous question!

Matthew Hanson
101st
Archie OCT 19, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by MetroMatt:

Niiice update archie, but you evaded the previous question!

Matthew Hanson
101st



What previous question?
DL10 OCT 19, 04:41 PM

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Originally posted by MetroMatt:

Niiice update archie, but you evaded the previous question!

Matthew Hanson
101st


I'm pretty sure that there is no set price on what this one off will end up costing. To many unknown factors to give a firm quote.
I think it's one of those builds where if you have to ask how much..............you can't afford it.

This is just my opinion, I have been wrong.
bubbajoexxx OCT 19, 05:56 PM

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Originally posted by Archie:

We've done quite a few things on this car since the last update.

Let me see if I can bring this up to date.


Here are some pictures of the jig we used while doing the center area of the front clip.....





Notice how the jig was built to get the center of the front clip to mathc up with the cowl area.

Once we put the clip back onto the car & before removing the jig, we looked at what it was it was going to take the get the sideburns to stay in place. We decided to to build onto the jig to have it hold the sideburns into place so we could reinforce them also.





We used the sideburn jig to hold the sideburns where we wanted them while we handformed steel & glassed it into the inside of the clip. The steel is also welded to all the previous steel work on the inside of the front clip.





After this is all glassed into place, the front clip is put back onto the car & the jig removed.

Here you can see how the whole front clip has a complete steel framework skeleton to support it & hopefully keep the fiberglass body from moving around anymore than it already has.





With the clip closed you can see that the fender arches, the center flat area & the sideburns match up pretty well with the rest of the body.







Archie



Archie that is one damn nice job on the reenfocemnets on the front clip I wish more people took the time to do it right seen to many kobled up kits lately

Love the build

Hats off to you Archie

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madcurl OCT 19, 06:07 PM
Looking good. One of those kits that comes pre-colored red.
Monkeyman OCT 19, 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by DL10:

I'm pretty sure that there is no set price on what this one off will end up costing. To many unknown factors to give a firm quote.
I think it's one of those builds where if you have to ask how much..............you can't afford it.

This is just my opinion, I have been wrong.



As I said, it was just out of curiousity. I understand that this is probably a "by the hour" type job as opposed to a chop top or V8 swap where there's actually a fairly set rate. I just thought it might be interesting to see how much money gets tied up in something like this. I know someone who put a rebody kit on a VW Beetle years ago (I know it's not the same thing) and I know how much money he had invested in the labor/parts (not counting the larger motor and the price of the kit itself. I think it's kind of neat to sort of compare that kind of stuff. If the price is a touchy subject, I understand. And, no. I couldn't afford it. I can't even afford one of Archies chops or V8s (although those are on my wish list if I ever had the money).
Fiero2m8 OCT 21, 06:10 PM
Very nice build Archie!

BTW - Ultimate Cars TV show is airing an episode called "Supercars" (2004) featuring the Lamborghini Miura as #2 in their countdown of the top 5 all time supercars...
It's on the Discovery channel in Canada tonight.

Ryan

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Indy Northstar-Stretch ~ LT1-NOS Roadster

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Archie OCT 30, 10:32 PM
Since my last report, we've dedicated a lot of labor to address issues & in fitting the center body section of this car & working on getting the doors to fit right.

We've had the center body section on & off the chassis about 5 times while fiberglassing inside & out.

We've modified the rocker panels to bring the front end up & under a bit to make it more accurate.

We've built up the lip that the windshiel will sit on the make it wider & thicker.

We've glued the inner & outer halves of the doors together & finalized the hinges.

We've modified the outside & front side of the "B" pillars so that they match up with the door better.

Some of these pictures should help.



Here we've just put it on the lift to begin work on the center body section. Note, if you can, how the rocker panel is wider (taller) towards the front than at the back.



Here you can see the beginning of the "B" pillar work....





Fitting the windshield, note the narrow edge around the windshield, we're going to make it wider.



Also working on the door jambs....



Here we've done the cuts on the rocker panel & have put the 1st layer of finberglass on the area where we cut it.....







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