The Miura project begins (Page 29/84)
Archie FEB 26, 09:20 PM

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Originally posted by RichLo:

are those going to be guages in the center dash ontop of where the heater and radio goes or what are those round slots for?




Wow, that is a perfectly timed question, you must have known what we were doing today.







Archie
Tony Kania FEB 26, 10:19 PM
I think that I may have had an accident in my pants! Please keep posting pics.

(Probably does not sound right, but that is one sexy car!)

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Archie MAR 01, 08:37 PM

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I thought I'd show you what we had to do to mount the gages in the 2 center pods.

The center gage pod lips were larger in Diameter than the big gages we were putting in.



So we had to make them smaller by making a new face inside the pods. The bottom on a 1 gal. mixing cup fit perfect inside the pod & made a perfect buck for making it. Plus the little nub you find in the center of any round bottom plastic cup made the perfect center for the hole saw we would need to cut it out.



That gave up this





The hole saw gave us this



And this



Also, remember the console part we told you to keep an eye on? This is it now....





Archie
kevin MAR 01, 11:22 PM
Archie,
I am following your thread very closely. One question, did you lay out the amp, volt, oil gas gauge, etc., in the same placement as Lamborghini did in their original Muira? A small thing I agree. But in observing your dedication to perfection, I thought I would inquire. Oh, I forgot to ask, are you are going to add a radio? As you know, the Muira never came from the factory with a radio.

Kevin

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Archie MAR 02, 12:52 AM

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Originally posted by kevin:

Archie,
I am following your thread very closely. One question, did you lay out the amp, volt, oil gas gauge, etc., in the same placement as Lamborghini did in their original Muira? A small thing I agree. But in observing your dedication to perfection, I thought I would inquire. Oh, I forgot to ask, are you are going to add a radio? As you know, the Muira never came from the factory with a radio.

Kevin




Yes & Yes......

The 6 gages are in the correct positions & we are putting in a modern radio.

I have seen some pics of the interiors that show a radio mounted vertically in front of the shifter but we can't do that because of the Fieros' location of the gas tank.

We actually have the radio mounting almost done, we'll be finishing it up tomorrow morning.

Archie
RichLo MAR 02, 10:07 PM
Looking great!

edit: never mind my orig post, I just re-read your last responce.

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dcfox MAR 02, 10:46 PM
You know...I've always thought...that even with extensive mods...a Fiero should still basically...visually... be "a Fiero".

I stand corrected. WOW!!!!!!!!

The Miura is one of the most sexy things on 4 wheels even today.

Although my ultimate Lamborghini dream is still technically out of my price range...at least it's a little closer to a possible reality.

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--David


Golden Triangle Fiero Club

fourpoint9 MAR 04, 07:16 PM
This car is awesome Archie. The seats he got look just right. Your dash is turning out perfect. Will it be wrapped in leather ?

What colors will it be ? Are those the wheels it will use? Steering Wheel picked out?
InTheLead MAR 04, 07:25 PM
Your shop has come a long way with the fiberglassing I'm impressed with the work.. it's very rare to find such custom one off services esepcially in this economy.

I'll have to drop by when spring hits and check out a choptop finally and decide if I can fit or not hehe.
Archie MAR 06, 10:38 PM
A little update.....

I had the car outside today in the nice weather, so I took a bunch of pics.

We mounted up the new steering wheel to see what it would look like. Finished glasswork on where the center console meets up with the lower part of the center gage panel.

Things are moving along pretty well with the dash & console.

We don't do upholstery here so we're building up the whole dash & center console so it can be blown apart & sent to a shop in TX. they will upholster it all & return it to us for final assembly.

This requires some planning, we have to assemble the interior in such a way that all the fasteners are located in places so they can be accessed to reassemble it after upholstery.

We still have to build ductwork for the defroster vents & we have to locate & duct the Heat A/C vents.

Some pics.....

























Archie