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shemdogg
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JAN 30, 01:12 AM
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Thank you! Stance will get better w suspension n wheels/tires. Good enuf for now. Almost done w the back, had a few hours to
throw at it today. About a foot of water in the spare tire well drilled a bigger drain hole lol. Rained overnight and the interior stayed
dry! This corners fighting me
cut it up and extended it w a few other areas
Almost done
looking waaaay better
def worth the work
now tell me how to get the hood looking like this
The hoods good looking now but nowhere near as good looking as the real deal
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engine man
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JAN 30, 06:56 PM
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It's looking good shemdogg i know how much work it takes to get them to look good just keep plugging away
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shemdogg
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FEB 01, 09:04 PM
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Thank you engine man I love reading your motor threads!
Got a whole messerschmidt done yesterday n today Sand fill booger, repeat
Started out yesterday w sanding n painting the door window frames cuz theyre starting to surface rust.
Played w the gas filler, need to make a custom pipe from the cap housing to the fill hose. Car ran outta gas today
when I went to move it. Batterys totally toast from sitting. had to join the trunk n roof again, gap was too big
more boogers n snot everywhere, millions of details. & rounds of fb n 4 rounds bondo yesterday
No time for love dr jones, rains coming. Finished it up n shot primer
rear grille didnt fit no mo, so I cut it in half and took out from the middle what I didnt need
looks much better, doesnt look like a bumper car as much
Finally pulled the sheet off the windshield. Way too late, hadta get it off w a chisel n heat gun
Just in time, rainsa here
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Fiero Thomas
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FEB 02, 01:00 AM
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jb1
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FEB 02, 04:36 AM
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Great work, it is one of the better jobs I have seen done with the F40.. Motivates me to get busy on my 512 project ------------------
3800sc plug and play harnesses for sale.
85GT Northstar/ 4t80e
Northstar Rebuild
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shemdogg
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FEB 04, 04:45 PM
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Thanks you guys the comments add motivation! Put the fiero door seals back in, I think theyll still work just need to be extended.
The lower half of the doors fine, the back of the window is fine( the trim piece that originally goes there fits perfect), trimmed the
outer dew wipes to fit. Doors sound solid now when closing, very nice. Worked on my door handle rods some more, very nice
to have the windows up and be able to open the door. Cleaned the interior, boot and trunk of all the fiberglass, dust and bits of
metal that collected there. Found my tail light harness! Wired up the taillights, rt signals not working and my brake lights stay on
now. Headlights still work. Buffed out the windshield w a headlight lens restore kit. Trimmed down the back lip spoiler to fit, cut
out a buncha old fb from the back of the roof. Once the door seals are in, the interiors next. To be followed by the airbags. Mighta
founda 3.8sc to swap in if somebody doesnt snake it. If I get that car thatll be next. Only way ill do a motor swap is if its a turnkey
turkey. Programming my own ecm sounds like a nightmare.
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ferrobi
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FEB 04, 08:33 PM
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For sure is looking great! Can’t wait to see it in color.
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shemdogg
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FEB 08, 10:17 PM
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Me too tho itll be awhile before paint. Been working on lights, got everything working now except front turn signals. neghbor used my voltmeter now its not working so I used the dvm on my jumper box w a pick for testing. Bent up the ps window some more, hooked it up to the power window motor and it works! Mostly! Have some metal edged window channel coming. Gave up on modifying fiero door seals, finally found what im looking for after hours of searching. Instead of searching door seal, or universal car door weatherstripping, ect, it came up as universal push on top bulb seal. WTF!? So I should have the interior pretty airtight soon. Installed the grilles in the hood, glassed in the headlight buckets to the hood. made new hood hinges to get the wheelwell lined up better. Welded in the ds window frame better. Buncha other details done I cant think of but its coming along. Rains here for the next week so I prolly wont get much done. Got some tiny round side marker lights coming and a glass cutter for the windshield. Back windows installed now. Hands need a break theyre pretty mangled again. Had a fb splinter the other day, that sucked. Cant see the thing, dug around w a romex staple till I hit blood then squeezed and the thing shot out.
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shemdogg
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FEB 15, 10:21 PM
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Lotsa rain and work, not a lotta time for the car. Been poking at it here and there. Got the windows to go up and down finally, in the felts, and with the power window motor! Lotsa cutting and welding and cuts on my hands from working inside the doors. Those windows vexed me for too long, that and getting the trunk to not hit the roof while opening. Made a new quarter window for the ps side, got my gas filler sealed up and changed the vent hose. Cut up a piece of angle ern to hold the new door seal and it came out great, just didnt buy enough. Heated up the windows more to get some of the waves out, getting the hang of lexan bending. Got a sealed drivers door now, and fitting some of the fiero trim pieces back in. This thing will be on the road soon.
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shemdogg
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FEB 17, 10:47 PM
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Got a lil done in a lotta time today. Finished cleaning up n rewiring the headlights n turn signals. Pulled all the carpet n insulation out. carpets trashed, insulation was soaked in places. Let it dry out. Vacuumed the fb n bondo dust, then ran the leafblower inside for a few mins, got it really clean. Put the insulation back and swapped the seat rails to my new ds seat. Going to get carpet tomorrow. Made some brackets n welded em in place for the upper seat belt mounts, drilled n tapped.
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