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madcurl

OCT 14, 01:05 PM

Wow! What a build. I like the trunks space and trunk hinges.

Sofa King

OCT 14, 02:01 PM

Me Too! I LOVE THIS BUILD!!!!

Hi Archie, what car did you get the glovebox from? Are the dimensions similar to the original Fiero?

Archie

OCT 15, 07:59 AM

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Originally posted by madcurl:

Wow! What a build. I like the trunks space and trunk hinges.

The hinges are from the rear hatch on an old XKE Jag. Coupe.

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Originally posted by Sofa King:

Me Too! I LOVE THIS BUILD!!!!

Hi Archie, what car did you get the glovebox from? Are the dimensions similar to the original Fiero?

It's wider that the Fiero console is.

It's from the back seat of a new VW, I can't remember exactly which one.

The customer bought it & sent it to me.

It is identified in one of the earlier posts in this thread.

Archie

Boogaloo

OCT 15, 11:13 AM

Archie you and your staff ,never cease to amaze by outdoing your last creation and you are up there with the best of builders,more props to you for the inspiration you have given us thru the years .

Archie

OCT 15, 11:23 AM

As you can see, I've got a lot to catch up on.

In this view the headrests will mount into the half-round tube just under the rear window opening. The sanding block in the rear window represents the rear window glass. So we'll need headrests that have the mounting posts as far back as we can get.....

The customer bought some new headrests on EBay & had them sent to me.

The color doesn't match perfectly, so we know they'll have to be re-upholstered. We will be reshaping them before we send them out for covering.

Getting an idea if they can be fitted....

They'll have to be cut down a bit, but they'll work. We'll do that later when we fab. & fit the rest of the interior parts

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[This message has been edited by Archie (edited 10-15-2009).]

Archie

OCT 15, 12:17 PM

Back to the bodywork.

There's always bodywork to fill in between the fun parts of the build.

Here we're working on the rear spoiler to try to make it look correct all the way across.

Archie

madcurl

OCT 15, 02:05 PM

Archie

OCT 15, 05:27 PM

Building inner wheel well liners for the rear clip.

These are built of flat Fiberglass sheet. Then the sheets are trimmed & fitted to the position we need them in. After that they are fiberglassed in place & a layer or 2 are glassed onto the fiberglass sheeting to make them stiffer.