The Miura project begins (Page 38/84)
troyboy OCT 18, 05:23 PM
This has to be the most labor intense build Archies shop has ever done. Great job guys this car is going to be awsome!!!!!!!!!
aeffertz OCT 19, 01:23 AM
Amazing.
Fie Ro OCT 20, 02:22 PM
Nice solutions and fabricating...keep it up
Jake_Dragon OCT 20, 06:39 PM
I like the dash very nice and inspirational.
kevin OCT 24, 02:24 PM
Archie,
Just in case another Fiero member wants the same Muira, do you have the templates to do it again? Wonderful work. You 'da man!

Cordially,
Kevin
Archie OCT 24, 09:28 PM

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Originally posted by kevin:

Archie,
Just in case another Fiero member wants the same Muira, do you have the templates to do it again? Wonderful work. You 'da man!

Cordially,
Kevin



Nope, this is a one of.

Making molds & templates of everything would be a lot more expensive.

Any kit made from all that tooling would be more expensive than 99.5% of the Fiero owners would spend.

Archie

[This message has been edited by Archie (edited 10-24-2009).]

CaddyRob OCT 25, 10:46 AM
Wow, I was going to say that with the labour alone you would be able to buy a real version! Til I looked it up... This car will be better then the origional! and less then half the price.. Amazing work Archie and Team!
Archie NOV 04, 08:30 PM
Once the interior parts had been sent out for upholstery, we went back to body stuff.

We still hadn't made inner wheel liners for the front so that was next.

Kris made a big sheet of flat fiberglass sheet a couple of layers thick. This pic was taken after we had cut some parts out of it.



This was curved & shaped to form a wheel well where we wanted it.



While it's still flexable we're using tape hot glue & paint sticks to hold it where we want it. Opening & closing it to make sure it clears the metalwork it will be protecting.



Once we get it to where we wanted it, we removed the clip & sat it on the workbench (business side up). Putting in some small pcs. of fiberglass to blend the wheel well into the underside of the wheel lip.









We also added a little inside wall to the wheel well.



Then we can fiberglass it permanently in place building up the thickness a bit & making it a structural part of the front clip.









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Archie NOV 04, 09:04 PM
While waiting for fiberglass to cure, Kris was also working on some of the bodywork up under the grill area







The wheel wells are taking shape.







Fitting the front clip again, rounding off the corners & edges of the wheel well liners.





Archie
Archie NOV 04, 10:05 PM
Next Kris started finishing the cowl area. Here's an old picture that shows what the cowl area used to look like.



Kris used some more of that flat fiberglass to make a fiberglass tray.



We also made some covers for the sides of the cowl in the area ahead of the door hinges.





Sanding, filling & more of the same....



Then some primer....



The cowl cover & wheel well liners make that area look pretty good.







Archie