The Miura project begins (Page 7/84)
Archie JAN 03, 10:56 PM

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Originally posted by Saxman:

Damn - I was going to do another Fino on an 88 CJB chassis, but now you have me thinking about the Miura. I wonder if it would work on a T-top car? Heck, I wonder if one of these can be built outside of your garages, Archie. I don't remember reading it, so are you planning a kit for this one?

I sure hope so! Thanks for keeping us informed on all the progress!



Building this car on a "T" top chassis would be about the same as the build we are doing. If you'll look back at the pics so far and look at the other pics I'm about to post, you'll see that we've completely removed the original Fiero roof because this car (like my GT40) requires that the original Fiero roof line has to be removed.

So I wouldn't recommend to build it on a "T" top car anymore than any other Fiero chassis.

Also, at this time, we're not planning on making this a kit for the Fiero. If you pay close attention, you'll see that to make this into a kit would be very expensive in tooling and mold making costs.

So this won't be a kit & it should be considered a one time build.

Now on with the show.....

Archie

[This message has been edited by Archie (edited 01-03-2008).]

Saxman JAN 03, 11:04 PM

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Originally posted by Archie:
Also, at this time, we're not planning on making this a kit for the Fiero. If you pay close attention, you'll see that to make this into a kit would be very expensive in tooling and mold making costs.

So this won't be a kit & it should be considered a one time build.
Archie



Great! Now I have to win the lottery to get this in my garage! Thanks for the info, Archie. It will be a nice ride. I'll pay closer attention. I see the roof section is gone on the donor now.

Keep up the great work!
Archie JAN 03, 11:17 PM
A few days ago we set about the task of building the steel work that's going to permently tie the chassis together & provide the body mounting & support structure.

Before we cut the roof off we welded in 2 long 2" box tubing sections in a "X" to keep the chassis in place. Those 2 pieces are still in place & will stay there until almost all of the steel work is done.

Earlier, you'll remember that we stretched the front of the chassis to move the front axle soe 5" farther forward.

That being done, now we begin on the chassis.

First we put in 4 long pieces of 2" box in the Fiero door openings to form the new sill plates.







Then we start to build up frame work at the back & the front ends of the sill plates, to tie them into the front & rear bulkheads....







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prostreet505 JAN 03, 11:21 PM
Lookin Good Archie!!!
Archie JAN 03, 11:30 PM
We continue to tie into the rear bulkhead.....





We start to modifying the rear trunk area......



While on the front end we built a cowl framework just above the original Fiero heater box.....



If you look close, you can see the opening in the front bulkhead where the heater box goes in just below the new cowl. You can see that this cowl framework is about 4 to 5" below where the stock Fier cowl was located.



Here is what the sill plate bars look like with the body sill plate sitting on them........



Currently we are working on the framework that is going to be under the fiberglass roof on this car.



That's it for today.

Archie
Archie JAN 03, 11:33 PM
Thanks

A


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Originally posted by prostreet505:

Lookin Good Archie!!!
James Bondo JAN 04, 08:01 AM
Square tube construction is just plain sexy.
Fierology JAN 04, 03:13 PM
What sort of finished product weight are we looking at? It looks awesome, but is all that sweet looking rectangular tubing gonna add up?

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Fieroseverywhere JAN 04, 03:42 PM
I think I see a tiny little section of the original fiero frame in there somewhere.

Looking good. Gonna be a nice one when its complete. :tumbsup:
Mr.PBody JAN 04, 04:07 PM
It almost seems like this would have been easier if you hd just 100% scratch built a chassis like the body was intended for. Its awesome seeing the skills at archies shop, but it just seems like there was a better way.