The Miura project begins (Page 8/84)
Archie JAN 04, 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by Mr.PBody:

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.



I'm told that one of the reasons the car was not real successful as a kit car in England was that the chassis they built for it was way too flexible and potential customers were not buying the kits because of that.

So the customer I'm building it for (who is a member of this forum) didn't want to use that chassis. He is a Miura lover & a Fiero lover, so what better thing to do than combine the two.

We are building this very similar to the way we built my GT40 & I guarantee you that chassis was very solid.

Someone asked about the weight of the car as we are building it. To be honest weight is not a criteria of this build. Rigidity of the finished product is the highest priority. We used a LOT of steel on my GT40 & it weighed about 500 lbs less than a V-8 Fiero when we were done. I'd expect that this car will not gain much weight when it's done.

This is going to be a 85 to 90% replica of a very expensive real car that sells in the $300+K area, so it's not likely that you'll see many of these at the drag strip. Here's one that was resently on EBay, it didn't make the reserve.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymot...=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=011

Archie

[This message has been edited by Archie (edited 01-04-2008).]

Mr.PBody JAN 05, 12:12 AM
I wasn't trying to be a hater, it just seem like so much fiero was getting cut off that it wouldn't be worth it. But you are retaining the cradle and suspension which make alot of modding easier and you'll be set up perfectly for a motor mounted like a real Miura.
Archie JAN 06, 12:58 PM

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Originally posted by Mr.PBody:

I wasn't trying to be a hater, it just seem like so much fiero was getting cut off that it wouldn't be worth it. But you are retaining the cradle and suspension which make alot of modding easier and you'll be set up perfectly for a motor mounted like a real Miura.



No problem.

No body here took that post as a hater post.

Sorry, I didn't get back to you earlier. I've been offline for a couple of days due to computer problems.

Archie
Formula88 JAN 06, 03:51 PM
At least this one won't have the Miura's problem with having a front mounted fuel tank.
As you run out of gas, the front end gets light and you lose the ability to steer at high speed.
Doc John JAN 06, 04:41 PM

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Originally posted by Fierology:

What sort of finished product weight are we looking at? It looks awesome, but is all that sweet looking rectangular tubing gonna add up?




I'm pretty sure the plan is to fit the car with an LS2. It won't have any problem with a few extra pounds!
jbuell JAN 11, 11:15 AM
Just as a matter of historical interest: A total of 764 Miura's were produced over the 7 year production life of the Miura and less than 1/2 survive today . Each was hand built and each component part numbered : ie : the driver's side door of one Miura would not necessarily fit another Miura ,since each was hand constructed.To further complicate efforts of those few lucky owners of an existant Miura , who wish to restore their valued treasure , around 1995-1996 Lamborghini management ordered destruction of the factories archives. According to Hemming's motor news , all commercial files, invoices,letters , registers and other documents wound up in the shredder , destroying parts of the company's history "maybe to eliminate embarrasing comparisons between the illustrious past and the modern present."
To quote Hemmings : " It borders on the criminal that major automotive manufacturers want nothing more than to sell their current products. What happened yesterday is of no consequence. History goes literally in the ashcan."
Fortunately , websites like this preserve the history and technical data of the Fiero,
Hudini JAN 11, 11:50 AM
The pic from the ebay auction seems to show the rear slightly lower than the front. Is that just the camera angle or is that how they looked?
fourpoint9 JAN 19, 02:03 AM
It's hard waiting for an update.... this one is sooooo cool any update will be a great update. Please Archie make a post soon.
Archie JAN 23, 10:30 PM
The windshield came in today & I thought I'd show you a picture of it laying in place.

Note the windshield has frost on it from bringing it in from a cold semi to a warm shop.





Archie
SAFASTRO JAN 24, 12:52 AM
Hey Archie....sorry if I missed this being posted earlier, but is that an original windshield? Or what does it come from?
Thanks.

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