F40 replica aka "operation turd polish" (Page 8/62) Khw JUN 23, 11:57 PM That Mustang sure is pretty. I looked at a I think it was a 68 with a 289 I almost bought. This was back in 1992 or 93 so I may be off on the year. Wasn't as pretty as the red one in your pics but it was a red hardtop. I wish now that I would have bought it. shemdogg JUN 28, 06:43 PM Yeah def a beautiful car, never driven one that minty before. I was thinking something was wrong w the trans when it didnt go into 4th, then I remembered its a 3spd n started laughing. Been ages since ive driven a 3 spd. Took the car for an alignment, turd drove it hard into the rack. lower rights all busted up. They didnt say anything, i saw it later n called. Got an estimate for just under 2500$ today. The hood is knocked over to so its gotta be rewelded. Didnt even get an alignment, they said I needed new wheel bearings and inner tie rods. $800 lol I got the parts for $60something and it took me 1.5hrs. Didnt need the parts, they were fine. They didnt point out the busted ball joint durr Was at the machine shop today, worked on the air splitter. Its almost done and dug out that piece o metal I made ages ago for the hood scoop. I just bent it on the small bender myself Spadesluck JUN 29, 08:01 AM Coming along nicely. Drewbdo JUN 29, 03:25 PM quote Originally posted by turbodad2: i didn't want to hijack this thread but this is what I wrote yesterday "I saw your post today in a thread and you mentioned yo have a Testarossa replica. While searching threads for pictures, I saw your engine problem thread. A few years ago I had the same issues and spent $600 dollars and shop time trying to solve it. After months of trying everything, I took off the valve covers and found one pushrod off it's rocker. pushed it under the rocker and it ran like new, of course it had $600 bucks worth of new parts !!! Hope this helps. " Sorry to the OP, not trying to hijack. TurboDad2: Thank you for the info! I'll take a look at that... certainly can't hurt ... much. I'm about out of ideas, and almost ready to pay for a flat-bed to tow the car to a shop. quote Originally posted by shemdogg: I went out today and cut up a headlight assy to fit my new buckets. Got errthang mounted tight- now to do the udder side. Those headlights are really looking good! I really appreciate you posting all these photos. By the way, those Mustangs are awesome! I like the blue one best, but I bet the red convertible would be fun to cruise in! Drewbdo JUN 29, 03:32 PM I hope the shop is going to pay for your hood repairs, since they're the one who goobered it up! quote Originally posted by shemdogg: Was at the machine shop today, worked on the air splitter. Its almost done Is that a sheet of aluminium which goes under the width of the car? Or will you be making a way for air to flow under, then "through" the car, and out the top vent in the front hood? My TR is all open under the front, and I wonder how the air flow for cooling is, as the radiator is in the front. It sucks air off the road, thru the radiator, then blows it out into that same area, under the front hood between the nose and the front trunk bulkhead. The car hasn't overheated, but then I haven't really gotten much chance to drive in warmer weather due to the other problems it's having. Just wondered if your front hood vent will be functional. Car is coming along nicely! shemdogg JUN 29, 05:53 PM I havent even thought about airflow around the hood. Plenty o places to go in or out. The big ol center scoop goes into the trunk area, cant go deeper cuz im sitting on the brake reservoir top. The air splitter is some 1.5" wide strips of aluminum I cut off a sheet of punched parts in the scrap bin. Theres always a inch or two of solid sheet metal i can cut off easily w the big shear. Make friends w a machine shop- go help out, sweep up, anything and eventually u get to use the shop! Manager at wheel works flipped when I gave him the bill. He said he hasnt seen the car, the guy who f%$#@d it up didnt tell him. He didnt know till I called. We shall see- that might be my paint job right there. shem gbarron JUL 03, 11:38 PM Wow, it's been so long since I've been on the forum. Your thread got pointed out today by someone at Golden Gate Fieros. Nice job Shemdogg. Really. That thing looks sooooo much better than it did when you started. The frame length issue on the better replicas if I recall was addressed by cutting the frame behind the engine bulkhead and extending the rear back. I've seen a couple myself. Done right, they make the proportions considerably better. I made mention of Golden Gate Fieros, they do meetings second Tuesday of the month. The group is in Yahoo Groups I think. A member name of Shane built a really nice replica a few years back. He had one of the better kits if I got the information right. Should you be needing Fiero parts, I have a ton at my shop. Stopped racing my GT a few years back and while you don't really need body stuff, I do have other parts like engines and suspension should they become needed. My place is in Oakland and if I recall you are in the Southbay? you can reach me at gbarron@hiwheel.com or through the forum I think? I used to work at a Pontiac dealer as a tech so know a couple things about the cars if you have questions. Meanwhile, keep up the progress. I'd like to see this one done. Greg Barron 88GT's And a shop full of spare cars and parts... gbarron JUL 03, 11:49 PM Oh, and if you get tired of working that rear clip, here's an eBay find for you! Only 33,500 down in Ventura! Close! Of course it' doesn't have the polycarb window so maybe you can offer a little less? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fer...AOSwUKxYcyRT&vxp=mtr shemdogg JUL 04, 06:05 PM Thank you for the info! I like the way its coming out too but its a lotta work! After the outside looks good ill have to make a new interior oh no! Ill be at the next meeting, should have the headlights done by then and get my alignment done. Been screwing w my damn truck, finally got it going. Man diesels suck, wish I never bought that thing. I finally go tthe hood scoop mounted, but its a bit off on one side, so ill have to cut it and re-fb it. This scoops going to save a TON of time on sanding and finishing. I just gotta do the edges. makes the hood waaay more ridgid too. shemmy shemdogg JUL 06, 08:34 PM Made some more progress on the hood scoop. I cut the center piece today, have to do some shaping then weld on from the bottom. Been driving the car around a bit, very fun. Totally gutless in 3rd n 4th, brakes are not too strong on these cars. I got a wheel rub issue at full turn and a clunk started today from the front pass suspension. shem