F40 replica aka "operation turd polish" (Page 9/62)
gldkarma JUL 11, 10:12 PM

Hey Greg--it's the third Tuesday--July 18 this month! Would be nice to see you again one of these days too! I still love my gold lace Enkei wheels!

JC
shemdogg JUL 13, 07:39 PM
Im not greg bro and we havent met yet lol. Ill be at the meeting. Maybe in the mustang, havent had a chance to touch the car in ages. Finally got my truck running decent and im 3 weeks behind in work. Cant do much outta the mustang. Still gotta get the headlights finished, how late do these meetings run?

shem
GADJet JUL 14, 10:05 AM
Love this build. You have some nice skillz there buddy!
shemdogg JUL 14, 07:53 PM
Thanks buddy! A lot of mistakes were made to earn those skills! My names forrest gump but people call me shem

lol
shemdogg JUL 18, 12:06 AM
Finally got a lil time to work on the car, feels like its been ages! Loaded up the car w tools n hit the machine shop. Got the headlights installed and working yayeh!


The lenses are all fubarred, i got some of the cleaner from tap. May hafta get new ones but thatll be after paint


Got my splitter done n mounted. Looks crazy small in the pics but it sticks out 1.5"



Had a helluva time installing the scoop divider. Thing just did not wanna weld n the heat made the scoop flop around while welding. Trying to hit it from inside n its coming out like crap. Gonna cut it off n make a new one. but did get everything aligned so the opening is square.


Gotta work on rebuilding the power steering on the stang tomorrow at the stang shop. Hope to be outta there quick so I can run home n grab the fierrari n hit the shop. Dying to get this hood done n then its off to the finisher and off to paint. Still havent repaired the damage from wheelworks but the check should be here this week.

shem
shemdogg JUL 19, 12:31 AM
Got the mustang steering waaaaay better, changed a bushing and tightened up some stuff. Main power steering bracket needs to be welded to the frame and some gussets installed. Ran back home n grabbed the fierrari n hit the machine shop. Measured some stuff, broke out the sawzall n cut off wheel, n froze. Im pretty reluctant to cut this car up, but after a few mins, measuring n re-measuring, then calling the shop guy over to eyeball and to measure, I hit it up.


Then fabbed up the rear wing, and learned to use the medium brake solo w dies too short for this wing. Had a long enough lower bar but had to fit 2 shorter top pieces that didnt match n one moved while bending. Not bad, moved it over to the side that didnt move n it came out perfect. Just bent a lil much. no biggie I can bend it back later, theres a second smaller section I didnt put on. Heres some shots at the golden gate fiero club meeting



cool group of cats, looking forward to the next meeting.

shem
shemdogg JUL 19, 12:38 AM
Mine looks like a slightly obese version of the real deal


I went for the spoiler off this one


shem
olejoedad JUL 19, 06:43 AM
Interesting picture (the bottom one).

Obviously a studio beauty shot, but I wonder why the car has six spoke fronts and five spoke rear wheels?

Good work on your car, Shem, always have liked the F-40.
olejoedad JUL 19, 07:50 AM
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shemdogg JUL 21, 11:53 PM
Thanks olejoedad! Im liking the way its turning out just an insane amount of sanding and itching. Wrapping up the final fiberglass odds n ends now.

I dunno why the car in the lower pic has diff wheels, but let me know either 5 or 6 spoke looks killer on this

more to come, have some mechanical issues now. I did run a new hot from the battery to the trunk fan relay and ran the ground to the switched wire on the thermo housing- works great! Too bad I already cooked my alternator, cars not charging as of this morning
shem