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fiero67
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MAY 23, 09:05 PM
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I had to go out and buy one of those "dry erase boards", so that I can remember what I wanted to do to the Fiero....but,no, nothing that big....thats for the next rebuild....most of the mods will be exterior....front hood scoop to disapate the heat from the radiator....functional trans am vents in the front fenders.....rear hood vent.....lots of lighting....but Ill keep that to myself...for now. 
The interior....will.... look stock.
Soon I'll be learning the fine art of the airbrush.....Ill be ghosting alot onto my 88. Hopefully....no one will reveal the ideas before me......
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fiero67
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MAY 23, 09:12 PM
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jelly2m8 PM sent . That would be cool...I live an hour away from Bar Harbor, right on the coast line.
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Midshipman Easy
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MAY 23, 10:15 PM
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Great Job your doing! Im also going thru the exact same steps, and I know exactly what you mean about the front end! The Por15 looks so good now Ill have to go spends some bucks to keep up with the neighbors" "THANKS ! "  Ken
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fiero67
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MAY 24, 07:41 PM
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Midshipman Easy...its well worth the expense. I picked up a six pack that came with 3 cans of POR15 and 3 cans of chassis paint. All the areas that are visable will be second coated with the chassis paint...because the POR15 will dull out to direct sunlight. You should post some pics....we love pics!!!
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Midshipman Easy
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MAY 24, 10:51 PM
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thanks for the advice.. I have my hands full updating my site. But if you want to see some pixs Ive got plenty on my site below. Ill be watching this thread though and following your excellent start! Ken ------------------
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BtotheB
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MAY 24, 10:57 PM
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Wow, that looks great so far. I'd love to have a place (and the $$) to do something like that. Keep it up! Brad
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fiero67
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MAY 25, 04:23 PM
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Midshipman Easy thanks. I'll visite your site. BtotheB my investment so far has to around $1000...for both cars and the garage.. I kinda lucked out ....but I spend an anormous amount of time working on it. If I had to pay myself for the labor....Id be broke!
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fiero67
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MAY 25, 08:48 PM
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Well, tonight i took the fan assembly apart....wasnt hard...cleaned that up with a washing and prepped the motor for paint. I concentrated on the brake booster mostly tonight. Mine didnt look too pleasing.... 
Linenoise.....Ive got your Fiero in my garage! so I took it apart, like everything else....lol....I like to take lots of pictures before I take anything apart just for the idea of how to put it back together after its painted. sanded and grinded and wire wheeled it until I thought it was ready for primer. cleaned it all with thinner, just to make sure there wasnt anything left on it....taped everything I didnt want painted...including the decals...Its nice to see original decals on the parts.  then primed it....have to let it dry overnight....so I cant paint it till tomarrow...
after i wet sand it.
I also found a resourceful way to paint things now...when I bought my overhead lights..they came with chains and hooks on them...since I didnt want them as long as they were..I cut them off. I screwed the ramaining to my ceiling and now I have painting hooks. 
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fiero67
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MAY 29, 04:57 PM
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well....I have 3 days to plug away at the fiero. The brake booster is finished and reinstalled.. I think it looks great.  The nuts that hold it on came out real clean..almost brand new looking. I took a soft wire wheel on the Dremil and cleaned off minor rust and tarnish...then I buffed them out with a polishing wheel. So far this weekend I have finished the prep of the front end. Took a long time to grind off the rust that was on the lower parts under the doors...then I took a pair of vise grips to staighten that track out to where it was suppose to be.  The last thing I needed to do before I paint the rest of the front....was to clean off the rail that holds the windsheild in. Since I found small amounts of rust under the old rubber, I thought it would be good to strip it all off. It wasnt hard after I broke out the BIG grinder and softly buff off the rubber coating.  I cant stress how important it is to clean everything with laquer thinner before painting. To clean off all the dirt in the hard areas..where a rag wont clean..I used a toothbrush with paint thinner on it first.
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fiero67
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JUN 03, 06:03 PM
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I have the radiator back together after repainting it and cleaning everything. installed. To give me more ambition on this project...I put on the front bumper and both fenders....the sunroof panel and one rocker panel....just set them in place because I want to make sure everything is done in the area that they are going. Not to mention, Ill be painting this car with the panels off and there is no need to waste rivets....  its really starting to look like a Fiero now!  Im really pleased as to the way the door jambs came out...
I coated them first with the POR15 and then with the chassis paint.  Tomarrow is the annual mystery trip (where we have no clue as to where we are going) It will be for 3 days. Everyone have a great weekend....BTW, this is what we will be going in....car restoration runs in our family...this is a 1955 Ford crestliner conver. Took my dad 5 years to complete...its completely stock including the color. 
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