Nolan, I haven't seen Cedric in 5 or 6 pages. I have a feeling someone ain't pullin' his weight!

But you sir, are takin' names!

Nolan;

Those doors look fantastic. Well done. I really like the way you incorporated all the existing dash and door handl elines into your final product. It looks factory.

I was wondering if I can drop by some time this week or next weekend if you don't mind to get a better look at how you bonded the new flat piece to the extisting interior door edges before you started doing all the work. That is my next part on the interior doors for me and I don't like the setup I have right now. Yours looks really good and uses the original xmas trees and locations.

Shaping that foam is messy but pretty easy isn't it? One of the best parts is that if you goof, you pour a bit more and shape again.

Again, well done on these doors. The interior is shaping up very nicely. I like it.

Cheers
Don

quote Originally posted by Toddster: Nolan, I haven't seen Cedric in 5 or 6 pages. I have a feeling someone ain't pullin' his weight! But you sir, are takin' names!

Cedric has been promoted to supervisor. He likes to supervise the action from a bed by the overhead door when its open

Thanks Todd
Nolan

Nolan;

I just got your voice message now and it is a bit too late to call tonight. I'll give you a shout tomorrow night and we can set up a time.

Thanks
Don

Greeting All:

Here's a bit of an update:

The panels have now been primed. Here's how they looked before a final bit of sanding,


they were then painted with an etching primer:


And Here's a teaser shot. It's only in primer but it gives you and idea about how they are going to look:


Nolan

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Wow, awesome work man. You have put a lot of hours into this thing!

After all this custom fabrication the 3.4tdc swap is going to be childs play.

LOL, I'm looking forward to the swap! Thanks!

Here's a few more Teasers and the original Grand Am panels that started this off:




Now I'm just filling the pin holes and other imperfections with glazing putty:

Nolan

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The panels have been sanded and re-coated with the primer. The next step is to apply multiple coats of the SEM texture coat. There is some difference in the appearance of the texture depending upon how you apply the spray such as distance, number of coats etc. you will have to experiment to see what works for you. Here is a panel after multiple coats have been applied:

The texture coat dries flat black and it is almost impossible to see the pattern once dry. You can't really see it in this close up:

Once the texture is dry I applied the first layer of the SEM color coat. I'm using the Landau Black which is a matte black. You can now begin to see the texture:


Nolan

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Looks awesome Bravo !

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quote Originally posted by Sourmug: Cedric has been promoted to supervisor. He likes to supervise the action from a bed by the overhead door when its open Thanks Todd Nolan

Undoubtedly he is a master at 'barking-out' orders.

keep it up...back to lurk mode.

I'm now working on making some fill pieces for the gap at the console/dash as seen below:

The Stealth uses a contoured piece of plastic that is covered in carpet to fill in this area on both sides of the console. I can't use this because I have removed about 3/4" between where the top of the console butts up against the bottom of the dash. This was done to give me enough room to get the console to sit flat on top of the tunnel structure. On the Stealth the tunnel structure doesn't have to accommodate a gas tank and so it sits lower with respect to the dash. In any event this has changed the shape of the curve on the bottom of the console. I did use the Stealth dash piece as a template and through trial and error I was able to cut a piece of Masonite to match the new curve:

Another issue is that the console edge is not a strait line and is actually a compound curve. After a few test fits and a few nasty words a thought entered my head, yes believe it or not! I know that wood and drywall can be made to fit contours if they are soaked and allowed to dry in place so I figured what the heck and gave it a try. Here's the piece soaking in the tub:

I only let it sit in the warm water for a couple of minutes as I was worried that it would crumble if it sat too long. I dabbed it dry and placed it into position on the console and taped it in place:

I let it sit overnight to dry completely and after work had a look:


It held the curve exactly, and there was much rejoicing

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quote Originally posted by Sourmug: and there was much rejoicing

yea!

quote Originally posted by Gokart Mozart: yea!

Wow Nolan, I have only skimmed through this thread. You do some pretty amazing work.
Looks like it will take me a while this evening to read it all.

On a side note....are you a member of the Calgary Fieros club, or ever go to the A&W for there meets?I'd love to see your work first hand sometime.

quote Originally posted by SAFASTRO: Wow Nolan, I have only skimmed through this thread. You do some pretty amazing work. Looks like it will take me a while this evening to read it all. On a side note....are you a member of the Calgary Fieros club, or ever go to the A&W for there meets?I'd love to see your work first hand sometime.

Hi:

Thanks!

Yes I am and yes I do. Unfortunately the car is not on the road (it's in a million pieces) but you could always drop by and have a look sometime. Will you be at the A&W meeting on the 21st?

Nolan

I am going to try to get there and meet a few guys. (and to show my wife what Fiero's are all about)
I am in the middle of a deal on a Fiero, so for now I have all these plans and questions in my head.
Maybe I'll see you there!

nice work on the interior

PM sent.

quote Originally posted by Mickey_Moose: nice work on the interior PM sent.

Thanks! Check your PM's

Nolan

The vinyl was then laid out, marked and cut to rough shape. More contact cement was applied and then began the meticulous process of adhering the vinyl to the Masonite. Care has to be taken to ensure that the vinyl lies flat and even, in particular around corners.


Once the pieces were complete they were then attached to the panels using high quality construction panel adhesive and placed into my high tech clamping fixture:

And here is the final product:


Me likey!

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very sexay!!

Another awesome job, Nolan.

Thanks guys!

The color is slightly off in the pictures but I'm pretty darn happy. It seemed to me like I was never going to be able to figure out how to do them and I was actually quite concerned that they would look like crap. It's nice to be finally finishing things like the head liner, door panels, console infill pieces. I can actually start to see some progress and a big part of it is because of the input and encouragement you all have been giving me. Thanks to all! (Sounds corny I know but it's true.)

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hurry up and finish this thing nolan...that way i can just drop mine off to be done next..lol tim....nice work...

quote Originally posted by thismanyfieros: hurry up and finish this thing nolan...that way i can just drop mine off to be done next..lol tim....nice work...

LOL Sure Tim, sure...

Just a little update:

I have now lined the back side of the door panels with the sound deadener that I used in the car interior:

The completed panels are somewhat heavier than when they were stock but I think it's a small price to pay to have the interior match and look like a stock install once it's done.

I also want to have some custom badging that will distinguish my car. I like the Pegasus theme so I have been looking for some distinctive items that bear this image. I actually found something on E-Bay that I like. To make the badge backing I had to make some small Masonite disks that are to be covered in black vinyl and have an aluminum outer ring. Where does one find an aluminum ring you ask? Well let me show you.

I used my dremell with a cut off wheel and got this:

I need two of these as they are going onto my new door panels. Once cut off and cleaned up a bit I traced out the inner diameter onto the Masonite:

I rough cut the disks and then used my disk sander to finish them off so that their outside diameter is slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the aluminum rings.

then using the ubiquitous contact cement I attached the vinyl:

The aluminum rings were then fitted over the vinyl and the excess trimmed. The back side had some super glue/crazy glue applied to the vinyl seam and the back of the ring to hold it in place and I then had two of these:

i gotta ask whatchoo smokin man??? i mean you come up with the damndest ideas,,, straight up cool azz stuff...i will never look at a pop can the same again... lol tim

quote Originally posted by thismanyfieros: i gotta ask whatchoo smokin man??? i mean you come up with the damndest ideas,,, straight up cool azz stuff...i will never look at a pop can the same again... lol tim

LOL, it's the caffine in all the Coke that I drink!

quote Originally posted by thismanyfieros: i gotta ask whatchoo smokin man??? i mean you come up with the damndest ideas,,, straight up cool azz stuff...i will never look at a pop can the same again... lol tim

^^^
What he said...Damned..That's just crazy cool, Nolan.

Bob

Hi:

I received a couple of deliveries today

I have been trying to figure out how to add some cup holders into the Stealth console. Try as I might however, there simply isn't enough room between the shifter and the face of the console to have something pop horizontally out of the console without interference from the shifter.

So on to plan "B"...

I found an nice billet cup holder bezel on E-Bay that fits into a console type application and I think it has some great potential:




I will need to fabricate some cups and do some cutting but I think it's going to work out great. The piece is actually meant for use a new style Mustang but no flames please!

Now for the second delivery, Cedric and my wife Barbara had to do a bit of work to get it into the garage:




Hmm.... I wonder what it could be?

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A minor update, more of a bump really.

I finally took the 5-speed off the shelf for some much needed clean-up:




It's amazing what some elbow grease and paint can achieve:



I've ordered my Fidanza aluminum flywheel and it will arrive tomorrow. I checked locally on what it would cost for a Spec stage 2 clutch at Davenport Racing. They wanted to hose me $600.00 I don't think so. The Spec web site lists this as a $300 US item so I think I will see if I can purchase it directly from Spec. I'm going to get the bits and pieces that I need such as new flywheel bolts, dodge truck mounts etc. Who knows I may even start to mount the new engine and the transmission on the cradle in the next couple of weeks!

Nolan

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I love your thread. Great work.

Dave

Dave:

Thanks for your comments! Actually I'm quite enjoying posting all the information.

Nolan