I like it, except for those...supertraps! My eyes keep going right to those big ugly things sticking out the back. The car looks nice and sleek, but those stick out like a sore thumb. Just an opinion. The car still looks good anyway.
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Pyric Member
Posts: 951 From: Raleigh, NC, USA Registered: Nov 2001
I like it, except for those...supertraps! My eyes keep going right to those big ugly things sticking out the back. The car looks nice and sleek, but those stick out like a sore thumb. Just an opinion. The car still looks good anyway.
I've seen folks get customised covers over the Supertrapp ends. Maybe Skulls if you're gonna follow that motif
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ryan.hess Member
Posts: 20784 From: Orlando, FL Registered: Dec 2002
Cliff's Notes version: Bubba says on page 1 "Hey, I should take a regular old Fiero and make it a foot longer and make it look like a station wagon. Yeah, and then put a big ol' monster engine and tranny in it, only I'm gonna put it in caddy-whompus."
Nine months pass and on page 12 the stretched, station-wagonish fiero is really taking shape and looking pretty cool, although some people aren't really digging the station-wagonish part. Then, out of the blue on page 14, while sitting in class doublec4 says, "Hey, that thing should be a hatch back, not a wagon!" He puts together a pretty nice photoshop job and Bubba says "Neat, you've got my attention" On page 15, a year in to the project Bobert takes a sawzall to the wagonback and the "N* Under Glass" is born, an deveryone rejoyced.
Here and there, throughout the saga, there are discussions of welding, fiberglass, radiators, brakes and shocks, lots of opinions are bandied about, and everybody and their mother check in to see how things are going in beautiful Bubba-land.
The end...
...or is it???
------------------ Dowdian Chopped up, broken down, bashed in 88 GT that I love dearly.
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Nov 20th, 2004
bubbajoexxx Member
Posts: 1630 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Aug 2003
no matter how good it gets they are never what you would call finished there are always improvments and with the good ideas so far it going to be great Thanks to all the people on PFF
PS: if the thread gets any longer we will have to put it on CD to see it all
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bubbajoexxx Member
Posts: 1630 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Aug 2003
Meet another PFF member tonight when he came by to pic up the old indy exhasut system .His name here is Eclipse very pleasent fellow and another good member here at PFF and a pleasure to talk to he got to see my work first hand . The work will continue on the stretch this week before the dreaded snow flies so the car will be ready for spring and the paint shop
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Nov 21st, 2004
TennT Member
Posts: 1523 From: Humboldt, Tenn Registered: Nov 2002
TennT Jake_Dragon Thanks you bet Monster Driveway I dont have a garage to work in so I use the next best thing THE Driveway I do everything there including engine changes as I did last weekend with the TD Jetta I drive
TennT Jake_Dragon Thanks you bet Monster Driveway I dont have a garage to work in so I use the next best thing THE Driveway I do everything there including engine changes as I did last weekend with the TD Jetta I drive
Nothing wrong with working in the driveway I only have 2 walls
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bubbajoexxx Member
Posts: 1630 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Aug 2003
Originally posted by achawkins: Maybe I missed it, or maybe not, but where does the license plate go now?
He doesnt need one....and they could never catch him! ...Its gotten some nice lines bubba, good work. But what about the "stock" taillights...any modding plans for those? I would love to see someone making custom taillights with leds in a designed pattern.....
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bubbajoexxx Member
Posts: 1630 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Aug 2003
Thanks for the kind words Bubba! You are truly a man who loves his work. Your car is work of art! Gotta get her down here for the Spring SOFA cruise.
As for working in the driveway, that's all I have too. I just had 12 tonnes of gravel dropped in back in September and had to push the car out so they wouldn't bury it ;}
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Nov 22nd, 2004
Bobert Member
Posts: 371 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Jan 2002
did not feel like dodging rain drops today so I started to restor the indy nose emblem but not in black I fist removed the old enamel finish with a propane torch has to be supper hot to remove it as hard enamel is next to imposible to remove . With the old finish off I got some casting clear resin and crimson red colorant and golden orange metal flake and filled in the old enamel area once done I sanded the entire surface to remove the unwanted resin and flake then covered it with more resin with deap red dye in it and am waiting for it to harden then sand again the with a home made plater I will gold plate it the cover with clear resin to finish it off I will post more as I progress today
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88White3.4GT Member
Posts: 1604 From: Hayward, CA Registered: Dec 2003
why spend 200 for one when you can fix it for 35 dollars in material I wish I could find a few more damaged ones to experiment with with differant colours and to see if I can make one look original
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TaurusThug Member
Posts: 4271 From: Simpsonville, SC Registered: Aug 2003
please dont start another one of those belt trends... last time it was coke bottle caps next its gonna be car logo's.... all the ricer kids will be running around with Honda and Acura logo's on there belts.... but on the other hadn us COOL people could have INDY and GT badges i mean who else gets to rock a winged horse????
done with 9 coats of clear took this pic flash off here it is flash on extremly shinny
