quote Originally posted by Archie: I gotta add that I think the nose that a lot of people were critical of, is now looking pretty good.

Not much of that nose left unaltered. You did good!

quote Originally posted by Songman: Not much of that nose left unaltered. You did good!

Correct, the only things that are the same as when Norm put it on the car are the lip around the bottom front, the C6 headlight locations & mounting method & the side marker light locations.

But early on, a lot of people were not liking that nose & not seeing or believing that is was going to turn out good.

Archie

WOW !!

I love it !! Archie and crew what a great job !

You guys definatly have something to be proud of, simply outstanding work !

Congratulations Curly, a longtime dream reaching reality.

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Have a safe trip Curly. And post some road pics.

Joe

I was one of those, Archie. Not really a fan of Norm's front end. But you tapered the rear corners down into the doors more so it didn't look so far above and it looks great.

Curly I want to see it person so bad.

It is amazing as nice as this car looks in pictures it looks even better in person

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Hey taz don't be shy. You could have let a little more of yours in those pics.They are related after all.

quote Originally posted by 85duke: Hey taz don't be shy. You could have let a little more of yours in those pics.They are related after all.

Those are posted in Taz's thread

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/F...L/066554-9.html#p333

I just wanted to see the two together. Two very nice cars. thanks for the link.

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I kinda spread them around, you can find others in this thread...

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/F.../040418-17.html#p677

Curley will be posting his pics this week.

Uh-oh Archie! I think the nose might be lopsided! J/K It looks great, and I love the touch that those Camaro hood vents add to it.

It does look good!

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Thanks HC. The photo-shops are beautiful, but for obvious reasons I can't go with orange (we don't want any over-lapping hehe). Strange that I never envision "white" as a option.

As for "red" #013, #004 are currently going that route, so I'm sticking to the Corvette that was featured in Luxury and Exotic.

I wish I would have known that you were comming in so I could have seen youoff. Loking good.

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quote Originally posted by HC:

Nice photoshop. This just goes to show no matter what color its painted, it will come out looking fantastic!!

quote Originally posted by madcurl: I'm glad you like it. I'll be bye your place in a few weeks for your inaugural pictorial again (like #011). This time we hope nobody will try and use them on the Internet again, hehe. I also need to check in on Orville. I haven't talked to him in some time. Orville's ideas are wrapped up in #020, so I need to give credit.

I was just down there on Wednesday and Thursday of last week picking parts off of his parts cars to get Marie's car going for the Coast Run. He's a little under the weather after having a little accident but he is okay. Just a little sore. He's having a couple of issues with the red car that he will be getting ironed out after he is back on his feet.

Give me a call anytime. I look forward to going for a ride!

quote Originally posted by madcurl: ...I'm sticking to the Corvette that was featured in Luxury and Exotic.

Its a very difficult color to replicate on photoshop, its very rich and not as flat as gloss paint. I tried

Well I must be different to the rest of the crowd because I love the look of the car from the front of the doors back but the front really isn't doing it for me. With the chop top and wedge shape the front is making the car look too front heavy. Like if it brakes heavily it will flip over. Each to his own they say.

that looks nuckin futts i love it. can i have it?!?!

I am glad to here you made it all the way home with no problems.
and if you see my wheels at SEMA send them my way!

quote Originally posted by whodeanie: I am glad to here you made it all the way home with no problems. and if you see my wheels at SEMA send them my way!

Professionally, BonSpeed should have made you're order #1 since your order was placed way ahead of the SEMA show. It be a different story had you order right before SEMA. HRE will tell you that up front and not to expect any quick orders.

First off, I like to thank Archie for allowing me to give him a big three year headache in building my Fiero dream car. Archie believed in me and Archie followed through on all of my wishes....till the end. These guys finished my car at 12:13AM.

I would allow like to thank him for making the MadArch widebody kit for those who want something a bit different, but maintaining the Fiero's DNA.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ktAIqBN7g

I would also like to thank Kris for his excellent fiberglass skills and Rob's creative metal shaping skills. The Eclipse window is just one of his "skills" I'd appreciated.





I'll be back to his shop again, but this time it will be #015.


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Curly when does #15 plan to roll out ?

quote Originally posted by exoticse: Curly when does #15 plan to roll out ?

No need to "roll out" since the Mad-Arch widebody kit has been produced. I'll have mine tweaked a bit (cause you never bolt-on a part without first tweaking it) and then shipped out. Once the parts are bolted on, I'll roll-out to Archie for additional tweaking for #015. I have a few more tweaks that should look good (at least inside my head they look good), but that'll be next year since the weather isn't ideal traveling (Nov/Dec).


I've officially been "pimped."

How much does it weigh?

I'll guess 3,080 without curly

quote Originally posted by Gokart Mozart: How much does it weigh?

Officially I don't know since we never weighed #020 prior to build-up, but I'm sure #020 weight is more now than it did prior to the build.

A lot of sweet progress since I looked the last time.

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quote Originally posted by Fierotaz: Check on an engine and brakes if they have anymore

They have another wreaked 2004 Z06 arriving today with less than 10,000 miles. Factory five is getting the entire Corvette.

Edit: sad news

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quote Originally posted by madcurl: They have another wreaked 2004 Z06 arriving today with less than 10,000 miles. Factory five is getting the entire Corvette. Edit: sad news

Must be building another GTM: http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html

#020, #015, & #011 finally together under the same roof. Sorry about the poor pics, but it was 05:00HR and I was very, very tired.

quote Originally posted by Fierotaz:

Please tell me you're going to do something about those horrendous gaps around the headlights before you paint it. It would be a shame to see that much work brought down by unsightly gaps.

quote Originally posted by Fastback 86: Please tell me you're going to do something about those horrendous gaps around the headlights before you paint it. It would be a shame to see that much work brought down by unsightly gaps.

Was there a "horrendous gap" around the headlamp prior to #020 leaving Archie's?

quote Originally posted by madcurl: Was there a "horrendous gap" around the headlamp prior to #020 leaving Archie's?

Madcurl
I think he might have been refering to the rt h/l ( passenger side ) which looks very good on this picture

quote Originally posted by 85LAMB: Madcurl I think he might have been refering to the rt h/l ( passenger side ) which looks very good on this picture

He knows exactly what 86 is referring to.

As you can see in the pic you posted there is no gap in the headlamps prior to leaving Archie's shop. We talked before the pictures were even posted and i knew already.

Curly experienced a road mishap of sorts on the way home and that is the reason for the gap,..nothing that cannot be easily fixed.

Leaving TX:


The F360 ears casting their shadow on west I-40 towards NM.



The weak JVC (woops Kenwood, hehe) held me captive during my 3,000 mile exodus (I sure missed my XM radio). The radio has now been replaced.



Edit: radio name correction. Hey, Joseph I hope you like your car, hehe.

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Okay, while at the stereo shop, I wanted a back-up color camera installed inside the soon-to-be defunked rear hatch lock. Although, I have pretty good visablity using the 350Z window the camera can aid in recording road trips.

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