I have a few pics from the NIFE meeting/Firefox Paint Presentation this weekend
There was a nice crowd on hand for the meeting... lots of Fieros and lots of friendly and familiar faces!
Here is the (generally photo-shy) Firefox/Mark beginning his presentation on automotive painting.
And my favorite photo of the day... Firefox taking a short cruise in the "Tytehead" powered Finale Roadster. Apparently it was a bit short of fuel (don't worry, the rest of us helped roll him back up the hill to Archie's shop).
Are those Solstice wheels on the car? The bolt pattern, if I remember correctly, is 5x110mm on the Solstice.
On the Finale Roadster? I believe those are Mille Miglia Wheels (although IIRC that exact, (?) The EVO5's(?) style may have recently been discontinued)
[This message has been edited by MinnGreenGT (edited 05-12-2006).]
Yes the wheels on the Finale are Mille Miglia EVO5's & as he said they have been discontinued.
I had a set of these on my Blue Fino & loved them so much that I got a 2nd set before they discontinued making them.
The 1st year the Solstice was shown at the car shows, it had these same wheels on it. In fact at the Chicago auto show that year Pontiac had the same wheels on 2 other prototye cars. I think the reason they were taken off the market is because Pontiac wanted that design. That notes, the wheels on the production Solstice are ever so slightly different in the shape of the spokes.
did you start it with the tubing on there? I would like to here what a V8 flag pole sounds like! ------------------ 85 GT, bright blue met. fastback, chrome 16"s, 3800 swap, (soon to be SBC) 85.5 Porsche 944 euro *for sale* 73 VW Karmann Ghia convertible (sold to finish SBC swap)
[This message has been edited by fierogt3800 (edited 05-13-2006).]
Sorry getting my numbers mixed up. It was another very recent fastback choptop that was also black.
Archie showed a picture of the guy in front of his shop doing the curley pose. Going by the list i believe it was #17 ?
ARCHIE CHOP TOPS>>>>>>
001. Great Blue Choptop (GBCT) ....................Aug 1998 002. Purple Pavement Eater (notchback)......... 1998 (Finished at Archie's shop by Archie and NIFE Volunteers) 003. 246 Dino Replica for a guy in Indiana.............. 11-13-98 004. PFF ChopTop ..................................... 11-20-98 (new owner Exoticse 2005) 005. Vasquar ............................................. 9-1-00 006. Steve in Rockford IL..................................... May 2001 007. Stinger .......................................Jan 2002 008. PFF GMGW3 Cary ......................... Sept 2002 009. Gun Metal GT fastback Tacoma Washington ..Oct. 2002 010. PFF Jim's 88 GT Jim Albright ................June 2003 011. Silver Choptop Curley.................. fall 2003 012. Chester's Dirty Rat Rob D............. Oct 2003 013. Black Death GT-X ........... Mar. 2004 014. Proud-1 Jscott1 ................... July 2004 015. Curley's widebody................sept 2004? 016. Dowdian's Sharona..................December 2004? 017. Black 85 Fastback LS1 018. Bob's "SideWider" a.k.a Stinger clone 019. Will-Martin's Formula 020. MadCurl Project #3 021 New project for V8Archie 022 IMSA Chop top - Troy Boy from New York 023 Dr. CPU from Mississauga, ON
[This message has been edited by exoticse (edited 05-14-2006).]
Hey Archie are you ready to make a submission yet of any of your project cars? I know you have plenty of stuff but I guess you haven't had time to make a complete submission! We really do look forward to it and I think it will help the e-zine and you get exposure. Wish you could have made it to Fieros at Carlisle so we could have taken some pictures of our own, oh well. Keep me posted, email me!
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Hmm...I wonder who's next? 24-25th chopper?
