Achie, when you do your V-8 swaps do you use the original cars radiator or a different one?

quote Originally posted by johnyrottin: Achie, when you do your V-8 swaps do you use the original cars radiator or a different one?

No I haven't used a stock radiator in about 22 years.

Archie

Archie how is the latest choptop coming along ?

Any progress on the nose ?

quote Originally posted by exoticse: Archie how is the latest choptop coming along ? Any progress on the nose ?

It's going pretty well.

Here's a series of pictures showing the work in proicess for the last 3 weeks or so.

































Archie

Sweeeeeet!

I'm interested in the car off to the left you've been working on.

quote Originally posted by ferrobi: I'm interested in the car off to the left you've been working on.

The GT40?

A

The F40

What did you end using for the rims - Compomotive?

quote Originally posted by ferrobi: The F40 What did you end using for the rims - Compomotive?

Oh Ok, next week I'll get some pics of the F40 up.

I would have preferred th ecompomotive wheels but, as you know, you can't get the compomotive Model TS wheels anymore.

We got lucky & HRE just came out with a new wheel, HRE 505, that is about the next best choice.

Check out this thread https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/088309.html

Archie

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Thanks Archie, I missed the HRE thread - interesting. I like them but guess I don't like seeing the lugs. Also 1700 each Ouch. I think I spent like 2,200 for the compomotive set in 1994. But I ended up getting 2 new 17" for rear later on top of that.
What did you use for the F40 rear lights / brake and turn signals (Carello)? Or reproductions from EVM Rob?

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quote Originally posted by ferrobi: Thanks Archie, I missed the HRE thread - interesting. I like them but guess I don't like seeing the lugs. Also 1700 each Ouch. I think I spent like 2,200 for the compomotive set in 1994. But I ended up getting 2 new 17" for rear later on top of that. What did you use for the F40 rear lights / brake and turn signals (Carello)? Or reproductions from EVM Rob?

I also like the Compomotive better.

We have real 308 tail lights.

quote Originally posted by Archie: The victim of our next project came in today. Archie

Tease! Not even a hint of what's going to happen to it?

Archie,

Any hood vents, or scoops going on the latest choptop ?

Do you know what color he plans to paint it ??

Archie, When I see a TTOP in your shop, you get my attention. I've been thinking about going back to a notchback, and getting one of your widebody kits. You going to try a chop on the TTOP? If so, you will really have my attention.

Rob

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quote Originally posted by Stubby79: Tease! Not even a hint of what's going to happen to it?

It's not going to be a ChopTop.

It is going to have a major body change.

It is going to have a "built" LS engine in it.

If anyone can determine where we've seen the above mentioned wheels before, they may have clue as to who I might be building it for.

Archie

quote Originally posted by Archie: It's not going to be a ChopTop. It is going to have a major body change. It is going to have a "built" LS engine in it. If anyone can determine where we've seen the above mentioned wheels before, they may have clue as to who I might be building it for. Archie

I have a feeling I've seen those wheels on a certain kitcar. I guess it's true, one Fiero is never enough eh?

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quote Originally posted by Archie: If anyone can determine where we've seen the above mentioned wheels before, they may have clue as to who I might be building it for. Archie

That'd be the customer you built the Miura for(Dunno any names mind you)....unless there's someone else running around with that wheel/tire combo.

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More, more !

quote Originally posted by exoticse: More, more !

More of which?

















Archie

Looking forward to seeing the Ferrari Dino build Archie.

Make sure you put lots of pics up for us.

Don

What's new?

When is the next big get together at your shop?

Sorry, we don't really have the big "Open House" like we used to. I ran out of things to say/do at the open houses & we moved into a smaller shop. In the smaller shop a dozen is a big get together. LOL

Archie

quote Originally posted by johnyrottin: When is the next big get together at your shop?

quote Originally posted by Archie: A couple of projects are wrapping up in the next week or 2 & a couple of new projects getting started. LS3 SC in the GT40 has it's coil covers installed. Archie

Man, that LS3 SC sits nicely inside the engine compartment. Nice job.

archie. i helped mark (a previous emplyee of yours) work on his turbo 2.8 rebuild years ago and he moved somewhere in wisconsin or something, sinnce then ive baught my own fiero and have been trying to track him down, (long time no see old friend type thing) i know he is on pennocks but i dont know his username,,, do you maybe know it by chance?

A little update for what we've been doing for the last couple of weeks........

Finished this F40 replica for a customer. He is getting it painted now & getting the interior upholstered.



















Archie

In a word..........Spectacular!


HAGO!

Gonna have to start calling 'em "Archie's Exotics". And I'm not talking about the girlie calendar you put out!
That's some beautiful work!

Back on Dec. 27th 2005 Will Martin picked up his just finished ChopTop here.

The car had been here about 3 weeks while we did a ChopTop on it. Prior to that the car had been at Fast Fieros for about 6 months getting a 3800SC installed. When Will left here with his car, he took it back to Loydes so he could finish the unfinished engine swap he had been working on for 6 months.

Here are a couple of pics taken the day Will picked up the car..





And here's Will with a smile, thinking that he's going to have a finished car soon..... it had a 3800SC in it & just needed to be finished .... (Boy was he wrong)



4 or 5 years later, this is what it looked like sitting in the Texas sun at Loydes....



A Few months ago, after a lot of pain & expense, Will finally got his car back. 7 years later he gets a shell of a car back.

After looking at it for a while, he called me & knowing that if I had the car, it would actually get finished. Will & I worked out a price & I bought the car.

I was delivered a couple of weekends ago.

This is what Will ended up with after all that money & time....











It makes you sad.

Archie

Truly a shame.

Can't wait to see what you guys do with it Archie.

Wonder what is next for Will ?

Stunning work on the GT40 replica there Archie. Just stunning.