Even braced the car is VERY flexable and unsturdy. Care must be made to keep it solid till its braced. I had to jack the center when I cut the roof. Its hard to believe what the roof actually does to strengthen the car.
Here the roof is cut and I cut a 1" notch into the B pillar for a slight rake to the roof line. Guess im a in the chop top club now....just a baby thou
Then I trimmed the rest of it for the addition of the new 2x3 Frame section. I also cut the rear frame section out from the strut towers as these will be replaced as well with 1 long piece.
Starting with a 23' section I started to cut the frame out
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My apologies if you already answered this. I looked back a few pages and could not find this discussion but I am sure you have already stated why you are doing what you are doing.
Why did you lengthen the cockpit area vs. the engine bay? Height restrictions or looking for more cockpit area vs. just the wheelbase stretch? Just curious.
Hey Don....never a problem. I did a 3.25" cradle stretch first. Then while I had it apart I was just looking at it one day and figured if I didn't do the chassis stretch it would be a LONG way back to this point to do it. Cradle stretch basically to extend the wheelbase and get some more weight on the front end. I also wanted alittle more room in the engine compartment and the 3.25 " make a big difference. The Chassis stretch of 4" was mostly because I am basing my build now on the 512 wheelbase and its correct now. Also I wanted alittle more rake to the roofline and the extra room is just a bonus. Thanks for the question !
Car-Lo... thanks man.....I really look up to what your doing there. Yes its a big step. But winter is setting in here so time is all I have ! Keep the builds going !! One day East and West coast is going to have to get together
Back on the ground for a bit. getting more and more solid. Next up it to tie the front lower frame to the front door support and add a lower frame brace..
Car-Lo... thanks man.....I really look up to what your doing there. Yes its a big step. But winter is setting in here so time is all I have ! Keep the builds going !! One day East and West coast is going to have to get together
That is a event I would go too. Let that meeting be at SEMA with MadCurl and Troy&Lisa and the Fiero's just might take the show!
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After it dried I took it off and glassed the inside and traced out the window. You can also see here the door jamb area and extension tin is in and welded and sealed.
I put the lower rocker panel back up just to see what it looks like now. Im going to have just just toss this and make a new one from scratch later.
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Needed more room so I tapered the rear frame rail in and down.
you can see the difference now just how much it makes and leaves room for the rear fender to be wider. Both rear inner sails you can see here with the hinges on the roof hanging....waiting ...
Starting with the inlets I used flat panels I made out of 2 layers of glass. 2 more will be added later to make it stiff but for now there real flexable and pretty easy to shape. I glassed these to each other and the door. The door normally tapers in or round in at the bottom but these will be cut down straight later.
this is the BIG ONE 
there are still after shocks all the way up the west coast to Vancouver 
great work Bozzie 
