Ferrari 308 Replica Rebuild

Not too many updates lately.  Other projects and yard work.

Headlights have been molded.  I need new fascias as the ones we used got ruined in the moding process.  Just as well.  We corrected a couple items when we molded anyway.

I have since been working on finishing the items list on the front clip.  vents, lights, etc. etc.  I found a new process I did not know about.  Low temp soldering of aluminum.  What a cool process.

I made the trunk vents out of metal and made a mess of the welding so I think I will redo the same vents in aluminum.  I also redid the front grill with the low temp soldering.  Again cool process and very clean.

I also placed my windscreen in for front fender fitting etc.  Really makes a difference for the look of the car.

I plan to go after the fender vents this week so will have a few more updates soon.

Cheers
Don

Can't seem to upload images today so I linked to photobucket.  Hope it works.

Finished up the fender vents.  I will try Photobucket pics again....  I just now need to add mesh to the under sides and then send off to powder coating.

Cheers
Don




No idea why this is rotated again as it is properly oriented in Photobucket.....

Haven't been here for a while so thought I would
update the build log.

I tried to set up my sail panel louvers to have a gas
door 6 louvers up from the back edge. I found that I
could get the gas door to open up with my hinge set-up
but i ended up with interference issues with the front
louver of the gas door. I wanted to see if I could do
the gas door but oem Ferrari is opening the full
louver panel so I am most likely gong to go that way
in the end. The smaller gas door looked really good
though.....

I am now on to the targa top latching mechanisms. I
decided to go with the same set-up that is on the
older Firebird and Camaro t-top cars. There are pins
front and back that slide into receivers on the inner
roof side and clamp the top down on to the seals. I
am using Firebird t-top seals so the set-up will work
on my application as well.

I made four latches front and back as I found that the
Fiero roof section that is now the targa was a bit
flexible and would not clamp down on to the rubber
seal very well with just two latches each side. I
have the latch sliders and pins built and attached to
the targa and this week I am building the receivers to
accept the pins. Should be pretty much weather proof
by the end of the coming weekend. The targa will get
convertible material glued to the outside and a
fiberglass inner shell made and covered with head
liner material to finish it all off and cover the
mechanisms but still have everything accessible..

I am still not 100% happy with the lever mechanism as
it offsets the pulling on the pins quite a bit as the
lever is rotated. I may go with the same mechanism as
the Firebird where there are two cams that intertwine
and pull the pins back. More design to be done on
that aspect before I finish off the levers.

Then back to finishing off the interior wiring and
install the interior and windshield and I am pretty
much close to having this bad boy on the road.....

Enjoy
Don


Try one last time......

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Edited by Linlor

Thanks Beken;

I will most likely drive the car for a couple months
and put it up for sale as I enjoy building them.
Don't really care that much about driving them..... :)

Dr. Fiero. I was wondering what was going on with the
images. I used the normal upload tool and the site
was taking a very long time to load back up.

I will try to get the images reloaded later
today/tonight.

Cheers
Don

Ah... The upload tool used to work so I will post up to
Photobucket and update the pics.

Thanks
Don

Graeme wrote: Just go here maybe:http://s454.photobucket.com/user/Linlor1/profile/

The problem with that is maybe Don wants to show the pics he wants to show and post along with copy

Hey Graeme do you still your red Fiero, do you want to sell it let me know.

Well end of June passed and still not on the road.
Other projects and needs taking priority during the
summer. I am cleaning up the front trunk now and hope
to have that wrapped up by the weekend.

Windshield is installed and looks amazing. I just need
to glue in the windshield trim surround as a have a bit
of touch up to do on the driver's a-pillar before
covering up.

Still shooting for a summer drive but I am quickly
running out of time......

Well.  Now into October and still putting, or more honestly, not putting the car back together.  I have the front clip back on and just installing the front trunk today.  For some reason, everything is a little bit off on everything..... Very frustrating when you put so much time into getting everything together and right and then when you paint and go to put it back together, everything is just a bit off.....

Thanks for the update, Don.