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Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:08 pmby chevyart
HARRY THANKS FOR THE TIP. JUST SAW THE POST TODAY(JUN 25) DONT THINK I WILL need TO DO THAT, BUT I WILL KEEP THAT IDEA in mind. GOING TO USE A 1 INCH EXTENSION ON THE 2 FITTINGS TO CLEAR THE OTHERS. HOPE IT WILL WORK... ART
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:56 pmby V8VEGA*71
Hi guys,
Unfortunately, we would be making those with equipment through my Dad's employer, and we are only allowed to use it for personal projects. However, I would be happy to PM the DWG to anyone. If you have access to a CNC plasma table you can use that to drawing to make a CNC program. Let me know
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:29 amby V8VEGA*71
Whats up H-body?! Its been a little while, but we're back in action!!
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:34 amby V8VEGA*71
Outside shot of the front wheel well.
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:52 pmby V8VEGA*71
Happy Build Season Friends!!
48 Fiat (my Dad) and I decided to go a different direction with our Vega project. We recently bought some full-length Alston Racing frame rails through JEGS. Instead of using the stock front suspension we’re going to use leaf springs with suspension sliders and a drop-tube front axle along with a fiberglass front clip.
We contacted JEGS today to check the status on the frame rails. The original estimated ship date passed, but they’re still in production and are estimated to ship on Friday the 13th. The photos below are a little bit older, but I have some recent pictures of some progress we've made that Ill post soon.
~We’d love to hear from you! If you have any thoughts or tips please comment below!~
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:22 pmby V8VEGA*71
More photos of the firewall patch panel.
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:34 pmby V8VEGA*71
Recent progress.
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Sun Dec 29, 2019 1:02 amby V8VEGA*71
We started cleaning up this donor door for the passenger side while the frame rails were being made.
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Fri Feb 28, 2020 5:46 pmby V8VEGA*71
More photos. These aren't in order, but it's all recent work.
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Fri Feb 28, 2020 6:03 pmby V8VEGA*71
The frame rails showed up! A full sized semi truck and trailer came to deliver the kit!!
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:32 pmby Smiley
At this point you could do a stretched glass front end and longer wheelbase.
Looks good !
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:34 pmby V8VEGA*71
Thanks, Smiley!
We're definitely going to go with a fiberglass front end! I think we're going to stick with the 97in wheel base or something close if possible.
We used an engine stand to make a rotisserie to move the body around.
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:04 amby V8VEGA*71
Getting ready for frame and wheel tubs!!!
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:11 amby V8VEGA*71
We rented a plasma cutter, and got the floor cut out.
Re: 48 Fiat's Son's 1971 V8 Vega
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Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:15 amby V8VEGA*71
Progress on the tail light panel.