My daughters Mirrage project

[Blue55CHEVY]

This is the Mirage as I purchased it in fall o 2010.

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[marco_1978_spyder]

Nice. Has the front airdam too.

Are you going to paint it? Original color scheme?

[gerbsinmd]

That's a great start! Post lots of pictures. Can't wait to see the progress.

Welcome to the club!

[Blue55CHEVY]

Our family was just discussing paint and interior.

Between the two cars I have enough red to put together an original red interior including to clean dashes. Both of which will require painting (dye). I have all but the front seats and dash in black. I have never been a fan of the red interior.

As far as exterior color, if we decide to stay with the red interior then the color for the outside would be white. I never really appreciated the red & blue stripes on the top surfaces of the car. So it might be a stealth Mirage. I really like the silver one that one of the members has and it also could go with a red interior.

I have come across the same information that I am sure you all have, on the effective date for red, silver, and black mirages. That would allow for the silver paint if a non white Mirage could ever be verified.

You may also have noticed that one of the j-channels for the rear quarter moldings is broken. I really don't like the idea of using one for house type paneling. I am considering gluing the panels to the body.

Let me know your thoughts on a non stock interior and exterior colors . I have never been a purist on any of my other vehicles.

[cjbiagi]

I think the solid white would look great. Personally I'd like to have the body pieces molded into the body for a clean smooth look. I agree, I never got into the red and white stripes either but remember those were made during the bicentennial period. Todd's silver Monza looks good while mine is a bit darker gray factory color for 1975 with the maroon interior which I also like over the bright red. You are kind of limited with any shade of red/maroon interior as far as exterior colors go. I would say you are pretty much limited to white, or various shades of silver, gray, or red.

[Blue55CHEVY]

Well its been a while since I updated the progress of the project. Health problems and the inability of parts have primarily been the culprits. With the help of Clyde, John C. and others,I now have nearly everything to reassemble the Mirage. Besides a wheelbarrow full of cash I am looking for the following. 1-Spark plug heat shields for drivers side. 2-The tin stove pipe that is mounted on the drivers exhaust manifold. 3- The two rubber bumper-etts for the rear panel.
4-A 1 foot section of original Mirage J-channel for the Mirage panels. One of mine is cracked. I know no one has good ones for sale but hopefully someone has a broken one that I can get a foot from them.

[Blue55CHEVY]

A few more recent picturers

[Blue55CHEVY]

more pics

[Blue55CHEVY]

Reinstalling the rear end so I can get the car off my hoist.

[Blue55CHEVY]

I tore apart three rear ends and I lucked out on this one, 3.08's on a 2-series posi!

[stage169]

Besides a wheelbarrow full of cash I am looking for the following. 1-Spark plug heat shields for drivers side. 2-The tin stove pipe that is mounted on the drivers exhaust manifold. 3- The two rubber bumper-etts for the rear panel.
4-A 1 foot section of original Mirage J-channel for the Mirage panels. One of mine is cracked. I know no one has good ones for sale but hopefully someone has a broken one that I can get a foot from them.

Hope the health issues are good now. Can't help with the wheelbarrow but if you want you can have this spark plug heat shield Pay shipping and its yours if you want.

Can't say bumperetts aren't out there but I've not seen any. You could make yours look good though. I cut out the metal in mine and took a heat gun to them. They look a lot better but I haven't finished them. Need some kind of glue to fill and hold the studs.

If you are keeping the exterior white you might be interested in these drawings on another post. These were options for the Mirage before the final design. If you want I have some great scans of all the Mirage items I'll send them to you. If you do one on your car you'll have the history to go with it. Here is the link viewtopic.php?f=19&t=35294&start=45

Keep up the good work! Brian

[Blue55CHEVY]

Finally getting the front together. I used poly bushings and a set of freshly machined ferrels. Thanks John.

[Blue55CHEVY]

The car is finally back on all 4's and the body work has begun.

A friend of mine (Chad) is two days into the body work. Besides the progress that can be seen in the pictures, he also
has the passenger rear quarter dent pulled out and the body work on it work performed (see disassemble photo to see damage
that was discovered after Mirage panel was removed). The goal is to have all of the sheet metal including the body in primer/filler
in five days and start the block sanding started. That is what I can afford to pay Chad at the time. I did all the sand blasting to
clean up the doors (all but the skins) and the wheel edges on the fenders. As soon as the fender on the make shift table is finished,
it will be on to the hood. Mean while I will be taking all the steel brackets still mounted to the aluminum bumpers, and get them
blasted and ready for prime and paint.