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Postby LL8 Vega GT » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:53 pm

who has mounted one up without the factory front sheet metal?

any tips or pics? what worked well what did not?
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Re: 1 pc fiberglass nose

Postby prolsc » Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:09 pm

LL8 Vega GT wrote:who has mounted one up without the factory front sheet metal?

any tips or pics? what worked well what did not?

The way it was mounted on my car there were 2 existing bolt holes left from the cal panel , then i made a metal frame out of conduit that you can get from lowes. Used the 2 existing bolt holes for the bumper brackets to attach it and welded 2 tabs on the outerside of the rollcage, which gave me 4 points up front, 2 per side. ,then used cross bar to make a center mounting point . If you look close right behind the front end is the frame I made. If you need better pics I can get you some.
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Re: 1 pc fiberglass nose

Postby LL8 Vega GT » Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:26 pm

Hey, thats nose looks fimiliar.... where have i seen it before??? :lol:

I was thinking that your car had the factory sheet metal, but then i looked back at the pics you sent and it looks like the upper portion of the sheet metal was removed. I see the pice in the background, is that tipped up 90 degrees from how it actually went on the car?

you don't happen to have any pictures that show the nose on the car with that bracket mounted do you?
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Re: 1 pc fiberglass nose

Postby prolsc » Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:59 pm

LL8 Vega GT wrote:Hey, thats nose looks fimiliar.... where have i seen it before??? :lol:

I was thinking that your car had the factory sheet metal, but then i looked back at the pics you sent and it looks like the upper portion of the sheet metal was removed. I see the pice in the background, is that tipped up 90 degrees from how it actually went on the car?

you don't happen to have any pictures that show the nose on the car with that bracket mounted do you?


Yeah , it's just sitting on the ground in the picture . I can get you better pictures, I don't have the nose on the car right now, I can mount the frame on the front end of the car. If you look at the frnot end you got from me you will see the bolt holes drilled in the front of it where it attaches to the frame that mounts to the car. There is a total of 5 bolt holes on the front of the nose that the frame bolted to. 2 on the left 2 on the right and one in the center. I will get you pictures as soon as I can. I have the car stored at work.
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Re: 1 pc fiberglass nose

Postby STSCowboy » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:07 am

Where is the best place to get an Early 1 pc Front End? I just bought someones project car and it has no front end sheetmetal? What can I expect to pay and I am in California.

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Re: 1 pc fiberglass nose

Postby LL8 Vega GT » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:22 pm

STSCowboy wrote:Where is the best place to get an Early 1 pc Front End? I just bought someones project car and it has no front end sheetmetal? What can I expect to pay and I am in California.

Thanks,

Joe


try this site
http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/site.htm
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