batbuilder's LP640 called "No Mercie"

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The rims I am planning on using are 19x10 and 18x9. They have a cool black chrome finish. I know not as wide as the original but I'm a little concerned about too much traction with the use of the Getrag 5 speed and original transaxle from the Fiero.We will have friends driving the car and I'm concerned if they rev it up and drop the clutch the amount of stress on the transaxle and tranny might be too much.

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Here are the tires we plan on going with. They are Nittos and supposedly computer designed for drag racing, handling and being quiet. The four were $1300 at Americas tire store. The two heavy grooves are kinda weird but also look kinda high tech

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The powdercoater has the hitch and the small arms sandblasted and ready for color. I decided to go with red to make it more visible and not have people tripping over the tow bar.

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The underside of the batwing was broved from the upper front corner to a fan like pattern down the batwing. The fiberglass mat is laid perpendicular to the grooving to hold that arch. Before mat was laid the underside was sanded and acetoned. After setting up the re-arched batwing, it looked and felt correct to the body. There is still the reattachment of the framing, side piece and finishing the underside to get back to where I started.

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By cutting that wedge out it brought the top down nicely

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Here the deck lid is correct where it touches the roof but seems to be too short along the whole lower part. We even cut a wedge out of the left side to lower the deck lid to meet the rear of the car

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The batwing appears to be too wide and the side of the louver deck lid seems too narrow compared to the roof body line. So the plan is to cut the batwing to the left side of the tape and widen the deck lid to that same point on the tape.

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Here's the brace I used on the batwing to straighten it out, We grooved the underside of the batwing to get it to flex

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Something you dont always see. We sold a pool to an 80 year old guy and when we went into the backyard  we saw an airplane he had stop working on 20 years ago. Pretty interesting...

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Here I had to extend the edge of the inner door. It was cut to prevent it from hitting the fender when the door was open. But since we raised the hinge its time to extend the piece and it easily clears the fender

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Here is the latch plate for the rear lid. Its funny but working on the Lambo lids has helped me to relook how I did the 89 batmobile.

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This is a pic of the mounting bracket for the hinge on my 89 batmobile. The plate was made when the fiberglass mount I made failed. I put a couple plies of mat under the steel plate. Then put some mat over the edges.

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The body lines of the roof show that the bat wing needs to cut off where the green tape is. That's pretty far off.

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When three of the corners are correct the outside corner is this high off.

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The batwings shape did not follow the curve of the body. Two corners are touching but the other corners are completely too high.