My kingdom for a cradle
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My kingdom for a cradle
I have been looking all over for an engine cradle so I can get my car back on the road with no luck.. Fiero factory wants a mint for one, and ontario fiero clubs are all but dead.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Fuck you Shaun , one day those little boys will talk and when they do you will get yours.
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Re: My kingdom for a cradle
I have been browsing some forums and have found some near Penn and new York but wasn't sure if willing to go that far or not. I thought you had a junkyard up there with some? You might have to just bite the bullet and spend some money and shipping. I'll see if I can dig up those links
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What year cradle are you trying to find?
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Re: My kingdom for a cradle
Yeah, '88 or earlier?
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Don't really care about the year, just want a nice car to cruise in, not going to autocross it.
Other things I need are original Tan seats (fixed back seats in a street car are dumb) and original tan / brown carpet... I have the black aftermarket and my god it sucks.
Other things I need are original Tan seats (fixed back seats in a street car are dumb) and original tan / brown carpet... I have the black aftermarket and my god it sucks.
Fuck you Shaun , one day those little boys will talk and when they do you will get yours.
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Got your LS4 figured out yet?
There are producers of the aftermarket carpet that are good... but there are also those that are shit.
There are producers of the aftermarket carpet that are good... but there are also those that are shit.
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I have 88 brown/tan/beechwood carpet. You can see it here: http://www.pbase.com/series8217/image/76233426 (note: I don't have the seats anymore)THE PUNISHER wrote:Don't really care about the year, just want a nice car to cruise in, not going to autocross it.
Other things I need are original Tan seats (fixed back seats in a street car are dumb) and original tan / brown carpet... I have the black aftermarket and my god it sucks.
I'm probably going to pull it out in the next couple weeks to shed some weight. Interested?
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Where are you located?THE PUNISHER wrote:Don't really care about the year, just want a nice car to cruise in, not going to autocross it.
What type of aftermarket carpet did you purchase?
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Yes, interested in the carpet , shipped to Clayton NY 13624Series8217 wrote:I have 88 brown/tan/beechwood carpet. You can see it here: http://www.pbase.com/series8217/image/76233426 (note: I don't have the seats anymore)THE PUNISHER wrote:Don't really care about the year, just want a nice car to cruise in, not going to autocross it.
Other things I need are original Tan seats (fixed back seats in a street car are dumb) and original tan / brown carpet... I have the black aftermarket and my god it sucks.
I'm probably going to pull it out in the next couple weeks to shed some weight. Interested?
Fuck you Shaun , one day those little boys will talk and when they do you will get yours.
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Will get you a quote once I pull it outTHE PUNISHER wrote:Yes, interested in the carpet , shipped to Clayton NY 13624Series8217 wrote:I have 88 brown/tan/beechwood carpet. You can see it here: http://www.pbase.com/series8217/image/76233426 (note: I don't have the seats anymore)THE PUNISHER wrote:Don't really care about the year, just want a nice car to cruise in, not going to autocross it.
Other things I need are original Tan seats (fixed back seats in a street car are dumb) and original tan / brown carpet... I have the black aftermarket and my god it sucks.
I'm probably going to pull it out in the next couple weeks to shed some weight. Interested?
Re: My kingdom for a cradle
If you could pay for shipping... goto Uship.com and bid for a quote... I've got an 86 cradle I was about to scrap. I've also got a pallet I could strap it to..
I don't know how much of the knuckle/hub I'll be able to keep as I'm going to try and surgically remove a C5 emergency brake setup and transplant it to an 88 cradle.. It does have poly on the a-arms too..
I also have a set of aluminum cradle bushings I'll let go for $45.
let me know..
I don't know how much of the knuckle/hub I'll be able to keep as I'm going to try and surgically remove a C5 emergency brake setup and transplant it to an 88 cradle.. It does have poly on the a-arms too..
I also have a set of aluminum cradle bushings I'll let go for $45.
let me know..
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I removed the 282 and C5 ebrake setup from the hubs and knuckles. They came out without fanfare and the setup is quite simplistic. I'm going to see if they can be adapted to the 88 knuckles..
Regardless, short of being cleaned the cradle is ready to go to you or the metal recylcer. As mentioned previously.. it has poly bushings and aluminum cradle bushings for a small amount of coin. Let me know if you are interested..
Regardless, short of being cleaned the cradle is ready to go to you or the metal recylcer. As mentioned previously.. it has poly bushings and aluminum cradle bushings for a small amount of coin. Let me know if you are interested..
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Do you have photos of this? I was thinking of adding C5 parking brakes to my car. It would be interesting to see how someone else did it.draven wrote: C5 ebrake setup from the hubs and knuckles.
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Draven,
PM sent
PM sent
Fuck you Shaun , one day those little boys will talk and when they do you will get yours.
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Let me clean them up as they are caked with texas dust and I'll gladly take pics and post them over in my build thread... "Simplicity" yes.. durability ? jury is out.. I'll get you fella's input... the PO welded ears to the backing plate of the mini ebrake drum and attached the calipers to that.. total thickness of the ears are +/- 1/8" but i'm horrible at eyeballing material thickness..The Dark Side of Will wrote:Do you have photos of this? I was thinking of adding C5 parking brakes to my car. It would be interesting to see how someone else did it.draven wrote: C5 ebrake setup from the hubs and knuckles.
Sorry for the hijack I'll post more over in my LQ1 build thread..
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Re: My kingdom for a cradle
I'd love to see some more info on the rear parking brake setup as well.