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I wanna V8! With about 425hp at the crank I might have to get a "Z06 EATER" license plate. 
Norm
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RE: CorBeretta is born! C5 running gear and Beretta chasis.
Good luck with the project Norm! Keep us updated on progress and pics.Colin
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RE: CorBeretta is born! C5 running gear and Beretta chasis.
let me know when you start so i can be a bastard and drop by and see the progressComment
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Re: RE: CorBeretta is born! C5 running gear and Beretta cha
I'm hitching a ride with you!Originally posted by patgizz1992 Miata B Package
1995 Regal 3100
1996 Firebird LT1 T56Comment
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Teaser pic showing trimming of the spare tire area:
The whole car is stripped except for body panels, glass, and frame. It took about 20 hours to remove everything.
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The Beretta is stripped and most parts sold over the last 1.5 months. Check the classifieds for remaining items.
The last 2 months of research and chasing salvage yard leads has me competing with the salvage yards for wrecked or high mileage drivers. The more parts I purchase separately, the more it will cost. So I am looking for the whole package and will probably sell off the extras that I don't use.
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drove by your place today again. i still love your GTO.Comment
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Yeah that would be the cheapest option and way to do it Norm, Just find a good wrecked car to snag it from.
Any pics? the one link there doesn't work?Colin
92 Sunbird GT, 3200 Hybrid 13.99@ 95.22 (2004)
90 Eagle Talon TSi AWD 10.54 @ 129mph.Comment
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Here is a C5 panel fitted up to the Beretta door.
The skin fits surprisingly close to the stock door. The dew strip on the bottom of the window fits relatively snug and the bottom is flush. The door pull will have to realigned and door latch end of the C5 skin has a scallop in it exposing some of the door innards. I'll probably just add a filler panel.Comment
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I love the black-gloss engine bays of some of the classic cars. After 18 years mine needed an update. But first I sprayed it with rubberized undercoat for sound absorption, primed and finished with gloss engine paint.
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I fitted up a C5 rear subframe to the Beretta. I bought it early in order to do some beta fitting for brackets/adapters. The leading edge looks to tie into the stock spring perch and the trailing edge will mount to the floor pan next to the rail. There was some concern that the Beretta rails might be higher than the C5 and the chasis riding too high. This is about as low as it will go without the independent transmission drive shaft contacting the rail putting the wheel into the wheel well. I might have to shim the height a bit.
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Here is the donor, isn't it pretty!
EDITED: see below.
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cool beans to find a wreck and not have to pay for a whole good car. too bad nothing crosses over to a C4 or i'd come see if we could use anything when you were done with it.Comment
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Good find!
BTW, what yard is that??1992 Miata B Package
1995 Regal 3100
1996 Firebird LT1 T56Comment
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