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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:08 PM

Oh, how it rained! We were all soaked and miserable, huddling around under easy-ups and umbrellas, shivering around bonfires made of magnesium 911 engine cases...

It was chilly in the AM (at least, I thought so--some of you guys sure didn't!) but warmed up nicely. I've got a bit of a sunburn and I'm feeling really out of it--still!! (Though all the booze the previous three days probably doesn't help that...) I managed to get the pics downloaded and shrunk for inclusion on the board--and I managed to actually get back over here for a change! (Sorry, but sometimes you have to prioritize.)

Wayne and Tom seem reasonably pleased with the way things went. We may very well have a booth at some of the future swap meets in the Bay Area.

As always, it was good to see faces (most familiar, some not) and meet everyone again.

OK, OK--I know I promised pics. Here they are!

WEVO's table -- drool, drool, drool....


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:08 PM

Jon Watts' car has a couple of admirers


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:09 PM

Outer suspension console area on Watts' car


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:10 PM

Weld-nuts for retaining the door latch reciever, Jon's car again


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:10 PM

Bolt-holes for the door hinges, Jon's car


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:11 PM

Another cutaway view of Jon's car. (Ron A. asked for pics of these areas, and I thought they were interesting.)


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:12 PM

Mueller's bearing setups, both front and rear


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:13 PM

A little more detail on Mueller's setup


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:13 PM

A bunch of Rusty parts from Oregon. (Jamie Rust's' parts.)


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:14 PM

Randy is checking out some of CAVWPGUY's parts...


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:15 PM

HPH brings out a small selection of wheels


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:16 PM

There were other pics of B's tube-framer already posted. This is one of the bits I find interesting on the car--upside-down shocks!


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:17 PM

Grey inserts in a 914 seat! The seller also had grey basket-weave material to do the dash face in. Could be an interesting alternative...


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:18 PM

Hey, Camp Counsellor Craig! Don't you wish you'd made it down here now? A new-in-box Revell kit of the Ginther 914-6 racer.


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:19 PM

Pop-top 1.7 pistons and cylinders. I had a close-up of one piston in profile, but the viewfinder was off so it cut off the dome of the piston!! Grr.....


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:20 PM

A couple of 2.0 heads. Very few cracks (only saw one or two on the plug bosses, nothing obvious in the exhaust ports).


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Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 28 2003, 04:20 PM

Those are racing Bilsteins DD (upside down) They sell them that way (which makes them right side up..LOL)


B

Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:21 PM

Deeeeeeeeeeeep-dish 2.0 Bus cylinders. The US-spec 914 pistons had a dish, but it was only a third of the depth of this!! (The original European 2.0 pistons also had a dish, but again much shallower than this.)


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:21 PM

I'm not sure whose stuff this is...


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:22 PM

Jenny's new car--hidden behind the porta-potties!!


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:23 PM

Mueller's space is all marked out!


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:24 PM

Chili's, pic 1


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Posted by: SirAndy Apr 28 2003, 04:24 PM

yeah! MueBa in Action!!!

Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:24 PM

Chili's, pic 2


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:24 PM

Chili's, looking the other way.


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 04:26 PM

I actually did get rained on while driving home much later that day. (About 5:30.) There was a nice rainbow over 101 south, but the pics of it did not turn out.

Oh, and B--I know what the shocks are and why they're built upside-down. But I still think it's one of the more interesting bits of the car that we got to see that time.

--DD

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 28 2003, 04:42 PM

Um.. Dave ??

We where at Chevy's..not Chili's... LOL


B

Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 05:13 PM

Oh yeah. I can never tell those two places apart...

--DD

Posted by: Zeke Apr 28 2003, 05:31 PM

I can't believe Jamie still has that 911! I'd bought it as a whole roller in a heartbeat if it weren't in OR. Now you tell me he had it in NorCal. I wanted that car from the very beginning when he didn't know what he was gonna do with it. But now, well, it's all f'd up. The 911 gods don't like me. That car would have sold for $4000 no engine or trans in five minutes in SoCal. Of course, I would have given only three. LOL. Maybe that's why I don't have one. I still can't believe he still has that car. Pisses me off!

Posted by: Jeroen Apr 28 2003, 05:37 PM

Hey... nice to see some familiar faces

Oh, and Dave... thanks for posting the pics of Jon's car
The one of the rear susp.console hurted!
I think I'll print it and stick it on my car, just as a reminder

cheers,

Jeroen

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 28 2003, 06:22 PM

he sold it

Posted by: Dave_Darling Apr 28 2003, 06:33 PM

Jeroen, I do have a couple more pics of the area... I can mail them directly to you, 1280x1024 size, if you like.

--DD

Posted by: Jeroen Apr 28 2003, 06:37 PM

Thanks Dave!

:finger2:

cheers,

Jeroen

Posted by: boxstr Apr 28 2003, 08:09 PM

Dave thanks for the heads up on the Revell model. If it is not sold, whomever was selling let me know what you want for it and or if you have any others. Thanks.
Looks like I will have to make it down next year. Had to pass this year, stayed here to sign papers, closing on a house in Calif.
One thing that I always thought would be neat is a photo of the for sale signs in the cars, those of us not there can see what was for sale and how much.
I did that on a pic from Pomona on the PP site once, called the seller next day and said it was sold to someone who looked at it from the meet. Oh well.
CCLINDAMPCAMP914

Posted by: Rob Ways Apr 28 2003, 08:20 PM

Nice picts Dave!

Posted by: Gint Apr 28 2003, 09:01 PM

Send 'em my way too would you Dave? Some great shots of areas you don't often get to see often (at least not that well).

OK, I believe Watts really has a 914 now. I was thinking it was a myth for the longest time now.

Great pics as usual Dave. Thanks for posting them.

Posted by: jonwatts Apr 28 2003, 09:13 PM

I think you can still call mine a 914. URY on the other hand is much farther into the gray area.

Posted by: Gint Apr 28 2003, 09:15 PM

Still cross-posting huh?

Posted by: jonwatts Apr 28 2003, 09:22 PM

Yeah, it's monday and I'm feeling out of sorts. Back to the topic at hand... look how easy it is to repair 914 jack posts when you have no rear quarter panels.

Posted by: Gint Apr 28 2003, 09:26 PM

I'm sure you tool all of the foam or whatever the garbage is that the factory stuffed up into the sail panels. Yes?

Posted by: Gint Apr 28 2003, 09:45 PM

Jon,
BTW - I meant to ask, what did you paint that inner fender with?

Posted by: jonwatts Apr 28 2003, 09:51 PM

I got up there as best I could without going hog nuts wild. At first I wasn't going to remove seam sealer but after I did a little and found a little surface where the sealer had dried and receeded so now I'm taking off as much as I can from the underbody, front trunk, etc.

Posted by: Gint Apr 28 2003, 10:18 PM

What kind of paint is that black you used?

Posted by: jonwatts Apr 28 2003, 10:26 PM

Ah yes, here goes the paint debate once again.

I wanted something I could rattle-can on because I was tired of brushing and wearing POR-15. I'll still use POR but on vertical or upside down surfaces a can is nice. So I'd heard of and thought I'd try Zero-Rust. It seems to have a lot of good qualities but a big negative so far is that it seems to scratch off pretty easily. The Zero-Rust folks recommend 3 to 3.5 mils for good coverage, well that's a hella lotta rattle can paint (a 3 mil plastic sheet dropcloth from your local hardware store is what your unemployed cousin would have duct taped to the rear window of his AMC Pacer).

I was going to use leave the fenderwells black with Zero-Rust but now I'm reconsidering painting them along with the rest of the car.

Posted by: Bleyseng Apr 28 2003, 10:40 PM

Yeah Jon, that Por-15 stuff sticks better to skin than anything else. I kinda like the rattle can myself, cheap and easy.
Nice start on a car Jon, always glad to meet some of the other members of the wannabe club. Jenny's car has a ways to catch up to yours. Plus yours wasn't full on water.
Geoff