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Posted by: 914dave Aug 1 2016, 06:54 AM

It's been a long road and I wasn't sure how this project would take. So I didn't do a build thread. Now that we're at the finish and assembly stage I thought I'd start one. Finished the booth and started painting bits this weekend. Getting pumped now!

Posted by: mepstein Aug 1 2016, 07:52 AM

Go Dave!

Posted by: Dion Aug 1 2016, 09:51 AM

That Colour is awesome.
Excellent progress. Now hurry up and get done, so I can get a ride in the
3.2! Then you can assist me getting my six going!

Posted by: rgalla9146 Aug 1 2016, 06:26 PM

I'm friggin' jealous.

Posted by: rktmn247 Aug 1 2016, 08:07 PM

Nice!! More pics please!!

Posted by: rgalla9146 Aug 1 2016, 09:02 PM

Hey Dave
Is that the color of the whole car ?... or 'shiny' primer ?
grey fan shroud ?

Posted by: pete000 Aug 1 2016, 10:33 PM

Dig that paint booth !

Those light weight hinges look great !

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Aug 1 2016, 11:14 PM

Whoa..............dude.............that cool booth:worship:

Posted by: 914dave Aug 2 2016, 05:44 AM

Hey Rory
How's it going? That is the final color. It's off a 1957 356, it's called Stein Grau ( stone grey). It looks green in low light and brownish in direct light. Here's a better pic of the color.



Thanks for the compliments on the booth. It worked very well. Don't want to paint our drivers and the neighbors cars too. I'll post more pics as I get things painted and assembled.

Posted by: Reverend Troublemaker Aug 2 2016, 05:49 AM

Dave - I dig it. It is different...in a good way. Looking forward to seeing it come together.

PS: Paint booth! Love the filter idea - I usually see just fans - great idea.

T

Posted by: JOEPROPER Aug 2 2016, 05:57 AM

Love the color, Love the paint booth. I'd love to see the progress as it unfolds and can't wait to see the final product!

Posted by: Cairo94507 Aug 2 2016, 06:17 AM

Damn, I love that color. Can't wait to see it on the car.

Posted by: rick 918-S Aug 2 2016, 06:43 AM

Very nice home brewed booth.

Posted by: NS914 Aug 2 2016, 07:02 AM

Dave, that is going to look really really nice....congrats on getting it this far!! Grant

Posted by: gereed75 Aug 2 2016, 07:10 AM

That is a cool color and very popular with the 356 crowd. Love it and have been waiting to see it on a 914. Great build. You go Dave!!

Cairo, Yea it's cool, but not as cool as gold!!

Posted by: 914dave Aug 2 2016, 07:16 AM

Thanks. Colors are like singers, you either like them or you don't. Are you the Gary that bought the fiberglass rear valence off me at Hershey this year?

Posted by: Andyrew Aug 2 2016, 10:49 AM

Explain your fan setup in your paint booth. Are two going in and two going out? Creating a swirl? Are all of them going in? or are all of them sucking air out?

Your air in should be filtered. Standard house filters work great once. The issue is you want to eliminate dust and bugs. Run the fans the night before to draw out all the bugs/dust. Also setup the inside 100% for your paint and gun and cleaner. Give yourself at least 3 feet to walk around.

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Posted by: 914dave Aug 2 2016, 11:28 AM

All four are fans are blowing out. They have heater filters on the interior side so they are not pulling overspray thru them. The opposite wall has filters allowing the air in. Both high and low. I partially block the lower row to get flow both high and low in the booth. These are pictures of the front wall before a I put the side wall up



As far as space around the parts, it's limited. I'm doing multiple sprays on the body for a couple of reasons.
1) I'm a newb and breaking it into smaller sprays keeps it so I can mix and shoot by myself.
2) There's no way I can paint around the whole car with that short a booth.
3) I have to mix outside the booth.
There are a lot of compromises but it's better than nothing. I'm planning on blocking and buffing the exterior to cover the dirt issues. Thanks for the advise.
I miss the booth from tech school where I took classes.

Posted by: Andyrew Aug 2 2016, 12:47 PM

Having the car up in the air helps as well. I dont object to multiple sprays on a solid color. Its the least stressfull and gives you lots of time to think things through. Remember to start least exposed to most exposed.

Should be good, just know when spraying primer you make about 1/4 the cloud you make with color.

Your setup should work as well as most paint booths I've been in.. Cloud control will be your biggest issue. Small spray sections will help.

Posted by: 914dave Aug 2 2016, 01:17 PM

Thanks for the input. You confirmed the approach I had laid out. Over the past couple of years. I've taken 4) 60 hour night school classes in auto body technology. I worked on my own stuff with my own equipment. The results were very good. Just can't get enough booth time in a class. So if I take my time I should be ok. The weather looks like it will be in my favor the next week or two. Nothing that sandpaper and more paint can't fix. Hehehe

Posted by: Brian Mifsud Aug 2 2016, 01:19 PM

I'm wondering if we can add this to a "DIY Paint Booth" thread? Or how can it be bookmarked and grouped with other DIY Paint Booth projects?

Once all the honey-do's are honey-done's on the farm, I want to build a booth in the barn and get at it.

Thanks..

And that color will make a very interesting crash of traditional "50's" Porsche, with Psychedelic-era-Colored 914's....

Are you doing chrome accents inside and out?

Can't wait to see it...

Posted by: 914dave Aug 2 2016, 01:36 PM

The diy thread is a good one. Mine attaches to one wall in an existing building. It can be broken down to three wall and roof slats.
About the trim on the car. Black bumpers. Chrome trim and handles. The inside will have a brushed aluminum dash. Not sure about that yet. We'll see what it looks like and cover it with suede if I dont like it. The inserts in all the switches along with the JWest shifter base are glass beaded and anodized. They look frosted . Widened Konig seats with suede inserts and suede door panels. I even made a titanium heat lever. Too much winter time on my hands. I'll post pics as I assemble.

Posted by: Rav914 Aug 2 2016, 01:53 PM

That's a nice paint booth. I built a very similar one a few years back when I painted a 911. Same set-up: framed inside the garage and covered with plastic, filtered fan in the front, filtered intake at the back.

Interesting how two people who have never met, live in different areas, can think of the same solution/design.

Anyway, the booth served me well. Fog was a minor problem but painting small areas and allowing the 'exhaust' fans to catch up, worked well for me. My color was silver metallic. Good luck!

Posted by: Reverend Troublemaker Aug 2 2016, 01:58 PM

Dave - Just curious...what are you putting on the floor? Water? Nothing?

T

Posted by: 914dave Aug 2 2016, 03:46 PM

Just putting water on the floor.

Posted by: gereed75 Aug 2 2016, 07:46 PM

Yep Good to see you making great progress. I painted a plane in a similar booth. It is all about the set up and cleanliness. Plane came out ok even without color sanding (rivets don't sand so well). You got this.

Posted by: barrym Aug 3 2016, 06:46 PM

Checkout 'home built by jeff' channel on YouTube - it's an Aussie 911 build channel but has a good vid on spray booth build from a garden marquee - I bought one too for this process, was $100 aud!

Posted by: Brian Mifsud Aug 4 2016, 01:21 PM

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_vb_SJctymCkwnF6sAwDg''

This is gold!!!

Posted by: restore2seater Aug 4 2016, 10:43 PM

Bad link.

Possibly meant this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnUmu0OJ24A&list=PLnidW9Wb_Djxe4K6pjIzk0IWjlwSwvW8L

Posted by: 914dave Aug 10 2016, 05:40 AM

Progress

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Posted by: restore2seater Aug 10 2016, 08:14 AM

Dave, what is the purpose of these 2 panels?

Posted by: stuttgart46 Aug 10 2016, 08:31 AM

Looking good.
I can't wait to see that color on the whole car.

Posted by: 914dave Aug 10 2016, 08:31 AM

Those are for the trailer hitch. They sandwich the floor and are welded to the trans crossmember. This is what it looks like underneath. You can see the heat marks where I welded thru from the top.

Posted by: 914dave Aug 14 2016, 03:53 PM

More progress.

Posted by: maf914 Aug 15 2016, 06:47 AM

Trailer hitch? What are you planning to tow with a 914? Just curious.

Posted by: 914dave Aug 15 2016, 06:54 AM

Bike rack mostly maybe a track trailer. Plan on autocrossing alot. Thinking of a motorcycle size teardrop for a cross country trip.

Posted by: mepstein Aug 15 2016, 07:30 AM

Takes guts to start spraying the body panels

Posted by: Alapone Aug 15 2016, 07:36 AM

Dave you are a HERO

Posted by: 914dave Aug 15 2016, 07:40 AM

Guts or stupidity. I can never tell which! hehehe Dion stopped over to check out the paint and he's stoked about those calipers.

Posted by: Vysoc Aug 15 2016, 02:17 PM

Awesome work, awesome color, great thread!!!

I am going with a little lighter sort of Light Seal Grey on my 914-6 GT Tribute.

Love the color, my Mom had a 69 Bug about that color, I used to shift ot for her from the passenger seat when I was 7.

Vysoc

Posted by: scotty b Aug 15 2016, 03:04 PM

That color is going to be gorgeous on a flared car.

Orange side script ???

Posted by: 914dave Aug 15 2016, 03:41 PM

Maybe gold side script, would go better with these wheels.

Posted by: steuspeed Aug 15 2016, 04:46 PM

I could see orange on there too. Think Singer. Cream, gulf blue, and silver/grey. Love the wheels.

Posted by: 914dave Aug 15 2016, 05:18 PM

I saw the Singer with orange letters and grey striping. Gotta love vinyl. Can always change your mind. Singer is where I got the idea for the color. They took this color and modified it for a 911. I got a color sample from Willhoit and really started liking it. So I rolled with it. The seat centers are black suede with .06" diameter holes every 1/2". There is orange cloth underneath. So the seats have little orange polka dots.

Posted by: raynekat Aug 15 2016, 05:38 PM

Love the color....looking great!

Posted by: steuspeed Aug 15 2016, 05:47 PM

"...There is orange cloth underneath. So the seats have little orange polka dots."

That orange trunk lid hanging in the garage is speaking to you.

Posted by: 914dave Aug 15 2016, 06:00 PM

Hehe. That's my magnetic note board. This car started out orange.

Posted by: rgalla9146 Aug 15 2016, 07:54 PM

Hey, that quarter panel looks familiar !

Posted by: 914dave Oct 19 2016, 08:29 PM

It been a while for updates. I have a new respect for body guys. Went thru the learning curve like everyone has too. Was not satisfied with the first shot , so I reshot the whole car. Dirt issues are a mother. That said I'm really happy with the results. She should be on her wheels this weekend. Assembly time!! I will get a pic
This weekend once she's rolling

Posted by: Dion Oct 19 2016, 09:38 PM

soon baby soon!

Posted by: rgalla9146 Oct 19 2016, 09:46 PM

Hey Dave
The car looks fantastic !
How'd you get the old paint and rust off ?
Are those Campagnolo wheels ?
Rory

Posted by: Larmo63 Oct 19 2016, 10:52 PM

Wow!!!!

That looks great!!!!

Posted by: jkb944t Oct 20 2016, 05:53 AM

It is really looking nice!

Jeff B

Posted by: 914dave Oct 20 2016, 06:32 AM

Hey Rory, thanks
All the panels were stripped bare with 36 grit to bare metal. Sandblasted the rusty spots and welded in new where it was rusted thru. Had the front deck and engine lid media blasted to save time. But they were warped when they came back so I went back to stripping the paint myself. The inner fenders and trunks were all sanded down by hand to bare metal or the original paint. Dion and I spent one Saturday sanding the front trunk and cowl area. Tough on the fingers!!! Sand blasted the engine bay bare. The floors, outer longs, sills, door jambs, upper and lowers wheelhouse, front fenders and one quarter panel are new. They required less work of course. Those are repro's of PAGs.
Wasn't that long ago that the car looked like this.

Posted by: 914dave Oct 23 2016, 10:31 AM

Big Day!

Posted by: 914dave Oct 23 2016, 10:32 AM

#2

Posted by: 914dave Dec 4 2016, 03:06 PM

Valves adjusted and detailed. She's ready to go in!!

Posted by: 914dave Jan 23 2017, 07:13 AM

Harness and dash are in. Installing the fresh air box is easily the biggest pain in the a#%!!!

Posted by: tygaboy Jan 23 2017, 10:01 AM

Wow. Just wow. I think this is my new favorite build...
Keep up the spectacular work. Best color/wheel combo on the interweb.

Posted by: rgalla9146 Jan 23 2017, 12:00 PM

Holy Cow !

Posted by: 914dave Mar 8 2017, 06:32 AM

Oil cooler and battery are in. So is the motor. Thanks Dion!

Posted by: mlindner Mar 8 2017, 06:58 AM

Congrats Dave, that looks great....love the color and the rims. A beautiful build. Best, Mark

Posted by: jkb944t Mar 8 2017, 07:01 AM

Wow, that look amazing! Keep up the good work

Jeff B

Posted by: Dion Mar 8 2017, 07:07 AM

No sweat .......err.......A Lot of sweat! Talk about nervous and not wanting to
scratch anything.
It's a beauty
Can't wait to hear it fired up now.

Posted by: Cairo94507 Mar 8 2017, 07:37 AM

Posted by: Front yard mechanic Mar 8 2017, 08:32 AM

Your car looks better than brand new ! promise when you Finnish it you will put a gallon of paint on your poor garage

Posted by: 914dave Mar 8 2017, 08:47 AM

I have been avoiding all my home projects. I have 2 bathrooms a kitchen and the garage to do. My Mrs will be glad someone other than her is suggesting paint on the garage. Hahaha

Posted by: rgalla9146 Mar 8 2017, 10:45 AM

massive envy

Posted by: jmitro Mar 8 2017, 09:22 PM

your car is going to look great!

Posted by: 914dave Jul 31 2017, 08:05 AM

Out of the garage under its own power!!!

Posted by: jmitro Jul 31 2017, 08:21 AM

awesome

Posted by: tygaboy Jul 31 2017, 08:40 AM

Holy Toledo Monty! Superlatives fail me. Even the epic "F-ing A, Double-Clutch!" falls short.

That right there is

If cars turn out this well when Dion helps, I'll be flying him to CA!

Seriously, you've done an incredible job and should be very, very proud. Well done!

Posted by: jfort Jul 31 2017, 08:44 AM

BEAUTIFUL!

Posted by: Dion Jul 31 2017, 08:54 AM

Ya have to see it in person. Pics don't do it justice. Dave has put a tremendous amount of work into this baby. It's rewarding to see it come to fruition.
It sounds awesome too!
Way to go !!!!!

Posted by: maf914 Jul 31 2017, 09:27 AM

Wow! Looking great, Dave.

What are you using for your front bumper and flared valence?

Posted by: 914dave Jul 31 2017, 09:38 AM

Thanks for the compliments.

The front bumper and valance are GT racing products. I will warn you that all fiberglass products take lots of time and effort to get straight and fit well. GT products are well built, substantial amount of fiberglass.

Posted by: gms Jul 31 2017, 09:50 AM

Looks great, more pix please

Posted by: 914dave Jul 31 2017, 10:01 AM

He's been a great help. Even when I'm all stressed out. He should prolly fly you in for welding. Hehe.

Posted by: Curbandgutter Jul 31 2017, 10:35 AM

Wow 914dave, you did an incredible job. No shortcuts here, way to go. Love the way it sits, the attention to detail. That air box, the oil cooler, very well done. Impressive and inspirational to all of us who are still deep in the trenches. Well Done!!

Posted by: jkb944t Jul 31 2017, 10:37 AM

Simply amazing! Now the fun part comes...driving it!

Jeff B