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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 4 2018, 11:32 PM

I post every so often in the what did you do to your 914 today thread. Figured I would start a separate thread and have some accountability to get this done.

My car is a 72 which along the way I have swapped the original 1.7 engine out for a 2.0 with DJET & a side shift gearbox.

The plan is to convert to a 1974 2.7 liter six with webers. Along the way I need to do some rust repair - which will be a helluva lot more challenging than the engine swap.

Here's what I am starting with.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 4 2018, 11:33 PM

Out comes the 2.0




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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 4 2018, 11:37 PM

The gearbox was leaking pretty bad, I had messed up installing the drive shaft seal on one side, the box was weeping everywhere else. I ended up pulling the stack so I could replace the gaskets around the intermediate plate. I am getting into territory which I have no business poking around in. Anyways its back together and all cleaned up.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 4 2018, 11:51 PM

Here's the engine. It is a 1974 2.7 engine (non S) with Weber carbs from one of our world members. It supposedly had a recent top end rebuild. I used one of those little cameras on a cord so I can peek down the plug holes, it has CIS pistons. I imagine this is all stock except for the carbs.

I have taken apart the carbs and cleaned it all up. I also put in a 123 distributor that I purchased from another world member.

I pulled the chainbox cover and found that this engine has mechanical tensioners. I am going to run it this way, may need to revisit that at a later time.

I bought a converted oil cooler which had a leak at the fitting. I had Patrick MS re-do the fitting with a clean and pressure test. Along with that I had the flywheel balanced and put in a stage 2 clutch package with an aluminum faced pressure plate from Kennedy. I used ARP flywheel bolts and tossed the washer as the instructions stated to do.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 12:01 AM

Well onto the not so fun stuff. Rust Repair. Several years ago I bought a mig welder and went crazy welding everything in sight. I welded in an engman inner long kit and got the longs too hot which fuquered up my door gaps. I was able to fix this with some good advice here on the site. Since then I have been leary of welding on the car.

Rear trunk floor is shot. I cut this out and have an RD panel to replace it. I also scored a heat shield from a member here. I tossed my old one years ago when it was rattling around in my swiss style trunk floor.

The rear panel on the car was replaced at some point in it's life and only one trunk support survived. I was able to fab up a couple of supports. I also had to weld in new metal to the rear panel as it was rusting where it met the trunk floor. This was an ugly job, I will edit this post later when I take a pic. Good thing the bumper covers that crap up!


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Posted by: horizontally-opposed Jun 5 2018, 12:03 AM

Nice ride.

There is just something VERY cool about the way your car looks, Travis. Just the way it is. I shouldn't like the green wheel centers...but I do, and am trying to think of a color that would look better in there and coming up empty. The gray is killer, too.

What tires are you running? That car is gonna be a lot of fun with a six in...

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 12:18 AM

Moving onto the engine compartment. The top of my long in the hellhole has some holes and needs to be patched. Battery tray comes out too.

I got a shrinker and stretcher tool from HF, along with a cheap-o bending brake. I was able to make the hellhole patch out of 18g steel.

I cut out the offending metal and a piece of the lower firewall. I had to also cut a 2x8 inch patch on the side wall. When welding in the side wall patch the quarter panel pulled tight getting rid of a weird pucker at the leading edge of the rear quarter panel. Quite a bonus and reminder that I need to slow it down.

For the hell hole patch, i spread the welding out over a few days. No shrinking here and looks pretty good.




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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 12:22 AM

QUOTE(horizontally-opposed @ Jun 4 2018, 11:03 PM) *

Nice ride.

There is just something VERY cool about the way your car looks, Travis. Just the way it is. I shouldn't like the green wheel centers...but I do, and am trying to think of a color that would look better in there and coming up empty. The gray is killer, too.

What tires are you running? That car is gonna be a lot of fun with a six in...


Thanks Pete!

I have matching green positive porsche side strip decals, they will go on one of these days. I have since changed the green center caps out for polished ones. I am running 205x55x16 Bridgestone RE11a. These things have a huge carcass - like a 225. I had to do ugly, UGLY things to the wheel wells to make them fit in the rear.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 12:28 AM

With all this welding that I have to do, it is time for some door braces. I used 3/4 black pipe from HD and some right and left thread rod ends & inserts from McMaster. The seat belt bolts were a smidgenfuck too large to fit through the rod ends. I put the bolts in the drill press and used a file to make it the right size. I made the brakets that attach to the longs from some rectangular tubing.

Note to self - I will need to get new seat belt bolts!


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 12:30 AM

Oh, along the way I cleaned up the engine compartment and under the rear trunk. I also took the plunge and cut holes for the Patrick MS oil tank.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 12:42 AM

I have the transmission all bolted up to the engine. I also replaced the alternator with one that had an internal voltage regulator so won't have to use the stock relay board. Perry Kiehl fabricated a conversion wiring harness for me, it is some great craftsmanship. It would be a serious horror show to see what it would look like if I made one laugh.gif

A couple years ago I found a 914-6 engine tin set on ebay for a couple hundred bucks. It was raw steel so I had this powder coated in a matte black.

The side tins will need to go in after the engine is in the car, the polybronze rear bushing shaft sticks out farther than the stock pivot arm - found this out the hard way when taking the 4 cyl out and it hung up there.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 12:55 AM

Sometime in the past both jack points were replaced. I think they used some steel plate for this.

Under the long is this little hole, tip of the iceberg..


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Posted by: rick 918-S Jun 5 2018, 04:01 AM

Very memorable day! Remember that Prius... Car is looking great! Keep going!

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Posted by: Dion Jun 5 2018, 05:51 AM

Nice work Travis. I do like the green with the gray. Reminds me of Porsche’s 918 look. Keep it! Looks great.
I’ll be following. Good luck!

Posted by: mb911 Jun 5 2018, 06:31 AM

Looks great.. Fun projects.. Ping me if you need any help..

Posted by: JOEPROPER Jun 5 2018, 07:08 AM

I like the green wheels! This looks like the start of an interesting thread so keep us posted as the progress continues.

Posted by: 914dave Jun 5 2018, 07:22 AM

Nice work! Should be a nice combo. Well worth the time and effort. Keep it up.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 04:16 PM

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Very memorable day! Remember that Prius... Car is looking great! Keep going!

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That was a great event, and a fun road in the park!

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 04:18 PM

With that last photo of the replaced jack point and that itty bitty hole - I started to poke around.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 04:26 PM

The long was stuffed with what looks to be Cotton. Damn rodents! I am not surprised I found a whole bunch of dry dog food stuffed in the heater tubes when I installed the inner long kit a long time ago

The longs are rotting from the inside out.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 5 2018, 04:29 PM

And a little view of the jack point repair. They cut through the backer part way up, which is kinda scary. However, they used plate steel for the repair and it was definitely strong.


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Posted by: JRust Jun 5 2018, 05:44 PM

Wow travis you are flying man. I've still got your spare sitting in my office at work. LOL! One of these days I'm going to stop tripping over it & put it in a box. That replacement panel looks great man. As does your patch for the hell hole. Keep it up man

Posted by: Coondog Jun 5 2018, 06:04 PM

Wow amazing job !!!

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 12 2018, 06:08 PM

Been sidetracked for a few days. Battery tray patch in the sidewall. I took the car off the jackstands, I had to do some funky shimming of the jack stands to get the chassis level. Plus I need to figure out a plan to support the car while I start cutting into the longs.


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Posted by: 914forme Jun 12 2018, 06:19 PM

Long steal tubes welded a front crossmember and tie into the rear suspension outer mount.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=76791 has a great version of this as does http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=262220&st=0.

I'll be watching

Still trying to decide if I am going Webber / PMO or straight to EFI. Any worry about elevation changes?

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 12 2018, 07:16 PM

I am hoping that I do not need to build a frame.

I was looking at this thread http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=226585&st=40 where Rick had made wheel stands instead. My rust repairs will be about the same as that thread.

As for being worried about elevation changes with carbs? I am more worried about figuring out how to jet and tune them in the first place! I know that elevation changes can cause some funny running issues, but I don't think that is a deal killer.

Posted by: bryanc Jun 12 2018, 08:57 PM

Nice work Travis!

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 12 2018, 11:45 PM

Thanks Bryan! Good to see you beerchug.gif

I found my floor has a slope side to side at about 3/8 of an inch. If I use some left over 3/8 bamboo flooring on the drivers side it gets me level side to side.

For the back I used a couple 4x4 screwed together and then screwed the ramp stands to it in the back. I dont have any more ramp stands for the front, so I used jack stands at the forward lift points and then a single jack stand at the front trunk floor.

Its mostly level, I need to drop the drivers side rear coilover a 1/4 of an inch or so. I will do that tomorrow.

What do you all think?


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Posted by: porschetub Jun 12 2018, 11:54 PM

QUOTE(Travis Neff @ Jun 5 2018, 05:32 PM) *

I post every so often in the what did you do to your 914 today thread. Figured I would start a separate thread and have some accountability to get this done.

My car is a 72 which along the way I have swapped the original 1.7 engine out for a 2.0 with DJET & a side shift gearbox.

The plan is to convert to a 1974 2.7 liter six with webers. Along the way I need to do some rust repair - which will be a helluva lot more challenging than the engine swap.

Here's what I am starting with.


Nice car ,that paint drooley.gif drooley.gif ,welcome to the madness of a six conversion,looks like you are well on the way with some great parts already.
Try to look into replacing the solid chain tentioners they are for cam setup or race engines that get freshened often,they place unwanted load on the chains and intermediate shaft and bearings.
Buy some good used mechanical ones and rebuild them,pretty sure the rebuild kits are still for sale,fit chain saver collars and you will be golden.
What plans have you for an engine mount,oil tank and shifter rod?.
Keep up the good work ,I personally enjoy six conversions ,the finished job is the best part when folks find out after a first test drive how well they go beerchug.gif .

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 13 2018, 12:02 AM

I will change out the mechanical tensioners, but I want to get the conversion done and make sure it runs first.

I am doing a patrick motorsports Tank, Engine mount & front cooler. I have not tackled the shift rod yet. The Tangerine racing one looks good to me. I might try building my own from my spare tail shift linkage and side shift linkage.

Posted by: rick 918-S Jun 13 2018, 05:22 AM

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Thanks Bryan! Good to see you beerchug.gif

I found my floor has a slope side to side at about 3/8 of an inch. If I use some left over 3/8 bamboo flooring on the drivers side it gets me level side to side.

For the back I used a couple 4x4 screwed together and then screwed the ramp stands to it in the back. I dont have any more ramp stands for the front, so I used jack stands at the forward lift points and then a single jack stand at the front trunk floor.

Its mostly level, I need to drop the drivers side rear coilover a 1/4 of an inch or so. I will do that tomorrow.

What do you all think?


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Posted by: daytona Jun 13 2018, 06:02 AM

Nice looking car and all the work looks good. But those jack stands.... that looks dangerous to me. I would like to see something more secure or at least some redundant support if you are going to be getting under that thing. There are some horror stories about failed jack stands.
Go forward but be safe.

Posted by: mb911 Jun 13 2018, 06:19 AM

What are you using for exhaust?

Posted by: mepstein Jun 13 2018, 06:28 AM

I’m a chicken shit. I would never work under a car set up like that. Be careful about putting torque on a fastener.

Posted by: 914forme Jun 13 2018, 10:08 AM

Travis I would screw a bunch of 2z4s in a stack to do it, then shim the bottoms with metal plate.

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Easy and sturdy

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This seemed to work also, but not sure I would trust my rotor to hold the car up blink.gif

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Just wondering on the carbs, as I tend to over think this stuff, and figure somebody would know who might deal with elevation changes more than I do. Just don't want to setup the car drive to Georgia for Okteenerfest and hate the drive due to miss behaving carbs.

Also I can say Tangerine Racings shift rod is a thing of beauty, yes it can be made, sometimes I prefer to support the vendors that support the community. That is why I would got your mount from Rich, Maddog, or headbang.gif Forgot his name headbang.gif and the oil tank from Ben. Spread the love to the guys trying to make my life easier. And yes I have purchased items from PMS also, so I get it. High quality pretty easy to deal with. completely get that idea.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 13 2018, 10:50 AM

I'll take a look at adding a 4x4 as a 2nd i-beam. Again they each rear is now one piece as the wood is screwed together and the ramp is screwed to the wood.

Yes the front is pretty far up there. I think I will take off the front wheels and stack them under the front for insurance. The 2x4 route looks good but I can't get the car much higher than it is. I would need to go up another 8 inches or a foot

PMS is 15 minutes away from me and they have done some work on another car for me in the past, so I try to keep that relationship alive where it makes sense. I bought a lot of these parts before Ben started making them.

For exhaust I have a used set of rusty looking 1 5/8 headers that I got off of another forum member. I have a used dansk 2 in 2 out sport muffler

Posted by: mepstein Jun 13 2018, 11:19 AM

Bob Saville , naro Motorsports for the engine mount.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 13 2018, 11:27 AM

I was going to buy from Bob as his looks like they are stronger than the PMS. But at that time he was out of stock

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 13 2018, 01:31 PM

Thanks for all the input so far, I appreciate the feedback. I added a 2nd 4x4 to the I-beam and went a little screw crazy on the new and existing wood. It's not going anywhere.

Still thinking about what to do for extra support/insurance for the front. I have the jack stands oriented 90 degrees from one another so it does not rock on the same plane.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Jun 13 2018, 03:04 PM

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Posted by: mepstein Jun 13 2018, 03:35 PM

I throw extra wheels with tires under the car. I also have an old safe that I roll under sometimes. I’ll keep the jack under the car in addition to the stands. Like I said - I’m a chicken.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 13 2018, 03:48 PM

I added a 4th jack stand underneath the tunnel about 1/2 way back for the time being. I will stack the tires under the front as well.

I just ordered these jack stands. Pin lock and screw adjustment. Everyone needs at least 5 sets of jack stands laugh.gif https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085IJNNY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Now to try to get the drivers side 4 cyl mount out.

Posted by: mb911 Jun 13 2018, 03:55 PM

I need to post the picture of my no fail jack stands. They work for leveling.. I actually thought about making them and selling them but that could be a major liability.

Posted by: Mueller Jun 13 2018, 04:10 PM

QUOTE(Travis Neff @ Jun 13 2018, 12:31 PM) *

Thanks for all the input so far, I appreciate the feedback. I added a 2nd 4x4 to the I-beam and went a little screw crazy on the new and existing wood. It's not going anywhere.

Still thinking about what to do for extra support/insurance for the front. I have the jack stands oriented 90 degrees from one another so it does not rock on the same plane.

I'd either screw those stands to the wood below or strap them down.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 13 2018, 05:28 PM

The ramp stand is already screwed down to the wood, its all one piece.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 13 2018, 05:29 PM

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I need to post the picture of my no fail jack stands. They work for leveling.. I actually thought about making them and selling them but that could be a major liability.


Please do!

Posted by: mepstein Jun 13 2018, 06:24 PM

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I need to post the picture of my no fail jack stands. They work for leveling.. I actually thought about making them and selling them but that could be a major liability.

Patent them and sell the patent to one of the big manufacturers

Posted by: djb Jun 13 2018, 10:10 PM

Really great thread!

Consider using a water level to make sure your chassis is perfectly level before you start cutting things. Super easy to do and you will be guaranteed dead nuts on.

https://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Water-Level

David

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 13 2018, 10:40 PM

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Really great thread!

Consider using a water level to make sure your chassis is perfectly level before you start cutting things. Super easy to do and you will be guaranteed dead nuts on.

https://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Water-Level

David



Oooh! I will give that a shot, thank you!

Posted by: Larmo63 Jun 14 2018, 07:48 AM

Your project looks well on it's way to success!

I used a lot of Patrick Motorsports' products in my conversion, and I'm glad I did. I took a ribbing from some fellow 914 "friends" (who will remain anonymous, and who have nothing but trouble with their cars) for being a spendthrift and a "retail buyer" for using costly PMS stuff.

It's quality stuff. I'd recommend the PMS rear shift linkage bar, mine has worked out very well.

I loved the wheels when I saw the car in Arizona, keep up the great work. smilie_pokal.gif

Posted by: mb911 Jun 14 2018, 09:42 AM

Here is the jack stand that is none fail..

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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 14 2018, 03:06 PM

Thanks for the vote of confidence Larmo!

OK, I need to get something done today and the new jack stands wont arrive until saturday sometime. Did a tire stack and then a couple sections of leftover wood countertop, and a couple of 2x4's to bridge the gap.

Then got to work and finished cutting out that damn engine mount on the drivers side. What a bitch! I have just a little bit of cleanup and wire wheel it clean and I can call it good enough.


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Posted by: mb911 Jun 14 2018, 04:03 PM

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Thanks for the vote of confidence Larmo!

OK, I need to get something done today and the new jack stands wont arrive until saturday sometime. Did a tire stack and then a couple sections of leftover wood countertop, and a couple of 2x4's to bridge the gap.

Then got to work and finished cutting out that damn engine mount on the drivers side. What a bitch! I have just a little bit of cleanup and wire wheel it clean and I can call it good enough.



That is for sure they are a PIA to remove..

Posted by: mepstein Jun 14 2018, 04:27 PM

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QUOTE(Travis Neff @ Jun 14 2018, 01:06 PM) *

Thanks for the vote of confidence Larmo!

OK, I need to get something done today and the new jack stands wont arrive until saturday sometime. Did a tire stack and then a couple sections of leftover wood countertop, and a couple of 2x4's to bridge the gap.

Then got to work and finished cutting out that damn engine mount on the drivers side. What a bitch! I have just a little bit of cleanup and wire wheel it clean and I can call it good enough.



That is for sure they are a PIA to remove..

You can tell this isn’t an east coast car. No (real) rust behind the mounts.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 14 2018, 04:31 PM

It was a Montana car that I got from Craig at camp914. Pretty happy with it so far.

The passenger side is a little worse off, I'll patch that because I am going in to cut into the bottom of the long there anyways.

Now, off to see about maybe getting the engine mount in.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 14 2018, 10:50 PM

I started grinding the paint away where I needed to weld in the mounts, and I cut part of the tailshifter flange off to give me more room to weld.

Prepped with UPOL Weld through primer. I then fitted up the mounts and traced around the welding area and ground back down to bare metal. I don't have good luck welding directly through the primer.

I then drilled some plug weld holes in the mounts. If I was to do it again, I would have only done the top two holes. Painted the backside with weld through primer, took off the primer on the plug weld holes and the edges of the mount.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 14 2018, 10:52 PM

All burned in. Not the prettiest, but it will work.

Tomorrow I will do the plug welds and grind the crown off the welds


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Posted by: mb911 Jun 15 2018, 02:36 PM

Speaking from a welding instructor stand point you are best off not grinding the welds off for this as it adds strength. The only reason to grind a weld is to hide the seam.. It degrades the strength of the weld joint.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 15 2018, 03:03 PM

Understood. I am in the middle and just cropped off the tops. I'll get back whatever I lost with the plug welds I think.

Posted by: mb911 Jun 15 2018, 03:37 PM

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Understood. I am in the middle and just cropped off the tops. I'll get back whatever I lost with the plug welds I think.



The concern I have is that welds are a bit cold and the face reinforcement is very important along with the toe when accessing a weld even more so when cold. The firewall is only about 18 gauge there.

Plug welds will help a bunch.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 15 2018, 04:57 PM

Got it, thank you smile.gif

Posted by: mb911 Jun 15 2018, 05:34 PM

Btw I like the project. Looks like a great start.

Posted by: Larmo63 Jun 15 2018, 05:43 PM

I see you took the /4 mounts out, I left mine in. I felt that they strengthen and square up the chassis at that critical point.

I know /6s don't have them, but I ran my oil lines through the driver's side one, just so it could make itself useful.

Posted by: Ferg Jun 15 2018, 09:17 PM

Looking Good!

Posted by: Justinp71 Jun 15 2018, 10:20 PM


Cool! You're going to love that motor when its done! Carb'd flat sixes are amazing!

Posted by: mb911 Jun 16 2018, 06:22 AM

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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 16 2018, 11:11 AM

I thought about leaving the mounts in when I had them halfway out. I was getting frustrated that I might not be able to get them out without a huge leftover mess!

I like the overlays and am thinking about something similar. Ollie's 914-6 blog has something like that as well. I will decide once I get the longs all fixed up.

I took Ben's critique on my mounts and while I didn't really like to hear it, I needed to. And I am thankful to get the feedback. So I went out and did some practicing and fooling around with the controls. I am going to try to practice a little bit each day before I start doing any more weld in work. Also on plug & butt welds. It's easy to rush to get something done vs. trying the best you can and slow down a bit.


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Posted by: mb911 Jun 16 2018, 11:20 AM

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I thought about leaving the mounts in when I had them halfway out. I was getting frustrated that I might not be able to get them out without a huge leftover mess!

I like the overlays and am thinking about something similar. Ollie's 914-6 blog has something like that as well. I will decide once I get the longs all fixed up.

I took Ben's critique on my mounts and while I didn't really like to hear it, I needed to. And I am thankful to get the feedback. So I went out and did some practicing and fooling around with the controls. I am going to try to practice a little bit each day before I start doing any more weld in work. Also on plug & butt welds. It's easy to rush to get something done vs. trying the best you can and slow down a bit.



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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 16 2018, 11:23 AM

Beautiful! Obviously not done with a metal glue gun.

Posted by: mb911 Jun 16 2018, 12:47 PM

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Beautiful! Obviously not done with a metal glue gun.



Your getting there.. Just all about practice.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 16 2018, 03:26 PM

More practice today. I won't keep boring you with all this, but I am happy about the improvement and wanted to share.

I found that doing the plug welds, I got the best penetration by starting the puddle in the middle and pull out to the side of the hole, then do the same in 3, 6, 9, 12 & follow up with filling the hole. Where I filled the hole in one shot, amazingly I had the least penetration.

For the welds on the top, I redialed in my auto-darkening helmet so I could see better as i go. I did about 2" at a time and still need more practice were I start a weld next to the old weld (hope that makes sense). Also need to focus on using all the real estate on the side of the flat stock.

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Posted by: mb911 Jun 18 2018, 06:57 AM

Keep it up.. Now your up to the job. Carry on..

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 18 2018, 03:59 PM

Let's pucker up and start to cut..


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Posted by: mb911 Jun 18 2018, 04:13 PM

Btdt.. Oh what fun.

Posted by: bbrock Jun 18 2018, 04:19 PM

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Let's pucker up and start to cut..


I know that feeling! lol-2.gif You are doing great work. Fun to watch.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 18 2018, 04:26 PM

A bunch more cotton and mouse trash fell out of the hollow section of the lower firewall. Those little bastards can get everywhere!

Now to figure out where to start patching. I have the huge urge to cut out the jack point area, but knowing my luck the car will collapse in half. I'll need to patch what I cut (and a few more cuts, like the inside corner of the passenger compartment), then move onto the next spot.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 18 2018, 04:51 PM

I think I will cut these 2 parts next. I will need to figure out how to bend the replacement long pieces to make that smooth, rounded corner. Anyone have any insight on this? I have a cheap-o 30 inch HF brake. I guess finding some conduit or something to help make the shape.


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Posted by: bbrock Jun 18 2018, 05:00 PM

I have the same cheapo HF bending brake and bending the radius on those inner longs is actually pretty easy. I welded a piece of 3/8" solid round stock to a piece of plate that I bent the patch around. Matches the radius very well. You can see it about half way down on this post: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&showtopic=307290&view=findpost&p=2516927

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 18 2018, 06:27 PM

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I have the same cheapo HF bending brake and bending the radius on those inner longs is actually pretty easy. I welded a piece of 3/8" solid round stock to a piece of plate that I bent the patch around. Matches the radius very well. You can see it about half way down on this post: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&showtopic=307290&view=findpost&p=2516927


Giddyup! That will save me a whole day trying a bunch of different things. Thank you Brent.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 18 2018, 06:38 PM

A little more cancer cuts


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Posted by: bbrock Jun 18 2018, 07:31 PM

QUOTE(Travis Neff @ Jun 18 2018, 06:27 PM) *

QUOTE(bbrock @ Jun 18 2018, 04:00 PM) *

I have the same cheapo HF bending brake and bending the radius on those inner longs is actually pretty easy. I welded a piece of 3/8" solid round stock to a piece of plate that I bent the patch around. Matches the radius very well. You can see it about half way down on this post: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&showtopic=307290&view=findpost&p=2516927


Giddyup! That will save me a whole day trying a bunch of different things. Thank you Brent.


Double check the radius of the rod stock. IIRC, the inner has the sharper radius which the 3/8" rod fit nicely. The outer was shallower and I think I used a 1/2" rod to fit the radius.

Also, the first time I tried to bend a long piece of 18 ga with the HF brake, I snapped the crappy welds on the gizmo. No biggie to reweld solidly but might be worth doing preemptively. beerchug.gif

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 18 2018, 07:51 PM

Alright, I will get both sizes and some flat bar stock to create the recesses. smash.gif

Scrubbed things down a bit more with a smaller sized wire brush I found, then hosed it down with Metal Prep. That stuff has some STANK.

Posted by: bbrock Jun 18 2018, 08:16 PM

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Alright, I will get both sizes and some flat bar stock to create the recesses. smash.gif

Scrubbed things down a bit more with a smaller sized wire brush I found, then hosed it down with Metal Prep. That stuff has some STANK.


Oh yeah, on the recesses, I made my forms as positives that I hammered what would be recesses on the panel over the bar stock which worked, but is the stupid way unless you really want to work on your upper arm strength. Check out Ben's (mb911) thread for a better way to do it which is to hammer the recesses DOWN into recesses in your forms. smash.gif

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 18 2018, 08:43 PM

Found it! Thanks for the tip and thanks to Ben to show us how it's done.

I only need to worry about the first 2 recesses (left) smilie_pokal.gif


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Posted by: mb911 Jun 19 2018, 05:06 AM

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Found it! Thanks for the tip and thanks to Ben to show us how it's done.

I only need to worry about the first 2 recesses (left) smilie_pokal.gif



I still have the "buck" to do it.. I may even have some samples.. What part do you need?

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 19 2018, 10:08 AM

That would save me some serious time!

I would need from here to here with the flange that meets the outside cover on the bottom, and the radius curve on the inside that goes up about 1.5 inches in height.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 19 2018, 09:47 PM

Brent, thanks for the tip on the round bar. 1/2 and 3/8 round bar works out great.

I welded the bars onto some 1/4x1.5 flat stock for my cheap-0 HF brake. Then tested it out on some 20g.


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Posted by: bbrock Jun 19 2018, 11:13 PM

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Brent, thanks for the tip on the round bar. 1/2 and 3/8 round bar works out great.

I welded the bars onto some 1/4x1.5 flat stock for my cheap-0 HF brake. Then tested it out on some 20g.


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Posted by: mb911 Jun 20 2018, 05:11 AM

QUOTE(Travis Neff @ Jun 19 2018, 08:08 AM) *

That would save me some serious time!

I would need from here to here with the flange that meets the outside cover on the bottom, and the radius curve on the inside that goes up about 1.5 inches in height.



I will look what I have.. I was also thinking I could just send you the buck and you could pass it on to the next person that needs it?

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 20 2018, 08:50 AM

Either way would be fantastic!

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 21 2018, 11:18 PM

Patched a small part of long and put a backer in place over the original backer. I will have to jigsaw puzzle that part back together. Will have some pics tomorrow. Welding upside sucks, I think I need to seriously bump up the wire speed, as soon as a good puddle started it wanted to drop out onto my chest LOL.

I cleaned up the floor section that I removed and the the back part of it was super pitted and bent like tin foil. I fabbed a patch up, which was a bit of a chore to make that corner. But it seemed to work out. Blow a bunch of holes trying to section in the flange with the firewall section.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 21 2018, 11:27 PM

Forgot a pic of the good looking side


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 23 2018, 09:57 PM

I put in the backing panel against the inside long wall. I had to leave a gap so I could get the welding gun in there to weld to the side of the long. Then added in a filler piece with a flange so I could plug weld and run a stitch at the seam. Its a little ugly, but it will be covered up.

Went on to make the bottom of the long to cover the same area. Made 2 recess to replicate the original long. I made them about a 1/4 to wide, and thought hard about making another panel. Then I said screw it, it will all be covered by seam sealer anyways. It's in, I'll share pics tomorrow for that.



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Posted by: mb911 Jun 24 2018, 05:00 AM

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I put in the backing panel against the inside long wall. I had to leave a gap so I could get the welding gun in there to weld to the side of the long. Then added in a filler piece with a flange so I could plug weld and run a stitch at the seam. Its a little ugly, but it will be covered up.

Went on to make the bottom of the long to cover the same area. Made 2 recess to replicate the original long. I made them about a 1/4 to wide, and thought hard about making another panel. Then I said screw it, it will all be covered by seam sealer anyways. It's in, I'll share pics tomorrow for that.



Sorry I didn't get back to you on that.. Looks like you figured it out..

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 24 2018, 10:08 AM

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QUOTE(Travis Neff @ Jun 23 2018, 07:57 PM) *

I put in the backing panel against the inside long wall. I had to leave a gap so I could get the welding gun in there to weld to the side of the long. Then added in a filler piece with a flange so I could plug weld and run a stitch at the seam. Its a little ugly, but it will be covered up.

Went on to make the bottom of the long to cover the same area. Made 2 recess to replicate the original long. I made them about a 1/4 to wide, and thought hard about making another panel. Then I said screw it, it will all be covered by seam sealer anyways. It's in, I'll share pics tomorrow for that.



Sorry I didn't get back to you on that.. Looks like you figured it out..


No problemo. It helped that your picture had the length written on them! Only took about 10 minutes from start to end.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 24 2018, 02:31 PM

Patch is in. Had to grind down some the welds to get the floor pan piece to fit flush.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 24 2018, 04:15 PM

Moving on..

This cut exercised my pelvic floor pretty good. Looks like I am just about into all good metal, may need to cut another inch higher. I haven't poked around in there, but I may need to cut out the divot for the -4 engine mount. Not sure if it is worth trying to replicate that divot part.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 24 2018, 07:34 PM

Looked a little further and the bump for the -4 mount indentation had to come out. You can see the backing piece is totally gone.

After cutting this out I was able to get the backer off and I think I can save this piece.


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Posted by: bbrock Jun 24 2018, 08:40 PM

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Looked a little further and the bump for the -4 mount indentation had to come out. You can see the backing piece is totally gone.

After cutting this out I was able to get the backer off and I think I can save this piece.


Saving that piece is a bonus because it is a total PITA trying to replicate that divot, and the divot is needed for the mount to fit properly. Good work! Keep it coming. beerchug.gif

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 3 2018, 05:33 PM

I am officially sick of rust repair, LOL.

I made a patch for the inner long, outer long and created the 2nd layer backing for both. I was able to patch in the -4 cyl bump too.

A little more cleanup that needs to be done, still thinking whether or not I want to do an overlay as suggested before.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 8 2018, 06:03 PM

Floo no mo..

The lower rear firewall compartment was full of mouse crap and the floor under there was weak. I don't want to have to re-do any of these repairs, so time to cut..

I could have got away with a short rear floorpan piece. But just a few bucks more and piece of mind, I went with the full back half.

I will have to do some patching of the lower firewall, and as luck would have it I found a crack in the long on the drivers side. At least I am all practiced up from the passenger side.


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Posted by: mepstein Jul 8 2018, 06:07 PM

Was the crack near the e-brake handle?

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 8 2018, 06:11 PM

When I did the engman kit there was a crack by the ebrake handle I repaired that before I hot glued the kit in.

This crack is on the bottom of the long. Lemme go take a pic

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 8 2018, 06:17 PM

Here.


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Posted by: mepstein Jul 8 2018, 06:29 PM

The e-brake crack is common on early cars.

Posted by: mgp4591 Jul 8 2018, 07:59 PM

I didn't have any cracks on the interior of the long but since my floors were totally rotted, the rust had made leetle teeny holes at places at the junction of the long and floor. I made some inner/bottom reinforcement and fixed er up. It's better now to accept the new floor pieces.
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Posted by: Perry Kiehl Jul 8 2018, 08:15 PM

The stress crack is not limited to early cars, I've seen it in probably 1/2 of all 914's

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 8 2018, 08:17 PM

Oh, I love this piece you added in!


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Posted by: mgp4591 Jul 8 2018, 08:29 PM

Thanks Travis - it goes all the way back to where the rear reinforcement kit takes over. With the new drivetrain, reinforced trailing arms and big fat tires, I figured a little extra strength is worth the weight I've added. Working on the other side now... welder.gif

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 8 2018, 08:34 PM

That particular spot never seems to get any extra beef when people do the inner kit and the engine bay reinforcements. In my opinion it becomes the new the weak spot.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 9 2018, 12:34 PM

Cut out the offending metal. The crack is a little rusty on the bottom, but flip it over and you can see the crack in the backer as well. I would guess this is from the engman kit I put in and the 250lb rear springs I have been running. But, who knows?





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Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 9 2018, 12:51 PM

Go big or go home. Scored an unused 25mm SRP sway bar. I bought a maddog front swaybar reinforcing panel that I will put in too.


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Posted by: mepstein Jul 9 2018, 12:55 PM

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Go big or go home. Scored an unused 25mm SRP sway bar. I bought a maddog front swaybar reinforcing panel that I will put in too.

Those are nice.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 9 2018, 12:57 PM

Another goodie, vent and jet kit for my webers. The carbs I have now are setup for a 2.0t engine with 30mm vents. I went with a 32mm vent & jet kit from partsklassic.

Also, not pictured is rear swaybar mounts from Brad Mayuer.

I snatched up a MSD coil and plug wires from Forrest.

And I picked up a 914-6 rear bumper from Hill in Scottsdale. I got to see his -6 he is putting back on the road.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 9 2018, 01:11 PM

I'll try not to be a slacker and not post pics.

I also ordered a tunnel fuel line kit, suspension brace heim joints, -6 shift rod kit from Tangerine Racing.




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Posted by: JRust Jul 9 2018, 01:33 PM

Looking good. I want that rear bumper man. So shiny drooley.gif

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 9 2018, 01:37 PM

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Looking good. I want that rear bumper man. So shiny drooley.gif


It will have to be re-chromed. There is rust and the chrome is peeling away in the top left of the license panel recess. There are some bumps in it too that need straightening. That being said, it is in overall good restorable shape. That back isn't too bad either.

Posted by: JRust Jul 9 2018, 01:40 PM

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QUOTE(JRust @ Jul 9 2018, 12:33 PM) *

Looking good. I want that rear bumper man. So shiny drooley.gif


It will have to be re-chromed. There is rust and the chrome is peeling away in the top left of the license panel recess. There are some bumps in it too that need straightening. That being said, it is in overall good restorable shape. That back isn't too bad either.

Well it looks good in the pics. I assumed you'd already had it done since it was in with your new parts. You suckered me poke.gif lol-2.gif

Posted by: mgp4591 Jul 9 2018, 03:18 PM

I've gotta admit, I never would have guessed that your car had 250# rear springs in it from the way it rode at Rt66.... it seemed very compliant and handled well. I'll be pushing more weight in the back end and ordered 225# springs the other day - now I'm rethinking my strategy. idea.gif

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 9 2018, 04:03 PM

Its pretty balanced with the 22mm torsion bars up front and 250lbs in the rear. Get it on some crappy roads and you'll be bouncing around pretty good. I intend to go down to 21 or maybe even 20mm torsion bars with my new big bar up front and try 175's in the rear with a rear swaybar.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 14 2018, 06:37 PM

Easy come, easy go. I sold the SRP bar to Hans and have the Welt bar in the classifieds. I didn't understand that the hollow 25mm bar is the same stiffness as my solid 22 bar.

I ordered a 32mm .095 bar from Tangerine Racing.

I was able to patch where I had the crack in the frame rail on the drivers side. I will add a reinforcement to this area on both the driver and passenger side.




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Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 14 2018, 06:40 PM

forgot a pic.. When I weld this in it will tie right to the existing stiffening kit in the corner, along the seam of the inner side of the frame rail and wrap up to the heater duct. I will worry about the engine compartment side at a later time. Need to get this in so I can move on with the floor replacement.

I am also cutting about an inch up on the lower firewall and patching that area before the floors go in.


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Posted by: Travis Neff Aug 20 2018, 11:40 AM

Not much to report on progress.

I have the floors partially done, the perimeter welds are in, still need to plug weld along the interior and do the butt weld from old floor to new.

Jamie Rust sent me a little gift, a 5 lug spare. I probably would have driven around without one until I learned my lesson the hard way, I appreciate the gift!

I also received new SS fuel lines and a tangerine shift linkage kit,. I picked up some Monoballs for the front struts that I found in the classifieds here.




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Posted by: mb911 Aug 20 2018, 02:20 PM

Very cool. I need to get a 5 lug spare as well..

Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 4 2018, 11:38 AM

Engine shelf is in.


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Posted by: mb911 Sep 4 2018, 03:17 PM

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Engine shelf is in.



Funny mine is just like that. I feel its strange that part doesn't have the channel for the rubber that goes all the way to meet the front corner.

Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 16 2018, 05:32 PM

As you can see the in the pic above, the trunk pivot looks like a booger farm.

Lots of braze and some weld, looks like this was attempted to be repaired a couple of times. Good thing I took this out, it was cracked and smashed.

The wall behind the pivot has given way and I will need to patch. I am a bit worried about access and needing that patch to not fail in the future.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 16 2018, 06:22 PM

Hole cut. I smoked my dremel with the flexi wand and had to finish with a cutoff wheel.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 29 2018, 12:59 PM

Hinge patch piece is in and the hinge is as well.

Moving onto reinforcing the frame rail in the engine compartment. I wasn't sure about recreating the -4 mount divot, but went for it. Turned out decent enough that it wont go in the scrap pile. I will go around the bottom of the frame rail and make the remainder of the divot there, I think it will be easier to do. Then weld the 2 pieces together as one - then hot glue it into the car.

I am not going to commit to welding this in unless I can get the drivers side to turn out the same.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 29 2018, 03:42 PM

2nd one done


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Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 30 2018, 05:48 PM

Driver side is complete. I was going to recreate the divot piece entirely, but I think I will leave it like this and stitch it on in. Bending a very small peice of 14g into a cup shape and have it fit, then trim to size sounds like a half day ordeal for my skillset.


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Posted by: bbrock Sep 30 2018, 05:52 PM

Good call! I had to recreate those $%^#ing divots on both sides and it was no fun. I need the 4-banger mounts so no other option. Then I got to cut one of them open and do it again when it was time to reinstall the mount because I didn't get it quite right. The less you have to do with those divots, the better. Fantastic work. Enjoying watching the progress. beerchug.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 30 2018, 05:53 PM

In place


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Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 30 2018, 05:54 PM

Thanks Brent, I appreciate the kind words. This turned out better than I expected.

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Thanks Brent, I appreciate the kind words. This turned out better than I expected.


BTW, because that divot is a double walled dome, it is already hell for stout. I wailed on one with a small sledge trying to nudge it just a little to allow installing my mount. It didn't budge. Your reinforcement is tying right into the strongest part so trying to fill that in would have been a waste of time IMHO. Looks fantastic!

Posted by: mb911 Sep 30 2018, 07:04 PM

Looks very similar to what I did..

Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 30 2018, 07:44 PM

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Looks very similar to what I did..


Yep, you started it.. poke.gif

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QUOTE(mb911 @ Sep 30 2018, 06:04 PM) *

Looks very similar to what I did..


Yep, you started it.. poke.gif



You took better pictures.. I also used 14ga from memory.

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 2 2018, 09:58 PM

Finished making the passenger side reinforcement. Got most of the driver's side welded in. I had a few challenges with weld contamination, otherwise it's ok. I will finish this up tomorrow and then onto the other side.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 6 2018, 03:48 PM

Hijacking my own thread. Did a distributor rebuild for the SC and new bronze shift coupler bushings. The car has been running hot and takes its time getting back to idle from cruise once warm, at 94k miles it was time.

I got a nice kit from PartsKlassic for the rebuild. I hope i didnt jack anything up


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 8 2018, 02:37 PM

I got both reinforcements welded in, in the engine compartment.

I needed to find something to do for my lunch hour. I have the reinforcement plates for the front swaybar from Maddog. They are 16g, I used them as a template and made a pair out of my leftover 14g. Overkill? maybe. I want to run a smaller torsion bar and a big swaybar, and why the hell not. Plus I had to hog out the swaybar hole for the 31mm bar. i hope to get that this week! Excited about that.


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Posted by: mb911 Oct 8 2018, 02:59 PM

I made my own stiffness out 14 ga for everything. I like the way you think.

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 8 2018, 03:04 PM

Giddyup! I don't feel so foolish now smile.gif

Posted by: sixnotfour Oct 8 2018, 03:04 PM

SC distr. rotate the wrong way wont go in your 2.4

end of hyjack

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 8 2018, 03:07 PM

That's good, I put it back into the SC. Got lucky and fired up on the first try and runs much better at low rpms. I have a 123 distributor for the 2.7

Posted by: ChrisFoley Oct 8 2018, 03:19 PM

I think those plates are overkill at 16ga.

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 8 2018, 03:31 PM

hmmm

Posted by: sixnotfour Oct 8 2018, 03:51 PM

have you drilled your door handles yet...if not no worries on weight

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 8 2018, 03:53 PM

I was gonna take out the handles completely and use a piece of rope with a knotted end.

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 13 2018, 12:34 PM

I shitcanned the front reinforcements. The maddog ones and the ones I made needed some extra trimming to make it fit. I had previously welded in the backing plates and fixed the crack in the tub, from the old swaybar that didn't have the backing plates. We will see how it goes as is.

I also traded out my 22mm torsion bars with Yeahmag for his 21mm bars.

When I pulled the front struts away to open up the swaybar holes I found that one of my Koni's had bit the dust. I bought them 15 years ago and don't have a receipt for a warranty rebuild. I will have to find someone who can rebuild them for me, I hear that not many places rebuild the Koni's and the wait time is pretty long.

I got a surprise from Tangerine Racing this morning.



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Posted by: ChrisFoley Oct 13 2018, 01:20 PM

There's a trick to setting up the anti-sway bar so there's no binding. Doing this will go a long way to preventing stress cracks in the future.
Bolt up both bushing brackets and slide the bar in until it nearly touches the other side. Determine which way it needs to be moved to line up perfectly. Pull the bar back out most of the way and lean on it in the direction needed to bend the chassis so next time you slide it in it will go right into the other bushing. It may take 2 or 3 tries to line it up just right. Then follow the same procedure from the other side of the car.
After doing this it should be possible to rotate the bar by hand after it's fully inserted - without the arms attached.
Put some bearing grease on both bushings when you're ready to permanently install the bar.

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 13 2018, 01:22 PM

That'll work, I am super excited about this bar.

Thanks Chris, I just have it finger tight and it seems just about right - I will heed your advice when I bolt her down.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 13 2018, 08:00 PM

Firewall forward mount for the suspension brace.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 13 2018, 09:00 PM

I made a plate that wraps around the front of the suspension console and glued in the bracket.


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Posted by: mb911 Oct 14 2018, 06:17 AM

Travis your welds are really shaping up.. Good job.

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 14 2018, 01:18 PM

Thanks for the vote of confidence Ben. It's in, had a couple blown holes that I need to fix.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 14 2018, 07:26 PM

Moving onto the inside. The car was crashed at some point and the hump below the seat belt pocket was crushed up pretty good. Hardly noticeable when the relay board was in place. I was able to beat it mostly back into shape, but have a crack in the metal. This is going to be a bit tricky for me to make a patch piece.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 14 2018, 08:16 PM

Starting of the patch piece.


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Posted by: bbrock Oct 14 2018, 08:25 PM

That's an impressive start! You are doing better than me. I had to patch the little bulge where the hood release pull attaches which is a similar PITA dome. I wound up having to make a relief cut to pull the metal around to form the dome. Nice work on yours! smilie_pokal.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 14 2018, 09:49 PM

Thanks Brent, got lucky with this part. A little closer now.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 16 2018, 01:51 PM

I am going to make another piece for the firewall. I have the basic shape down, but when I looked at the passenger side I see that it should be a little more angular. If that doesn't work I will continue on with the piece I have.

In the meantime i took out the rest of my hood and decklid hinges out for Oscar's spa treatment. And.. I think i need another hinge bracket.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 16 2018, 07:16 PM

smash.gif This one turned out a whole lot betta!


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Posted by: bbrock Oct 16 2018, 07:37 PM

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smash.gif This one turned out a whole lot betta!


pray.gif pray.gif pray.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 16 2018, 08:18 PM

Trim to fit and bend a little more.


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Posted by: mepstein Oct 16 2018, 08:20 PM

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Trim to fit and bend a little more.

Nice fab work

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 17 2018, 01:31 PM

Thanks Mark, it worked out better than i thought it would.

It's in, needs a couple more welds here and there, and then clean up on the back side.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 17 2018, 10:48 PM

I got a care package from Ben today. Turns out i had a tire mount from my last RD purchase. Looks like it will line up pretty good, tire will be lifted about an inch off the floor and still be below the bulkhead.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 20 2018, 12:23 PM

I am not sure why I was so nervous to do this. Maybe because there is nothing wrong with my floor and I may end up having some sort of cobblefest getting the new louvered floor in?

Gloves, check
Safety glasses, check
Cutoff wheel, check
Hot cup of coffee, check
Pack of smokes, check
Headphones and some Megadeth, check
two pair of undies, check


Lessgo!


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 20 2018, 02:11 PM

Fitting and cutting


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Posted by: ChrisFoley Oct 20 2018, 02:19 PM

piece-a-cake

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 20 2018, 02:39 PM

Doesn't taste like cake biggrin.gif . Trying to figure out what to do with the channels to transition to the louvered floor piece. A couple of cuts along the top of the channel and beat the fugger flat.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 21 2018, 02:59 PM

Closer, ran out of gas. I am only grinding what you will see after the cooler cover is on.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 27 2018, 01:47 PM

It is in. There's a couple little pinholes to go and some final grinding. I will wait until I am closer to coating to deal with that. It oilcan's pretty good, I will need to get a shrinking disk and learn how to use it.




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Posted by: 914forme Oct 27 2018, 01:58 PM

Pretty easy in the basic idea and form.

Disc on metal, heats the high spots. Quench with a mist of water to cool the spots and shrink the metal.

Any form of high heat will work then quenched effectively so a touch, a spot gun, even adding a few hits of a Mig bead will have the same effect.

Welding causes localized shrinking thus the reason some people use a technique called hammer welding. And why you try to minimize the heat build up in the panel.

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 27 2018, 03:27 PM

Thanks Stephen. I have an overwhelming urge to overdo things - I have some fear I will go nuts and end up with one of those scale model 914's lol.

Alright, cut along the dotted line..


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Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 27 2018, 05:14 PM

Air cooler duct brackets


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Posted by: ChrisFoley Oct 28 2018, 07:24 AM

A little hammer & dolly stretching of the ground down perimeter welds will go a long way to reducing the oilcan effect. Now that you have a hole in the front panel it might be possible to reach most areas, although it will be more than a little uncomfortable.

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 28 2018, 08:15 AM

I will give that a shot Chris. The car is high enough off the ground it shouldn't be too bad getting in from the front hole.

Welding the tabs in seems to have stiffened the floor a little bit. I quenched a couple of the tabs after welding with a damp microfiber rag, you can see that it was a red one LOL.

Posted by: 914forme Oct 28 2018, 08:18 AM

nice job on the tabs for the hold downs I like it.

Posted by: jmitro Oct 28 2018, 08:30 AM

nice work

Posted by: mb911 Oct 28 2018, 09:46 AM

Travis looks great.. Good job.

Posted by: bbrock Oct 28 2018, 12:06 PM

I have to admit, after replacing a rusting frunk pan, it makes me cringe to see a perfectly good trunk cut open, but you did this one proud. thumb3d.gif

As for using a shrinking disc, a monkey can do it. I'm proof of that!

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 29 2018, 10:05 PM

Thanks for the kind words and advice everyone, I appreciate it.

I ordered a shrinking disk and it should get here by the weekend. In the meantime I took Chris' advice and I hammered and dollied the perimeter weld lines. Amazing that you relieve a little of tension and the floor starts to firm up. I ended up with a few more waves than when I started. I am not worried and believe that I can get it all straight in the end.

I also welded in a cross brace and a 16g plate underneath. I was able to save my tow hook and will weld that on the bottom of the floor. There is no interference with the lower duct and it is all hidden away.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 1 2018, 10:06 PM

I ventured into the unknown. Not many people share pics of the frame rail penetration from all angles. I started with 2 1.5" holes stacked. Turns out where I cut on the outside was close, but didn't match the inside. Also I did not cut far forward enough to clear the J tube.

Time to make lemonade. I ground down the flange on the front of the J Tube. Then enlarged the holes a little bit, and then a bit more. I will have to patch where I did my exploration cuts.

I made a rectangular duct and had the idea that I could build in a splash shield along the front. Both -12 hoses fit, fittings passing through will be tight, but not impossible


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 2 2018, 03:54 PM

I think I am turning into one of them tweakers.


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Posted by: 914forme Nov 3 2018, 07:35 AM

Welcome to the dark side of this hobby. happy11.gif You by no means have it as bad as some of us. Your new in this journey and well their are lots of us here to help you transgress into a make 3 times sort of guy, and never be quite satisfied with the end result.
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I want to say thank you for posting the details, the good and the bad, being willing to put it out there. As of today I will not get any 914 work done. So I am living via build threads like these. Thank you for putting it out here, thank you for taking the risk and asking the questions. Thank you for allowing us to be part of your journey. Enjoy the ride.
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I do have a bit of fabrication and welding in my plans for today. But that involves putting a new discharge shoot on the 72" zero turn that I am re-powering also. Yes I do engine swaps on my power equipment also. I got it bad, maybe I need to bolt something on one of my 914s.......

Posted by: mb911 Nov 3 2018, 08:15 AM

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Welcome to the dark side of this hobby. happy11.gif You by no means have it as bad as some of us. Your new in this journey and well their are lots of us here to help you transgress into a make 3 times sort of guy, and never be quite satisfied with the end result.
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It will never be perfect, it will never meet your own standards, it will never meet the standards of the Instagram trolls who see a perfect Weave TIG weld in Titanium and wonder why they can't do that with a MIG, when they have only welded for 2 weeks tops in total pull the trigger time.
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I want to say thank you for posting the details, the good and the bad, being willing to put it out there. As of today I will not get any 914 work done. So I am living via build threads like these. Thank you for putting it out here, thank you for taking the risk and asking the questions. Thank you for allowing us to be part of your journey. Enjoy the ride.
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I do have a bit of fabrication and welding in my plans for today. But that involves putting a new discharge shoot on the 72" zero turn that I am re-powering also. Yes I do engine swaps on my power equipment also. I got it bad, maybe I need to bolt something on one of my 914s.......

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And yes Stephen bolt something on the 914..


Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 3 2018, 02:33 PM

Thanks for the encouragement Stephen. The further along I go, I keep repeating myself "nothing is perfect" and keep the momentum going.

Patched in the extra cutout. A 3" piece of PVC pipe I had laying around is just about right for replicating the bent around the corner of the tub. Had to trim the patch piece to fit the rectangular tube.

Cleaned up the welds on my tweaker tube and its about ready to be glued in. Amazing that this started out a flat piece of sheet metal.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 3 2018, 05:15 PM

Lets see if the lines fit. I first cut the fuel evap holes into a big oval, that seemed to work ok. The turn after the first sill support to penetrate the cabin didn't make me feel all squiggly inside, so I cut the support out. It had some rust going on anyways, so I shed no tears.


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Posted by: bbrock Nov 3 2018, 05:26 PM

You HAVE to be happy with that!

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 3 2018, 05:43 PM

Yes I am very happy, its the coolest goddamn thing I have done so far.

Posted by: live free & drive Nov 3 2018, 06:08 PM

You might try some of these PEX metal 90deg bend supports they will keep your hose from flattening and losing sectional area:

https://www.pexsuperstore.com/pex-accessories/bend-support-elbows.html

They also come in 5/8"

a 1" will take 1.5 OD tubing - 3/4" takes 1"OD tubing etc. They can be put on and taken off in situ.

Several companies make them the Uponor brand is probably best; below is a 3/4" support, they lock on with friction:

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Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 3 2018, 10:32 PM

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/ear-773412erl/overview/

Earl's Performance Hose Inner Support Springs

Posted by: 914forme Nov 4 2018, 08:44 AM

Okay learned something new today, Never thought that SS line would collapse in a tight bend. I knew they had a recommended bend radius.

Filled away

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 4 2018, 10:48 AM

I am not sure what you guys are saying.

One post is saying I should look at external strain relief to make that 90 degree bend.

The next post I think is being stated that an internal wire strain relief is what you want, rather than external. But not specifically that I need any strain relief at all (for either post).

Minimum bend radius for -12 standard braided hose is 4.5 inches. What the hell does that mean? I have no clue so I looked it up.


=90/360*2*3.14*4.5 Which comes out to 7.065 inches of length required to make a 90 degree bend. I am not sure if this is right or not.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 4 2018, 11:02 AM

Attempting to measure my overall length of the bend.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 4 2018, 11:27 AM

I am implying its the rubber that will collapse, that is why you support from the inside ... you will probably be fine..but cheap insurance...
I know alot of peeps have never had a problem... esp with new line and its basically a push system..no sucking

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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 4 2018, 11:32 AM

I agree that would be cheap insurance. I just don't know how I would fish that wire down 3-4 feet of hose, that bend is right in the middle of the run. You monkeys had me up worrying about it all night and first thing this morning laugh.gif I then realized that maybe I should try and find out if I need it at all.

Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 4 2018, 11:38 AM

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Posted by: bbrock Nov 4 2018, 11:42 AM

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I agree that would be cheap insurance. I just don't know how I would fish that wire down 3-4 feet of hose, that bend is right in the middle of the run. You monkeys had me up worrying about it all night and first thing this morning laugh.gif I then realized that maybe I should try and find out if I need it at all.


I'm a little confused about why it has to be an internal spring. In order to collapse, the cross section of the hose has to oval. I would think a strong spring tightly fitting the outside diameter of the hose should keep the cross section of the bend round and free flowing just as well, maybe even better since there is nothing inside restricting flow. I've seen that approach used in other applications. A quick Google turned up these: https://www.new-line.com/clamps/hose-wrap-sleeves-and-jackets/protective-sleeves-bend-restrictors-strain-reliever-spring/e-z-curve-stainless-spring Might be an alternative? confused24.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 4 2018, 11:46 AM

From the measurements and me pretending that I understand math - no support should be required at all.

Posted by: 914forme Nov 4 2018, 06:43 PM

If you want to be sure just look up the specs on the manufacture's site.

Example Aeroquip
FC363-12
Cover Material Stainless Steel Braid
Dash Size 12
Hose Family Teflon
Max Temperature © 204
Max Temperature (F) 400
Min Temperature © -54
Min Temperature (F) -65
Operating Pressure (PSI) 1100
Operating Pressure (bar) 76
Product Line Aeroquip
Tube Material Teflon
Agency Listings: Government Specification FDA, USCG/MMT
Burst Pressure (bar) 303
Burst Pressure (psi) 4400
Description Convoluted PTFE-Nonconductive tube
Family Hose
General Application Chemical, food, water and waste handling, and various transfer applications
Hose Base Number FC363
Inside Diameter (in) 0.81
Inside Diameter (mm) 20.6
Min Bend Radius (in) 3.75
Min Bend Radius (mm) 95.3
Min Kink Radius (in) 2
Min Kink Radius (mm) 50.8
Outside Diameter (in) 1.06
Outside Diameter (mm) 26.9
Reinforcement Material Stainless steel single wire braid cover
Vacuum (inHg) 28
Vacuum (kpa) 94.8

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 11 2018, 06:10 PM

Made me a thingamadoodle Harder to make than I thought. Not sure how much I like it, oh well it was something to do this weekend.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 11 2018, 06:29 PM

Looks great..

Posted by: bbrock Nov 11 2018, 06:45 PM

QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Nov 11 2018, 05:10 PM) *

Made me a thingamadoodle Harder to make than I thought. Not sure how much I like it, oh well it was something to do this weekend.


Got any progress pics on that one? That's a pretty complex shape. Can't recall you sport and English wheel. Curious how you tackled it. Nice work, as usual.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 11 2018, 08:12 PM

Its a bit horrific. I did it in 20 gauge as I have a 1/4 sheet of it lying around and need to find a way to use it.

I tried doing it in one piece and gave up. I did 2 pieces each with a 90 degree flange and stretched them to make the initial curve and welded them together. I put a dolly in a vice and then spent all day beating the hell out of it to get the shape I was after, then used the shrinking disk to help smooth it out.

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Looks great..



I used the pic from your car as inspiration.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 11 2018, 08:37 PM

Here are some profile shots. Its mostly there and a little body filler and it will look good. I tried welding some pinholes and after beating on it so much it turned into swiss cheese from the heat. Its not structural, so good enough I guess.

Also, a pic of the one I tried to make out of a single sheet of metal


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Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 11 2018, 08:48 PM

wow ..mine was the easy button...Great Job Travis

glue some perlon on it it will be good

Posted by: bbrock Nov 11 2018, 08:51 PM

Awesome work! Thanks for sharing the details.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 11 2018, 09:13 PM

Thanks guys, it means a lot coming from you two.

I forgot I did some more work this weekend. I got my shinking disk and shinky dinked the floor. Of course I went overboard but I was seriously entertained for the day.


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Posted by: bbrock Nov 11 2018, 09:26 PM

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Thanks guys, it means a lot coming from you two.

I forgot I did some more work this weekend. I got my shinking disk and shinky dinked the floor. Of course I went overboard but I was seriously entertained for the day.


Is that the coolest tool or what?

Posted by: bbrock Nov 11 2018, 09:38 PM

BTW, hows the rigidity of the 20ga piece after it is formed? I am interested in your fabbing technique because have a secret project I want to try on my project in a couple months that requires similar compound curves. I'm going to try my hand at flow forming and was thinking of even going to 22ga things easier. If the flow forming doesn't work, I'll probably need to piece it together. I need to get a sandbag and some better beating hammers to have those in the arsenal too. I just love this stuff. Don't have a clue what I'm doing, but it sure is fun.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 11 2018, 09:49 PM

The shrinking disk is like magic!

After putting in the flanges, and the J bend it is pretty stout. When I started you could bend it pretty easily by hand.

If I get courageous enough towards the end of the project I think I will try to replicate the GT shroud in 20g steel. I'll need to get a bead roller and figure out how to use it first.

Posted by: mb911 Nov 12 2018, 06:36 AM

The time spent on it is also what I experienced and this went with this as it's basically the same just without the huge radius that I felt didn't really matter.. That's what I ended up selling..

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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 12 2018, 08:04 AM

I see now why you made these the way that you did. The radius curve is a non functional detail and hard to pull off. While the ones you made do appear to be bigger. When looking at mine as I was making it, I see it is about the same size. Having a flat vs rounded shape along the top gives a different illusion.

Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 12 2018, 10:11 AM

having one in my GT ...I can say the larger radius makes for a nice dead pedal kinda feeling for my foot.. rolleyes.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 12 2018, 10:30 AM

You've started something..


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Posted by: mb911 Nov 12 2018, 11:28 AM

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I see now why you made these the way that you did. The radius curve is a non functional detail and hard to pull off. While the ones you made do appear to be bigger. When looking at mine as I was making it, I see it is about the same size. Having a flat vs rounded shape along the top gives a different illusion.

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I just could justify spending more time on them and make it so people would actually buy them.. At 100 some odd dollars was still a challenge.. I may mod mine for a dead pedal in the future..

Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 12 2018, 11:33 AM

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You've started something..



should only take a couple of hours ....

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 12 2018, 01:50 PM

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should only take a couple of hours ....



I only had 20 minutes.

I had a duct cover that looks similar to Ben's that I was playing around with, I cut the height to 2.25 and the depth to about 1.25 to keep it tight as possible to the wheel well. Found a metal scrap on the floor to mock the foot rest of the dead pedal. Bent it so the dead rest is a little further back in the footwell. I am gonna have to call this the dead duck.


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Posted by: jfort Nov 12 2018, 02:08 PM


love that dead pedal!

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 14 2018, 09:26 PM

My initial mock up for the pedal was way too close to the clutch pedal. From the "show me your dead pedal" thread I see what I need to do.

I build a new oil line cover and bent a piece for the dead pedal to see how I like it. There will be more changes before I glue it up together.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 17 2018, 11:36 AM

Switching gears from the oil line cover and dead pedal. I better finish off the front trunk floor.

I got my tow hook off the chunk of floor I cut out. I bent it a little to give some room to hook. Then, when looking at the factory GT pics on Armando's site I see that these cars has re-used the tow hook but dropped it down a bit with a piece of metal that looked like a frisbee.

So I bent up a box. I will weld the hook to it, then the box to the floor. I screwed up on my bends and you can see one side is a little taller than the other. Almost looks like I intended it to work out this way from the pics. biggrin.gif


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 17 2018, 12:47 PM

I used etch primer and scratched away the surface that I was going to weld. Weld through primer is super expensive and that crap always clogs, even if you store the can upside down. Plus you need to scratch away the surface anyhow..

Welded in and a little burn validation


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Posted by: 914forme Nov 17 2018, 02:04 PM

Travis nice job there, and I must say your welds are looking better and better each time. And your metal fab skills have also improved. Doing a great job, can't wait to see what you have planned next.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 17 2018, 02:09 PM

In place. I didn't get all the etch primer off on a few holes and that gave me a couple problems. I am ready to retire this leather jacket I bought at goodwill for $10. Welding upside down is no bueno. I have to stop what I am doing every few minutes because the hot metal that falls on me burns through the coat and the inside of the jacket smolders all over the place laugh.gif


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Posted by: bbrock Nov 17 2018, 02:10 PM

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I screwed up on my bends and you can see one side is a little taller than the other. Almost looks like I intended it to work out this way from the pics. biggrin.gif


As the late Bob Ross would say, "Happy little accident." smile.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 17 2018, 02:11 PM

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Travis nice job there, and I must say your welds are looking better and better each time. And your metal fab skills have also improved. Doing a great job, can't wait to see what you have planned next.


Thanks Stephen. I still don't know what I am doing - but things are getting better with practice.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 17 2018, 02:19 PM

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QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Nov 17 2018, 10:36 AM) *

I screwed up on my bends and you can see one side is a little taller than the other. Almost looks like I intended it to work out this way from the pics. biggrin.gif


As the late Bob Ross would say, "Happy little accident." smile.gif




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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 18 2018, 06:06 PM

I cut out the rust in the rocker and patched it today. Then got the cooler line duct glued in. Needs more finishing, I will tackle that another day!


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 18 2018, 06:16 PM

Forgot, got the bulkhead hole opened up about as far as I can & got most of the surface rust out with acid and a small metal brush. I see now in the pic I have a little more cleanup to do along the top. The duct is not a perfect rectangle, it is angled along the top from the lower left to upper right.


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Posted by: mb911 Nov 18 2018, 06:20 PM

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Forgot, got the bulkhead hole opened up about as far as I can & got most of the surface rust out with acid and a small metal brush. I see now in the pic I have a little more cleanup to do along the top. The duct is not a perfect rectangle, it is angled along the top from the lower left to upper right.



Yes they are an odd shape.. Mine looks the same.. Can't make them rectangular.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 19 2018, 02:02 PM

Oh Boy! I sent out my hinges for Oscar's special treatment and got them back today. I am afraid what these would look like if I tried to take this on. The zinc plate is a nice touch

In the box I got two unexpected surprises. Thank you Oscar!! This has made my day @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=16669



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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 19 2018, 06:31 PM

Another part to patch, the metal is pitted all the way through in a couple of spots. The piece I pulled out I could crinkle up in one hand.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 20 2018, 10:48 AM

This escalated quickly.. laugh.gif When I welded in my patch some of the creases from a previous crash came back in full force. I popped out the rear window and can now hammer/ dolly out some of the crinkely dinks. I got some paint stripper and POR15 is no match for this stuff. Pretty satisfying listening to it crackle and peeling it off like old sunburnt skin


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 20 2018, 11:35 AM

Like a tweaker picking at his face..


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Posted by: bbrock Nov 20 2018, 04:12 PM

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Like a tweaker picking at his face..


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Have fun with that patch!

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 20 2018, 07:31 PM

I am having no fun with this patch. I did get a bunch of the crinkled up metal in other areas fairly straight though.

If you see where I cut, I left a the lip of the indent and was going to weld to that.

Well it was like a game of whack a mole blowing holes along the whole damn thing as the metal was too thin and I was set too hot on the welder. When i got the metal finally all glued down the indent along the middle was pretty much flat along the bottom seam

I don't care too much if it is ugly in the interior, it will be covered. Would like it to look a little more seamless in the engine bay. I am thinking this is a cut out and do-over, I could extend a couple inches along the indent as I found some more pitted metal when I stripped all the por15 off.

Posted by: Dion Nov 20 2018, 07:42 PM

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I am having no fun with this patch. I did get a bunch of the crinkled up metal in other areas fairly straight though.

If you see where I cut, I left a the lip of the indent and was going to weld to that.

Well it was like a game of whack a mole blowing holes along the whole damn thing as the metal was too thin and I was set too hot on the welder. When i got the metal finally all glued down the indent along the middle was pretty much flat along the bottom seam

I don't care too much if it is ugly in the interior, it will be covered. Would like it to look a little more seamless in the engine bay. I am thinking this is a cut out and do-over, I could extend a couple inches along the indent as I found some more pitted metal when I stripped all the por15 off.


Oh how I can relate to this whole sentiment...
Travis your deadpedal and oil line cover is very cool.
Looking good mate. beerchug.gif

Posted by: bbrock Nov 20 2018, 08:04 PM

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I am having no fun with this patch. I did get a bunch of the crinkled up metal in other areas fairly straight though.

If you see where I cut, I left a the lip of the indent and was going to weld to that.

Well it was like a game of whack a mole blowing holes along the whole damn thing as the metal was too thin and I was set too hot on the welder. When i got the metal finally all glued down the indent along the middle was pretty much flat along the bottom seam

I don't care too much if it is ugly in the interior, it will be covered. Would like it to look a little more seamless in the engine bay. I am thinking this is a cut out and do-over, I could extend a couple inches along the indent as I found some more pitted metal when I stripped all the por15 off.


Stop! You are giving me flashbacks. lol-2.gif Boy does that sound familiar. I spent a LOT of time trying to make those patches look perfect and thought I had succeeded. Then the sexy glossy paint went on and this showed up.

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And this is what I'm working on tonight to fix it. biggrin.gif

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I did a little better on the other side, but boy did I waste a lot of time on it.

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Keep up the great work smilie_pokal.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 20 2018, 08:51 PM

Well it is not the worst and it sure as hell can be a lot better. Lets see if I can make a patch piece first before I commit to cutting bait.

This is just about the right width. Had to get ingenious on how to do this 4 bend so close together, I can only do 2 primary (center) bends on my cheap-o brake.




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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 20 2018, 08:52 PM

There are a lot of little things that only YOU would know about that no one else would spot. funny how it eats at ya.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 20 2018, 09:57 PM

Out it comes. The metal on the bottom (darkened metal) is paper thin. I will cut a little further down as I have some extra on my patch.

Test fit and it looks like a good start.


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Posted by: Larmo63 Nov 20 2018, 11:35 PM

I like my battle scars to show. Of course, I primed here and painted it black, but it shows.....

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Posted by: defianty Nov 21 2018, 03:05 AM

QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Nov 21 2018, 03:57 AM) *

Out it comes. The metal on the bottom (darkened metal) is paper thin. I will cut a little further down as I have some extra on my patch.

Test fit and it looks like a good start.


That looks a better job and similar to how I repaired mine. I too was limited to what my brake could do. Nicely done though and it's always good to revisit something if you think it's not quite right. The reward of getting it right is worth the hassle!

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 21 2018, 02:31 PM

time to feed the OCD. I cut a little more, if the pic looks like it is paper thin towards the lower left - it is! I am down to better metal. I am contemplating patching the entire flat area, there is some weird built up tension. When I cut the piece(s) loose the back wall instantly did a pucker.

Fitting the new piece. I am no good about putting my tools away so a little improvisation with some allen wrenches was needed. I will fine tune the bends a little more too.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 21 2018, 03:07 PM

A view from the side you will see. Hmm. I am going to attempt to remake this and shoot for a sharper line in by bend.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 21 2018, 05:26 PM

Made another test piece to see if I can get the profile a little sharper.


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Posted by: worn Nov 21 2018, 06:24 PM

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Made another test piece to see if I can get the profile a little sharper.

A bit too wide maybe? Depends on how you squint. But life is short. If you like, I bet we can get a signed affidavit absolving you of all guilt. Theses things bug the holy crp outa me. Not sure there’s a cure either.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 21 2018, 07:17 PM

That was just to test out if I could get the profile sharper. And yes, its off on the overall width

I ended up modifying the patch I previously made and got the edges a little more crisp. I am cleaning the hell out of the new and old metal as best I can. Wish me luck

Posted by: bbrock Nov 21 2018, 07:35 PM

Love the allen wrenches in the panel clamps beer.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 21 2018, 09:36 PM

It's in. No butt weld would be complete without being able to play musical stringers once your done.


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Posted by: bbrock Nov 21 2018, 11:51 PM

Well done!

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 24 2018, 03:56 PM

More work on this. I ended up having to weld the backside. Ground down and dealt with shrinkage of the joint. There are a couple of pinholes still, but I am going to quit while I am ahead and move onto something else. I'll come back to this later. Pretty happy with the results so far.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 24 2018, 06:40 PM

well done...dead pedal?? slap.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 24 2018, 06:56 PM

Yeah, yeah. I have so much OCD on the pedal that I am getting stagefright. Going to weld in the seat hinges next. I can then put in the driver seat and figure out the dead pedal.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 24 2018, 10:19 PM

seat hinge mount thingies in place.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 24 2018, 10:20 PM

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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 1 2018, 05:40 PM

Finishing up the oil cooler setup. I cut the opening a little bigger and used some of these nifty weld nuts I got from RD. I am going to have to re-glass the top flange of the cooler duct. Someone cut it a little short when they made it.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 1 2018, 05:51 PM

Fantastic....next....


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 1 2018, 06:06 PM

Are those two layers of steel with the grill in between? I can do it, but it won't look as pretty as that.

Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 1 2018, 06:10 PM

yes, but does not have to be ...your style... smash.gif welder.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 1 2018, 09:20 PM

Started with some 20g and will do two layers All the metal is cut up. Since I can't cut a straight line for the life of me I made the strips a little bit wider and it overlaps the oil cooler hole. I will will grind it down once all together. I Had the bottom piece cut but it tuned into a shitshow, will need to make a a template


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Posted by: defianty Dec 2 2018, 06:25 AM

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Started with some 20g and will do two layers All the metal is cut up. Since I can't cut a straight line for the life of me I made the strips a little bit wider and it overlaps the oil cooler hole. I will will grind it down once all together. I Had the bottom piece cut but it tuned into a shitshow, will need to make a a template



That's looking good, just how I started mine off. It's a fairly easy project that just takes time. When you consider what they cost to buy it's a rewarding task to complete yourself.

Here's mine for reference.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=310626&st=20
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=310626&st=100

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 2 2018, 08:13 AM

Thanks Stephen, now I remember seeing how one was built! I have to take note to look at your thread if I want to make something that i haven't done before and have it look good.

As soon as the coffee kicks in I will get back at it. I need to figure out grill material. I hope to find something that has some spine strength to it to keep its shape


Posted by: defianty Dec 2 2018, 08:58 AM

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Thanks Stephen, now I remember seeing how one was built! I have to take note to look at your thread if I want to make something that i haven't done before and have it look good.

As soon as the coffee kicks in I will get back at it. I need to figure out grill material. I hope to find something that has some spine strength to it to keep its shape


Good luck! One part I found essential was the fold in the metal across the top. Without it the whole thing lacked any rigidity.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 2 2018, 06:04 PM

Made some progress, only feel lukewarm about how it turned out. But I might change my mind after some more finishing.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 3 2018, 03:28 PM

A little lunch time bendy session. One bend is a little off, will fix that when I cut out the center hole. Next up is a stretch and shrink session to match the radius of the front of the tub. I get the shrink and stretch backwards, lets hope I don't screw that up


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Posted by: bbrock Dec 3 2018, 03:47 PM

Dude! You are kicking this thing's butt! Fun to watch.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 3 2018, 04:06 PM

stretch the top and shrink the bottom. It is close. will screw it down to the car and cut out the middle. My only fear here is that I have a bunch of tension built into the curve and once I get the inside free, it may be over bent

Thanks for the confidence vote Brent. Sixnotfour has spoken and I must obey laugh.gif


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 3 2018, 05:01 PM

How about them apples?

Really happy with this so far. The hole is very conservative, will cut to match the opening in the tub later. More fitting along the bottom is needed.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 3 2018, 08:07 PM

This turned out great. Even my Bavarian Princess has approved.


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Posted by: defianty Dec 4 2018, 03:16 AM

Love the perseverance! Great job!

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Love the perseverance! Great job!

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It's always great to see the practice of "do it 'til it's done!"

Way to set the example.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 4 2018, 02:12 PM

I appreciate the encouragement. You guys are tough to try to keep up with poke.gif

I ordered some mesh, based on Stephen's grill material from Pegasus

Coarse Mesh Stainless, #4 x.047 Wire, 18" x 24" Sheet

Posted by: 914forme Dec 4 2018, 08:11 PM

That should work just fine, keep going.

Posted by: Larmo63 Dec 4 2018, 10:13 PM

She looks so..........................................................enthused.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 4 2018, 10:22 PM

She is supervising my progress. I better hurry up..


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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 5 2018, 12:54 AM

new project ...keep her.....interested..

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 8 2018, 12:32 AM

Whipped up a dead pedal tonight. I did this similar to the factory GT part. A little fine tuning is needed and I'll weld up the corners & weld it to the tub. Getting the dynamat off the wheel well is an asspain.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 8 2018, 06:19 PM

Well, looky here. This thing is tiny and featherweight. I got the same battery (i think) as Andyrew was using.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 10 2018, 05:25 PM

Care package came from Pegasus racing, for the oil cooler grille (stainless). Now to figure out how to attach it to the mild steel frame. I have tried welding stainless to mild steel a long time ago, it wasn't pretty. I am thinking I can drill through the grille and just weld the mild steel front to the back. Can anyone offer some enlightenment?


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Posted by: mepstein Dec 10 2018, 06:16 PM

What about small tabs welded at each corner that hold in the screen without welding the screen to the frame.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 10 2018, 06:29 PM

That would be the easy button Mark!

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 13 2018, 04:48 PM

No work on the car this week.

However, I got a set of used Cibie H4's off of a 924. I think they are the z beams. one says DOT and one does not - otherwise the pattern on the lenses looks identical. not sure what I have here, but the price was good.


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Posted by: Retroracer Dec 13 2018, 05:22 PM

Travis RE: GT oil cooler grille

http://www.pbase.com/9146gt/oil_cooler_cover_support_grill_repro_finished

You may have seen this, but thought I'd post it on the thread anyway. This excellent set of photos document a real GT grille and a duplicate fabricated to match. Couple of points to note:

1) the grille material is not 'woven', it appears to be straight and just 'laid over'
2) the duplicate grille looks to have used epoxy or JB weld to secure the grille material to the frame

All this FYI. Keep posting on the build progress, BTW some great work in there!

- Tony

Posted by: mb911 Dec 13 2018, 06:03 PM

Travis the woven looks just fine. I was actually not going to run one at all but this has me thinking I might. From the pbase site it almost looks like it's staggered but maybe straight. Hard to tell..

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 13 2018, 06:17 PM

It does look straight on the pbase pictures, but I like the texture with the weave. Thanks for the link Tony! I have been poking around his site for ideas and totally missed this one. Ben, If I get this done in one shot I should have extra grill material, enough for one more and can send it to you gratis.

Posted by: 914forme Dec 13 2018, 06:29 PM

Z-beams look like these

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Your set looks more like the standard H4 European pattern with the sharp cut and the kick up the right side. They make a huge difference over the standard sealed beam head lamp.

Posted by: Larmo63 Dec 13 2018, 06:48 PM

I used the engine lid screen on my front end.

But I'm a hacker. beer.gif


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Your set looks more like the standard H4 European pattern with the sharp cut and the kick up the right side. They make a huge difference over the standard sealed beam head lamp.


I think you are right, they were just advertised as Cibie H4's. The ones I have have 19 & 47 on the glass and the top center vertical flutes have more flutes than your picture. I have Hella h4's and I think they are off a motorcycle - anyways they are chalked up/etched on the inside of the lenses. So it was time for a replacement and at $100.00 I don't think it was a bad deal.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 17 2018, 06:10 PM

I have to quit buying shit laugh.gif 914-6 rear calipers with a fresh rebuild came in the mail today from another world member.


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Posted by: 914forme Dec 17 2018, 06:36 PM

Yes it is very easy to do, lots of cool parts popping up. LOL I have my eye on a RSR speedo right now. Just not sure what they are worth. confused24.gif I guess is what ever I am willing to pay for it.

Nice find on the calipers, and you can't go wrong with the H4 upgrade either euro pattern or the legendary Z beams.


Posted by: mb911 Dec 17 2018, 07:08 PM

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It does look straight on the pbase pictures, but I like the texture with the weave. Thanks for the link Tony! I have been poking around his site for ideas and totally missed this one. Ben, If I get this done in one shot I should have extra grill material, enough for one more and can send it to you gratis.



Thanks.. I am still deciding on this.. Let me know when your done..

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QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Dec 13 2018, 04:17 PM) *

It does look straight on the pbase pictures, but I like the texture with the weave. Thanks for the link Tony! I have been poking around his site for ideas and totally missed this one. Ben, If I get this done in one shot I should have extra grill material, enough for one more and can send it to you gratis.



Thanks.. I am still deciding on this.. Let me know when your done..


I'm hoping you add the grills to your product list.- hint hint biggrin.gif

Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 17 2018, 07:30 PM

why torture yourself with venting clearance ??? 911 hand brake and cheep calis.......... wam bam pad changes

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 17 2018, 09:00 PM

I do have a set of SC rear calipers in good shape. Also a set of PMB redone 911 rear calipers with the spacers removed (just don't have the pins or spreaders). I saw the 914-6 calipers and couldn't resist.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 17 2018, 09:02 PM

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QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Dec 13 2018, 04:17 PM) *

It does look straight on the pbase pictures, but I like the texture with the weave. Thanks for the link Tony! I have been poking around his site for ideas and totally missed this one. Ben, If I get this done in one shot I should have extra grill material, enough for one more and can send it to you gratis.



Thanks.. I am still deciding on this.. Let me know when your done..


Will get to this sometime later this week. I am tied up right now with other distractions.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 18 2018, 09:30 PM

decisions,,decisions,,,

Posted by: mepstein Dec 18 2018, 09:45 PM

QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Dec 17 2018, 10:00 PM) *

I do have a set of SC rear calipers in good shape. Also a set of PMB redone 911 rear calipers with the spacers removed (just don't have the pins or spreaders). I saw the 914-6 calipers and couldn't resist.

Can’t go wrong with 914-6 calipers. They bolt right on and use affordable 911T rotors.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 22 2018, 05:18 PM

Grille is mostly done. I welded on a lip around the rear perimeter, sort of like an envelope. I am going to JB weld the corners of the mesh so it doesn't move around.

Ben, I'll ship out the leftover grille material next week.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 22 2018, 05:54 PM

no glue , a few plug welds,,

Posted by: 914forme Dec 22 2018, 07:31 PM

I would use a spot welder, nice and easy, not a huge risk of blowing through. A spot of JB weld to fix the height of the dimples, it can be used as a body filler. Actually it is really good as a filler.

If plug welding do them on the back, penetrate to the front. Don't blow thru, back the front up with a heat sink. I have a big copper spoon I use for this, really helps at times.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 24 2018, 04:00 PM

Done enough. I want to powder coat this, but there is some lines along the welds that I have ground down as far as I feel I can go. I am looking into filler that will withstand powder coat and has metal in it.

Not all things are perfect, on a couple plug welds I hit the stainless grill material and vaporized it. If you can't see it in the pics - good! Overall it turned out better than i thought I could do.

Now I gotta figure out the next mini project!


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Posted by: 914 Ranch Dec 24 2018, 04:05 PM

Nice Travis...

Posted by: mb911 Dec 24 2018, 04:05 PM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=447 looks great.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 25 2018, 02:38 PM

How about a GT lid? Sure why not.

I have a couple extra lids I picked up along the way. This one was from a 914 I towed backwards on a trailer. It was pretty exciting watching the rear trunk lid fly open while doing 70 and wrapping over the roof. So this one is a little bent up, like a metal taco. Perfect one to start with, seems Like I gotta do things 3 times to get it right.

I am going to try to replicate the center supports on the back instead of being one big whole. We'll see how it goes.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 25 2018, 03:52 PM

Started bending of the flanges.The center supports looks like it will work.


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Posted by: IronHillRestorations Dec 25 2018, 07:09 PM

I have an engine lid I got years ago that was done really nicely. They cut the frame off of the skin, and then cut out the solid section and left about 1/2 border, and they had flattened out a piece of engine grill and put it in the cut out. I'll post a pic if I can get it out of the rafters

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 25 2018, 07:57 PM

I would love to see that.

Posted by: Tdskip Dec 26 2018, 08:01 AM

Thanks for the update Travis, keen to see how this somes out.

Posted by: mb911 Dec 26 2018, 08:13 AM

Travis,

I forget if I documented my GT lid build.. I will see if I can find pictures or snap new ones.. I did mine a little different..

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 26 2018, 08:21 AM

Thanks Ben! I am shooting for a little bit different than just hogging out a hole.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 26 2018, 08:51 AM

I did some image searching and found a grille that has the look I am after on this first lid.


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Posted by: Tdskip Dec 26 2018, 01:25 PM

Is that grill "just" pattern metal from Home Depot?

Posted by: 914forme Dec 26 2018, 02:45 PM

extra engine grill I think he said for GT style engine lid. Or are you talking about the inlet grill for the oil cooler, that was sourced from Pegasus. Which is very close to Ben

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 26 2018, 02:45 PM

The grille is just a spare 914 engine lid grille. There are a lot of these that use whatever mesh material they can find.

More bending of the flanges.

Hey, I still need to find a couple of flat boxes so I can send you and Ben some xmas packages smile.gif


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Posted by: 914 Ranch Dec 26 2018, 03:02 PM

I used the grill from another cover for the upper part of the grill. I found that flatting out the edge flanges helps fitting it to the cover. Take the cup out of it.
I can't find a better picture and you have already seen this one.

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Travis, I also flattened out the leading edge. Maybe I can get you a better picture.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 26 2018, 05:14 PM

I am going to flatten out the mesh I have and re-bend to get the radius out of it. I'll also have to shrink it in a few spots, the mesh took a lot of damage

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 27 2018, 03:37 PM

inching along.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 30 2018, 07:36 PM

Successfully lightened up the cross brace. I also ditched the mesh support tabs and will pin the back edge of the grille to the flange I made. Anyone know where to get weldable pins?


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Posted by: 914forme Dec 30 2018, 07:42 PM

Do you have another engine grill, I would just cut them off and tack them on, and use the OEM push on retainers.

Or, you make the. Steel stock the size you need, grind a taper if you want to jazz them up a bit, and cut to size, use push on clips, or speed nuts.

The CSOB way, a couple of small machine screws and use some nuts, and loctite.

Posted by: Tdskip Dec 30 2018, 07:57 PM

Good progress

Posted by: mb911 Jan 1 2019, 06:54 AM

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Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 1 2019, 08:45 AM

Thanks for the pic Ben.

Hmm. Screw the pins, I weld the back grille in place! Also I see that the center supports should have more of a bow than what I have.

Posted by: Larmo63 Jan 1 2019, 12:35 PM

Nice progress on the engine lid., Travis.

I bought my lid from Sergio and bolted it on, I admire your ingenuity and skill.

Happy New Year!

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 1 2019, 03:27 PM

Thanks Lawrence. I had a couple of spare lids and had to give it a shot, plus I need something to do so i can stall getting the conversion done LOL.

Ready for media blast and powder coat.


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Posted by: Larmo63 Jan 1 2019, 05:36 PM

Nice job for a beginner. smilie_pokal.gif

You're probably not going to run the letters?

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 1 2019, 05:50 PM

I am gonna have to learn how to spell if I do.

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 1 2019, 05:51 PM

I am gonna have to learn how to spell if I do.

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 1 2019, 05:51 PM

I am gonna have to learn how to spell if I do.

Posted by: MotoringMan Jan 2 2019, 08:30 AM

Really nice work. Following

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I am gonna have to learn how to spell if I do.


Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 5 2019, 07:19 PM

The adventures of bracket man..


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Posted by: 914forme Jan 5 2019, 07:22 PM

Well Bracket man that is a super job

Posted by: bbrock Jan 5 2019, 08:30 PM

Nice work Bracket Man! thumb3d.gif

Posted by: Dion Jan 5 2019, 09:41 PM

Bracket Man, my hero! cheer.gif
Hey @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=447 I really like this set up.
Where did you obtain the filter? I also have the
PMO reg. & gauge. Will be using with Weber’s.
May I steal your idea. poke.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 5 2019, 10:39 PM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=2766

Absolutely! I got the filter from Summit and it wasn't a gazillion bucks.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/tfs-23006

My mount is right about at the crease in the fender well. I can get the canister off to replace the filter, just barely. I wanted to put it in the engine bay where the OE pump would go and then it would be a super easy R&R of the elements. But OCD set in and I started worrying about the engine bay heat and the aluminum being a heat sink.

The brackets were easy, I was trying to make a battery tray for my mini battery and bent it a little too short. I cut it in half and made 2 brackets out of the scrap, how lucky is that!

Posted by: Dion Jan 6 2019, 12:03 AM

Thanks Travis. Keep up the great work.

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 7 2019, 06:04 PM

Time to start thinking about the dead pedal again. This has the right amount of ridiculous for me. I will need to cut off the rear attachment piece (it was made for a floor dimmer switch) and figure out how to mount it. It is not magnetic so i can't weld it on.


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Posted by: 914forme Jan 7 2019, 06:17 PM

I like it, I would just counter bore two holes and just use machine screws to bolt it to you base.

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 8 2019, 07:51 PM

Followed your advice, I spotfaced the holes with a leftover milling bit, dished it with a large bit and then the hole for the screw shank. I am going to try to find some nuts that are mild steel instead of stainless so I can weld it to the back. Once the pedal is in place i wont be able to get back there again.

I also decided on going with my original oil line cover, it looks like hell because I am trying to fix up some of the screw ups.


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Posted by: 914forme Jan 8 2019, 08:05 PM

rivet nuts would also work

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 14 2019, 06:40 PM

Did some more work on the dead pedal. Added more to the attachment flange, drilled and belled a big huge hole in the side and filled in the top with some sheet metal.


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Posted by: 914forme Jan 14 2019, 07:45 PM

Bottom open I hope? That would be my suggestion just to keep it from trapping crap in cavity via the hole.

I do like it, just odd enough to make me biggrin.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 14 2019, 07:55 PM

Yes bottom open, top closed.

Posted by: bbrock Jan 14 2019, 08:09 PM

Hmm... something's missing...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1dCAQfkqyA

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 20 2019, 01:20 PM

Rebuilt the front of the passenger torque box, it was rotted through both layers of metal. I was able to save the outer flanged piece, that was the only part not rusted.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 26 2019, 09:12 AM

Time to revisit one of the first repairs I did. I have been hiding this ugly from all of you for a while - but here it is.

Well, when I put the trunk floor In I had to pull in the back panel in a good 3/4 of an inch along the center. While this will be covered by the bumper, I need to try and fix it a little better. I think I need to cut a slit in the back of the trunk floor and get the back panel flat again then stitch in metal along the cut.

I had to patch the back panel too as it was pitted through in a couple of spots. A long long time ago the rear panel and the passenger quarter were replaced with factory parts I think (red oxide primer on the backs on them). The panel has some crinkles in it too, time to remove some paint and figure out what's what.




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Time to revisit one of the first repairs I did. I have been hiding this ugly from all of you for a while - but here it is.


I have a couple of those spots hiding behind my rotisserie mounts too. popcorn[1].gif

Posted by: Tdskip Jan 26 2019, 10:35 AM

Look at all that unused shelving, someone quick get that man two or three more projects!

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 26 2019, 12:44 PM

Paint removed. Found some more rust and the backing plate didn't have any primer on it. I am thinking that the whole panel needs to come out. Something is not right with the inward bow where the trunk floor meets the back panel.

Plus I am not sure how to get to the drivers side damage and fix.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 26 2019, 04:20 PM

What an asspain!.I win..


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Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 26 2019, 06:25 PM

I could only get so far with straightening this side panel. not much access for a dolly. I cheated and used a torch to heat it up before I could beat it sorta back into shape. There was a few spots of braze and sure enough it was for some holes. This corner piece is shot.

So after all that, I cut out the corner and will have to make a replacement piece. It will be a challenge because of the curve.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 26 2019, 08:50 PM

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Posted by: mb911 Jan 27 2019, 09:02 AM

That is one tough spot to fab a part for. I always have considered just buying the entire back piece from restoration design for my car.. Though mine worked our pretty nicely..

Posted by: mepstein Jan 27 2019, 09:49 AM

914sixer sent me a part from a car he's cutting up. Maybe give him a PM.
@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=3457

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 27 2019, 11:30 AM

Kicking ass this morning, el fabricato


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Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 27 2019, 12:16 PM

Couple of pinholes and I have to trim the side to fit, other than that I am VERY happy how this turned out.


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Posted by: bbrock Jan 27 2019, 04:12 PM

Whoa! pray.gif pray.gif pray.gif

Posted by: Tdskip Jan 27 2019, 05:48 PM

Nice!

Posted by: Dion Jan 27 2019, 06:04 PM

Great work Travis.

Posted by: 914forme Jan 27 2019, 08:34 PM

exceptional work Travis, if you look back over the thread you can see your progression on skills. It is really neat to see.

Posted by: worn Jan 27 2019, 09:53 PM

QUOTE(bbrock @ Jan 26 2019, 07:41 AM) *

QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Jan 26 2019, 08:12 AM) *

Time to revisit one of the first repairs I did. I have been hiding this ugly from all of you for a while - but here it is.


I have a couple of those spots hiding behind my rotisserie mounts too. popcorn[1].gif

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But the paint is already on. I admire your persistence. Truly good work

Posted by: worn Jan 27 2019, 09:58 PM

QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Jan 27 2019, 10:16 AM) *

Couple of pinholes and I have to trim the side to fit, other than that I am VERY happy how this turned out.

Wow! And I have the same screw driver. Reflected glory. Unfortunately the rear is where the cars get hit a lot. Your car is fortunate.

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 29 2019, 11:12 AM

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I am either getting lucky or I am getting better.

Anyways. I was looking at the rear corners of the inner rear trunk. On the drivers side, there is a crease that almost looks factory. On the passenger side it does not have the same crease. It is a small thing and I wouldnt really worry about it - but I have access now.

The car always looked high on the passenger side rear even though the height from the rear jacking donuts were even from side to side. What do you all think. I am adding a pic from Cairo's car, you can clearly see this rear corner does not have the crease.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Feb 3 2019, 04:28 PM

I cut out the patches I put in and am starting over. found more rust and had to patch the bumper mount portion. Don't have a drill bit bit enough for the hole and my holesaws are too big. I will get to that later. Passenger side is done, driver side is next.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Feb 7 2019, 09:03 PM

Other side patched in. Have a little more hammer and dolly work and final sanding. At least its not all warped to hell like the last attempt!


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Posted by: ChrisFoley Feb 8 2019, 12:00 PM

Looks good.
When you're reattaching that panel, don't forget to test fit the rear bumper and check that the curvature matches before you weld it in solid.

Posted by: defianty Feb 8 2019, 12:35 PM

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Looks good.
When you're reattaching that panel, don't forget to test fit the rear bumper and check that the curvature matches before you weld it in solid.


agree.gif And the trunk lid too!

Coming along well Travis.

Posted by: TravisNeff Feb 8 2019, 01:43 PM

Was just thinking that same thing, it's close!


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Posted by: TravisNeff Feb 9 2019, 11:23 AM

A little metal work was needed along the bottom edge, it wants to flip outward. Getting closer though.


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Posted by: Tdskip Feb 9 2019, 01:18 PM

Thanks for the updates. Time, time, time, it all takes time.

Oh, and you are most certainly getting better.

:-)

Posted by: TravisNeff Feb 10 2019, 04:59 PM

Thanks TDSkip!

Farted around with the shrinker and it is close enough. Burned into place.


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Posted by: mb911 Feb 10 2019, 07:46 PM

Travis maybe I missed this but that looks like 75,76 replacement right rear 1/4 ?

Posted by: TravisNeff Feb 10 2019, 08:17 PM

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Travis maybe I missed this but that looks like 75,76 replacement right rear 1/4 ?



Yep Passenger quarter and rear panel had been replaced in a previous life. Gotta get that flange off while I am screwing around back there

Posted by: TravisNeff Feb 15 2019, 06:25 PM

Well I got rid of that 75-76 rear bumper flange lol-2.gif


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Posted by: Dion Feb 16 2019, 09:12 AM

Really nice progress. I do love those green rims with the silver... something about it...very cool. :-)

Posted by: sixnotfour Feb 16 2019, 11:19 AM

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Posted by: TravisNeff Feb 16 2019, 01:58 PM

Next up is fixing that door gap, they got the panel on all screwy. Its all brazed on and the went a little short so the gap is wide. Door closes great though! Anyways I got the bottom section fixed up and now moving onto the top side. I should have cut the whole thing out to make it easier. Oh well. Picturs later

Posted by: TravisNeff Feb 18 2019, 10:58 AM

You cannot leave me unsupervised. I noticed that the rear quarter next to the engine grille was sticking out a good 5mm more than the drivers side. So i drilled out most all the spot welds along the top and was able to get the panel close. However, the sail did not want to budge, there was something in the way.

Off comes the sail panel. When they repaired the car they left the flange on the roll bar piece, the old quarter panel and welded the new one on top. While they were digging around they cut and bent the roll bar structure out of the way. So I found that the bottom horizontal reinforcement piece was bent up in the back and that was causing my problem. I heated it up with a torch and beat the fucker back to where it should be.

Then Noticed the front horizontal reinforcement was cut and bent all to shit, so I made a new piece and welded it in.

No to figure out how to make the rear of the roll bar piece. I tried last night and it didn't turn out. I think I will have to make it in two pieces and weld it together.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Mar 8 2019, 10:10 PM

I got the rear part of the roll bar piece in and welded back on the sail. Will share a pic of that later.

Anyways, take a look at the passenger top of the door jamb. Lots of braze and the metal is like tin foil. I will have most likely cut it out and fab up a new piece, as it will just blow apart if I try to weld it.

So I was there scratching my head and figured I would take a look at how the drivers side was done and I would have a good reference. Well, what do you know. LOTS of bondo! Lessee what's under it? Ugh.


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Posted by: bbrock Mar 8 2019, 10:56 PM

Was the braze around the air vent tubes? If so, you can thank the factory for that. Makes it a pain to work in that area, but makes sense that they did it that way.

Posted by: TravisNeff Mar 8 2019, 11:09 PM

Drivers side door jamb had been replaced with a used. they lap/seam welded it on with braze. If they had it in nice and straight I would leave it be. but was done poorly and either I bondo bomb it like before or try and make it right. The door jamb was rust bubbling in a couple of spots where the quarter panel met the jamb, so the problem will come back if I don't get them apart and take care of it. Not sure about the snorkel.

I guess I am going to have learn a few new skills LOL.

Posted by: bbrock Mar 8 2019, 11:32 PM

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Drivers side door jamb had been replaced with a used. they lap/seam welded it on with braze. If they had it in nice and straight I would leave it be. but was done poorly and either I bondo bomb it like before or try and make it right. The door jamb was rust bubbling in a couple of spots where the quarter panel met the jamb, so the problem will come back if I don't get them apart and take care of it. Not sure about the snorkel.

I guess I am going to have learn a few new skills LOL.


Oh yuck! In a way, I was lucky mine were too far gone to save and had to replace with new RD pieces. One thing is for certain, it will be done right when you are finished with it. smilie_pokal.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Mar 8 2019, 11:45 PM

I didn't realize that RD made these pieces. More exploring tomorrow that may be the route to go on both sides.

Posted by: Tdskip Mar 9 2019, 11:02 AM

I've become a bit fan of buying pre-shaped panels, even if they need tweaking they are usually 1/4 the time/effort of hand making everything.

Posted by: TravisNeff Mar 10 2019, 01:29 PM

I figured I would take the paint off the edges of the quarters and doors. There was a weird angle on the front quarter. Pieces were rusty and the patch was junk. Looks like the drivers sail was replaced too. 1/4 of bondo to cover the welds.

Spent the morning fabbing parts




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Posted by: TravisNeff Mar 25 2019, 01:09 PM

Continuing to chip away at small stuff, but was distracted this past weekend.

My Daughter finally got her drivers license and I am a proud dad! The drivers exam person said in the few years she has been working there, only two people did the test with a manual trans. Ye-uh!

Anyways I worked on polishing up the paint and tending to the little details on her new ride. I hope she gets bored of it and wants a different car, I am ready to scoop this up from her when that day comes smile.gif


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Posted by: TravisNeff Apr 15 2019, 09:00 AM

Picked up a new ride. 2006 gto with 44k miles. Got it from my dad and drove it down from Bellingham over the weekend. Vroom!


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Posted by: Tdskip Apr 15 2019, 09:35 AM

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Picked up a new ride. 2006 gto with 44k miles. Got it from my dad and drove it down from Bellingham over the weekend. Vroom!


Score!

I think these are WAY underappreciated.

Posted by: Ferg Apr 15 2019, 12:03 PM

Nice GTO, I had an 06 for a while. Loved it, my neighbors not so much, it was not stock. laugh.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 3 2019, 01:17 PM

Been busy with life and other never ending projects. Anyways, I got the car back onto the ground and hopefully gives me a little more inspiration to move forward.

I am replacing the passenger door jam, and have to figure out how to massage the door gaps at the back of the door before I weld it in. The passenger side gap is about 10mm at the top. The lockplate is at 1039mm as it should be.

I have a feeling there is more massaging to do on the rear quarter. I hope I don't have to cut it. This has always been a problem on this car, the rear quarter was replaced at some point and they didn't get it right.


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Posted by: JOEPROPER Nov 3 2019, 05:40 PM

Slow and steady wins the race. beer3.gif

Posted by: horizontally-opposed Nov 3 2019, 05:51 PM

QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Nov 3 2019, 12:17 PM) *

Been busy with life and other never ending projects. Anyways, I got the car back onto the ground and hopefully gives me a little more inspiration to move forward.

I am replacing the passenger door jam, and have to figure out how to massage the door gaps at the back of the door before I weld it in. The passenger side gap is about 10mm at the top. The lockplate is at 1039mm as it should be.

I have a feeling there is more massaging to do on the rear quarter. I hope I don't have to cut it. This has always been a problem on this car, the rear quarter was replaced at some point and they didn't get it right.


All I hear is blah blah blah (but damn, what ABOUT those green-centered Fuchs on a gray car wub.gif wub.gif wub.gif) blah blah blah...

Ah yes, and another thought occurred earlier: That E39 will forever ruin your daughter for sport sedans. Those were brilliant when new, particularly when equipped with the Sport Package but all of the 525/528/530s were great to drive—to the point you had to wonder if anyone could exceed their balance.

And, all these years later, I am not sure anyone has.

Now back to your regularly scheduled bodywork. I may need to send my 914 your way, as a thrice-fixed rust spot on one fender continues to react/bubble forth. I admire your thoroughness...

Posted by: rhodyguy Nov 3 2019, 06:50 PM

Those Holdens are dandy cars.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 10 2019, 06:47 PM

The cutting continues. Turns out the sail panel on the drivers side was replaced at some point. They didn't do a butt weld, but a lap weld and left a good half inch of the sail behind the fender.

I cut through the weld and pulled out the excess metal and will be able to butt weld the joint. To make that fit the way they did, the fender line is a bit lower than the top of the door. I am hoping to get the shape back a little better.

At the back of that joint was some seriously jacked up metal, cut that out and made a patch for it. Put a new door jamb in and tacked it to the body.


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Posted by: Tdskip Nov 10 2019, 07:44 PM

Thanks for the update(s). Nice work.

Posted by: pete-stevers Nov 10 2019, 08:53 PM

Great looking project!!! piratenanner.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 10 2019, 10:34 PM

Frankensteined. I haven't welded in a lotta months, we will see how this looks once ground down.


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Posted by: porschetub Nov 11 2019, 01:29 PM

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Those Holdens are dandy cars.


That they are,I drove the second one manual one imported to my country ,Holden stopped making them which was strange as they sold pretty well,word is parts are very hard to find as GM Australia destroyed the tooling specific to this model.

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 11 2019, 07:54 PM

Parts are hard to come by, there are a few places that snatched up what was on the shelves, but they don't have everything. It's a fun and nice driving car, pulls like a freight train. The mustang gives up the power a little easier though.


First pass of grinding, I'll need to bodywork along the long seam before I do anymore.


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Posted by: 914 Ranch Nov 12 2019, 05:42 AM

Thanks Travis, nice updates...

Posted by: TargaToy Nov 12 2019, 11:49 AM

QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Mar 25 2019, 02:09 PM) *

Continuing to chip away at small stuff, but was distracted this past weekend.

My Daughter finally got her drivers license and I am a proud dad! The drivers exam person said in the few years she has been working there, only two people did the test with a manual trans. Ye-uh!



Looking great, Travis. Congrats on the progress!

It's cool that your daughter drives a manual. I'm the father of 3 daughters and the rule in our house was that everybody's first car had to be a manual. It was always cool that most of their male friends could only drive automatics and they were showing up to school in a 5 speed Supra.

But I digress. I wanted to comment on your daughter's Def Leppard shirt. You've evidently imparted some other good influences such as music. One of my favorite 80's bands. First album I ever bought was Pyromania.

Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 20 2019, 01:02 PM

I thought I should dig out your B-day present,,kinda got a bit nervous when all I saw was this....


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Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 20 2019, 01:04 PM

Went to another undisclosed area and found this...
H-Bday..


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 20 2019, 01:22 PM

Woohoo!

Funny story. For my 40th birthday I bought myself a 3.2 DME engine and was in on the group buy for the flares. I found out that I was in a position to buy a house and sold those items off. So, 10 years later.. I get to finish what I started. Happy Day

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 27 2019, 10:06 PM

Chipping away at it. Replaced the passenger door jamb, still some clean up to do. And ended up replacing the sail panel. More bodywork is needed as it caved in when I welded it. Getting there..


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Posted by: bbrock Nov 27 2019, 10:12 PM

Love it! welder.gif

Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 28 2019, 11:33 AM

slight delay, i last saw them ...


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Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 28 2019, 01:39 PM

No worries. I have stuff to fix before I am ready. I ordered some clekos this morning

Posted by: horizontally-opposed Nov 28 2019, 01:50 PM

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Woohoo!

Funny story. For my 40th birthday I bought myself a 3.2 DME engine and was in on the group buy for the flares. I found out that I was in a position to buy a house and sold those items off. So, 10 years later.. I get to finish what I started. Happy Day


Similar thing happened when we had the chance to buy a house...914 came back from paint and sat for a long time.

But also gotta say…your 914 is cooler without the flares. I thought about them, too, and love the 914 both ways, but appreciate the narrow cars more and more as the years pass.

Happy Thanksgiving, Travis!!

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 28 2019, 06:33 PM

Thanks Pete. I like them both ways too. But I have gone this far, might as well go all in. Next one will will be a narrow body. I have another 1/2 a car in parts.

Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 30 2019, 05:53 PM

Pete has me thinking...


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Posted by: horizontally-opposed Nov 30 2019, 05:56 PM

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Pete has me thinking...


With your skillset—and your 914's current state—you ought to call John Holleran at Holleran's Performance. He does the best "NB" rear flares I've ever seen. One very long cut, and then a shorter one plus a bit of metal. Almost invisible, with the only clue being the "shoulder" up top gets a bit wider. Otherwise very hard to tell. But the car looks better. And the rear fender still ties into the rockers in front of and in back of the rear wheel properly.

It's worth it, IMO, and I may be following suit. John should have some pics.

Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 30 2019, 07:08 PM

uh 951.....8x16.....ask your realtor.............I have no more.
................................9x15s

Posted by: TravisNeff Nov 30 2019, 07:15 PM

I wish I had the cash for 15x9's and the damn tires that fit.

Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 3 2019, 02:46 PM

I can ship the flairs anywhere , boxed ready to go ...wherever..LMK

Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 3 2019, 02:56 PM

7.5x16......just off the golf...only prob. is the look no lip..,,made from 6x16s


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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 3 2019, 03:07 PM

7x16 china cheep,,but fit...let me help you spend momoney..


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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 3 2019, 03:10 PM

1yr only C4S wheel,,all 4 here are 7x16....


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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 3 2019, 03:28 PM

Fiskie this Fiskie that, Momoney 17x7.5 ,,have 4


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Posted by: bigkensteele Dec 3 2019, 05:10 PM

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QUOTE(TravisNeff @ Nov 30 2019, 03:53 PM) *

Pete has me thinking...


With your skillset—and your 914's current state—you ought to call John Holleran at Holleran's Performance. He does the best "NB" rear flares I've ever seen. One very long cut, and then a shorter one plus a bit of metal. Almost invisible, with the only clue being the "shoulder" up top gets a bit wider. Otherwise very hard to tell. But the car looks better. And the rear fender still ties into the rockers in front of and in back of the rear wheel properly.

It's worth it, IMO, and I may be following suit. John should have some pics.

That is exactly what I want to do to accommodate my 951 16x8s. Please post pics if you can dig any up.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 4 2019, 09:41 AM

Look up Muellers frankenflares. This is close to what was described. I had to find these on Rennlist.


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 4 2019, 09:46 AM

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7x16 china cheep,,but fit...let me help you spend momoney..



HAHA! I am going to stick with those 16x8's 10.6ET that I bought from you and give it the same crazy green treatment with the GT flares. I figure that a 21mm spacer behind those in the rear would give me the same offset to the outside of the rim as a 15x9 ET3. From there I can find out how much work would be to make them fit. And then when i win the lottery I can pick up a pair of the 15x9's

Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 5 2019, 11:51 AM

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Look up Muellers frankenflares. This is close to what was described. I had to find these on Rennlist.

Or Tangerine Racing


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Posted by: Gearup Dec 5 2019, 03:28 PM

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Well onto the not so fun stuff. Rust Repair. Several years ago I bought a mig welder and went crazy welding everything in sight. I welded in an engman inner long kit and got the longs too hot which fuquered up my door gaps. I was able to fix this with some good advice here on the site. Since then I have been leary of welding on the car.

Rear trunk floor is shot. I cut this out and have an RD panel to replace it. I also scored a heat shield from a member here. I tossed my old one years ago when it was rattling around in my swiss style trunk floor.

The rear panel on the car was replaced at some point in it's life and only one trunk support survived. I was able to fab up a couple of supports. I also had to weld in new metal to the rear panel as it was rusting where it met the trunk floor. This was an ugly job, I will edit this post later when I take a pic. Good thing the bumper covers that crap up!


Hey there. What heads are those that you used to get the paint off. Are they metal bristle. I’m about to get in my trunk and remove all the old layers of paint and redo? Thanks, Brett

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 5 2019, 08:45 PM

24 or 36 grit reloc disks on an air die grinder. An angle grinder with a knotted wire wheel. On the big panels a da with a 36 grit disk.

Posted by: horizontally-opposed Dec 5 2019, 09:33 PM

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Look up Muellers frankenflares. This is close to what was described. I had to find these on Rennlist.


^ Yep, that's the road. It's been done many times, though getting it so it looks like it came that way seems to be rarely accomplished. The rear fenders don't look pulled, and the only clue that they're flared is that the "shoulder" of the top of the rear fender is a bit wider...noticeable mainly where the crease begins and heads up to the targa bar. It's a very slick look, but hard to find good pictures of. I've seen in on maybe 2-3 cars. A yellow 914-6 that was in VW & Porsche magazine years ago (iirc), a dark blue 914 six conversion that sadly burned, and a 914 in the east bay area that had custom widened VW wheels with dog-dish hub caps. Was still in primer, but it looked killer.

I like the Tangerine look, too, but it is immediately noticeable.


Posted by: JRust Dec 5 2019, 10:31 PM

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^ Yep, that's the road. It's been done many times, though getting it so it looks like it came that way seems to be rarely accomplished. The rear fenders don't look pulled, and the only clue that they're flared is that the "shoulder" of the top of the rear fender is a bit wider...noticeable mainly where the crease begins and heads up to the targa bar. It's a very slick look, but hard to find good pictures of. I've seen in on maybe 2-3 cars. A yellow 914-6 that was in VW & Porsche magazine years ago (iirc), a dark blue 914 six conversion that sadly burned, and a 914 in the east bay area that had custom widened VW wheels with dog-dish hub caps. Was still in primer, but it looked killer.

I like the Tangerine look, too, but it is immediately noticeable.

I wonder how long ago was the blue six & if it was a 2.7? I bought a burned one mid 2000's that had a serious engine fire. Bought it for the full 5 lug suspension. This one was a nice car before the fire. Although the heat brought out some bond on the flares section across the top. Looks like they cut the top & pull it out an inch or so. Welded a joiner plate from the bottom side. Then filled the gap with bondo. I bet it looked great before. I got a bunch of very nice parts off that car. Not even sure it was the same one but just sounds about right. I haven't some across to many 914's flared like that

Posted by: horizontally-opposed Dec 5 2019, 10:56 PM

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I wonder how long ago was the blue six & if it was a 2.7? I bought a burned one mid 2000's that had a serious engine fire. Bought it for the full 5 lug suspension. This one was a nice car before the fire. Although the heat brought out some bond on the flares section across the top. Looks like they cut the top & pull it out an inch or so. Welded a joiner plate from the bottom side. Then filled the gap with bondo. I bet it looked great before. I got a bunch of very nice parts off that car. Not even sure it was the same one but just sounds about right. I haven't some across to many 914's flared like that



Almost has to be the one. Very pretty dark blue (metallic, I think) six conversion with those flares, a 2.7, five-lug wheels (951 16s, all polished, last time I saw the car). Built by a high school guy who was the son of a Porsche mechanic. I think he did everything on the car himself back then, or alongside his dad, and learned a lot in the process. Would have been circa 1990-1992. He sold it to a high school kid whose dad had an Abarth (double bubble?) to fund his next build, I think?

So what happened to the tub? The "kid" who did built that car is in his 40s now and did my six conversion and built my 2.2. Very talented and very nice guy who has done probably a dozen six conversions and who knows how many engines. He's built another 914 for himself, but was just mentioning how much he wishes he hadn't sold his high school car.

Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 6 2019, 12:40 AM

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I like the Tangerine look, too, but it is immediately noticeable.

thats because they are bigger..9s

really noticeable..yellow 914/ Galen Beiker..88 vw porsche, mag. ...9x15s

green -6 951-8s

I had 951 8s with 245/50s, used a 1x4 to roll em,,wheels now on movequick's yellow 914, his shop had a hell of a time ??+
my white 914..burnt paint is from misc 7s......body is now back to factory..aka back to mom


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Posted by: 914forme Dec 6 2019, 07:49 PM

My -4 race car was flared like that, not pretty but I had a week to do it between races. And it ran that way for years.

Takes 3 cuts one at the top, and one about mid way up the side in front of the wheel, and one on the rear to keep the shape of the wheel arch. Then pull out to where you want, and run a filler in all the areas. My car ran a bit of bondo to get it a 20/20 car, 20 feet and 20 mph, it looked stock.

In reality there is plenty of metal in there if you wanted to stretch it a bit. Lots of time with a palm nailer and a polished head will get it done. They also now make heads for short stroke air chisels you can move some serious metal with them.

I did it all by hand with my trusty English leg wheel. A leather purse with a bag of shot zipped in it, don't tell the wife, it had a bunch of ugly ass Gs all over it, it was just calling me to hit it with a hammer for days on end. She complained a year latter about a Gucci this or that, confused24.gif

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No it was a cheap leather purse all black that she gave me. Luckily she is not into fancy purse with Gs, just cars, specifically German cars that tend to cost me more coin than a purse with a G on it.

I am one lucky SOB

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 6 2019, 09:23 PM

Needed to get some tires for rollers for the 16x8's. Found on the facebook classifieds brand new set of RE-11 225/50/16. Date codes are a bit old (2015), but price was good. They don't make these in 16 anymore. He threw third one in gratis.


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Posted by: Tdskip Dec 6 2019, 09:25 PM

I spy a not so hidden 911....

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 6 2019, 09:28 PM

The parts car? yes smile.gif

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 6 2019, 10:01 PM

parts o plenty


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 6 2019, 10:06 PM

QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Dec 3 2019, 02:28 PM) *

Fiskie this Fiskie that, Momoney 17x7.5 ,,have 4


Can you even get hoops anymore for the Fikse wheels? They'd look awful good on the 911. Here's my favorite narrow body iroc look. I have the early turbo tail and rubber in my stash



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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 7 2019, 05:00 AM

I bought hoops for fiske's in corvette /chev forums,,,,they bend em up pretty often,,well they used to.10 yrs ago they where still around..
I had em on a 930, untill I sold it ..the guy totaled the 930 with in a month and got em back,,
what was 17 is now 18,19,20..

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 7 2019, 02:15 PM

Busy morning today. Got the tires mounted, the re-11 tires run really wide, more like a 245 carcass.

Then a ring at the doorbell and I have a big box from Jeffe'

I know that these repro flares need some adjustments right out of the box. Trying to figure out where that has to be is a little puzzling.

If I put the flares up and the lower lip matches the bottom of the fender return, the main wheel opening is about 1/2" higher than the stock wheel opening. If I move it down so that it matches closely to the existing fender openings (front, back & top of the lip), i will need to do some work to the bottom of the flares where they meet the fenders.

I also think that the top of the fender, the flare should be more flat. Looking for input.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 7 2019, 03:59 PM

those 8s blasted up well....
the front of the rear , and the rear of the front will be your last thing to think about ten times..


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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 7 2019, 04:04 PM

since your showing ass draggers, here is my 87, 10yrs ago, yellow bird bumpers,
16x9, 951 -8s,,, now has RS brmpers/long hood..sorta...


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 7 2019, 05:18 PM

QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Dec 7 2019, 02:59 PM) *

those 8s blasted up well....
the front of the rear , and the rear of the front will be your last thing to think about ten times..



Perfect! thank you very, very much. C & D are good. The only thing I am battling with now is that there is a couple mm variance along the top/long edge of the wheel opening. +2mm at the front. I am gonna have to do a little bending at the leading top edge of the edge of the flare.

Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 7 2019, 08:04 PM

Cleco freak-o


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Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 8 2019, 09:13 PM

A little more work done. Cut out some of the rear fender and did a test fit of the rear wheels. The flare needed a little work (that's why there is a ton of clecos back there. The rear top corner wants to pull out. Fixed some of that; but will need more work,

Measured up and locked down the front passenger side. This will need less work


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Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 10 2019, 05:40 AM

Lookin Hippy

Posted by: mb911 Dec 10 2019, 06:51 AM

QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Dec 7 2019, 01:59 PM) *

those 8s blasted up well....
the front of the rear , and the rear of the front will be your last thing to think about ten times..



@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=2744 how accurate is the through hood filler location?

Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 10 2019, 09:53 AM

QUOTE(mb911 @ Dec 10 2019, 05:51 AM) *

QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Dec 7 2019, 01:59 PM) *

those 8s blasted up well....
the front of the rear , and the rear of the front will be your last thing to think about ten times..



@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=2744 how accurate is the through hood filler location?


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Posted by: 914forme Dec 10 2019, 10:15 AM

QUOTE(mb911 @ Dec 10 2019, 07:51 AM) *

QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Dec 7 2019, 01:59 PM) *

those 8s blasted up well....
the front of the rear , and the rear of the front will be your last thing to think about ten times..



@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=2744 how accurate is the through hood filler location?


Ben @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=9892 I would put some play doe on your fuel cap high enough that it will squish when lid is closed. Then trim play do to the be just the cap, mark the center. Add a small piece of lip stick. You decide the color, place that right in the center of your center marks. And shut the lid. Now you know the center, and you can work it out from their.

Due to fit and fitment issues, I would not trust measurements from one car to another.

Back to Travis' build, really liking the work

Posted by: TravisNeff Jan 11 2020, 06:25 PM

Front passenger flare is mostly on. Still have to finish welding at the bottom and found a couple of pinholes when I was grinding down. Then onto body working it. The rear and front of the quarter panel is thin from previous work and the first tack weld it start falling in.

Lots of ripples in the top of the flare and I think it should have a little more shape. Anyways, progress.


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Posted by: 914forme Jan 11 2020, 07:02 PM

Progress is always good

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