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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ OT: I kind of hi-jacked the tubing bender thread

Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 7 2006, 09:01 PM

There seemed to be some interest in a project I worked on many years ago now. I never took pictures, it wasn't my car or even my project. I was brought in to lend some expertise. I built a bender to form an arch shaped roll bar for this hand built 928 roadster.

We then welded sheetmetal to the back of the bar to form a wing shape, made a third brake light with a custom formed lens. Then the guy that did my Pasha seats in my 914 covered the bar with tan leather. He used a cool baseball stitch on it, all hand sewn.

Larry found this video from Barrett/Jackson.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1419371759233896200&q=Porsche+928&pl=true

Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 7 2006, 09:14 PM

Here's the same car. I did some of the glas work also. The body was all hand formed. Lots of filler, glas, filler. This car didn't have door glass or a top. The winsheild is from Saab 900. It is used upside down and recut. I modified the push botton release for the trunk lid. The trunk is so small there isn't room for a golf bag. I always hated it.

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Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 7 2006, 09:18 PM

This is a couple of generations later. This car has a working power top that hides under a hard cover. It lost the roll bar though. The projector lamps are from a Saab IIRCC. I helped with the final shape of this car.

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Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 7 2006, 09:29 PM

Here's the rear. My upholstry friend and I made those rear lenses with a propane paint baking unit I have. We made a female die set to sandwich lexan then heated it up and pressed it over a male plug.

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