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> Front trunk Floor pan, Progress thread
peteyd
post Sep 27 2011, 01:31 PM
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Alright, I spoke a while back that I was going to start producing the Front trunk pan. I already have all the steel and all the CAD work done, so all I need to do is prep the steel and start cutting!

I wanted to start a thread here for all to follow the progress and also to get a better idea of what goes on at Restoration Design. I am the one in charge of designing and making all the dies here for the 914, 911, 912, and 356's. I have only made two small dies( pedal cluster support, seat mount bracket) for the 914 so far so I wanted to make something else that was in need.

I started with an NOS full floor pan. The one that runs from the firewall all the way to the front trunk pan. Brought that away to get a digital scan and then from there I designed the male and female halves of the die.

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post Sep 27 2011, 01:38 PM
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First the drawings of the Female die

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and the Male die

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post Sep 27 2011, 01:41 PM
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Moved to the Garage.


And please, don't use BMP images. They don't show on webpages. Use JPG or PNG instead ...

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post Sep 27 2011, 01:43 PM
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Awesome!

I always wondered what the large holes in the bottom of the car floors and trunks are for. When I was doing some repainting in the front trunk of my car a circular cover that fit over 1 of the 2 holes in the bottom of the front trunk came off. It appeared to be siliconed over the hole. Any idea what they are for? I was just going to silicon the metal circle back in the place it came from. The holes are circular but have what look like some sort small tabs cutout on them as well.

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post Sep 27 2011, 01:47 PM
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QUOTE(lrm914 @ Sep 27 2011, 12:43 PM) *
Any idea what they are for?

Best guess would be for the spot-welding robot arms to go through to get into the corners.

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post Sep 27 2011, 01:52 PM
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post Sep 27 2011, 01:54 PM
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Just so you guys can picture what will be happening...

the female first

Cut with 4.5 inch face mill then cut with 1.5 inch bullnose

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next 1.25inch ballnose and then finish off with .5 inch ballnose

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post Sep 27 2011, 01:56 PM
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Male half...

Pretty much the same tools as the female.

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And also the drawpad...

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post Sep 27 2011, 02:19 PM
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This is pretty awesome. Any chance you'll ever create the whole piece as one( front trunk pan, front rear pans)?
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post Sep 27 2011, 02:40 PM
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post Sep 27 2011, 02:41 PM
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Very nice!
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post Sep 27 2011, 02:45 PM
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post Sep 27 2011, 03:05 PM
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I dont have a press that can handle a die that large, and that die would cost way too much money to be justified.


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This is pretty awesome. Any chance you'll ever create the whole piece as one( front trunk pan, front rear pans)?

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post Sep 27 2011, 03:23 PM
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I'm going to have to swing by and check this out sometime ... I know of a certain orange 72' body shell that could use some steel where the A/C condenser hole is.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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post Sep 27 2011, 03:32 PM
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post Sep 27 2011, 04:54 PM
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Awesome work !!! How about a lower windshield cowl, any chance ??
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post Sep 27 2011, 05:02 PM
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Rust, have some of mine...
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post Sep 27 2011, 06:24 PM
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This really is awesome. Thanks for helping us keep some neat, old cars on the road. Keep up the good work! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Sep 28 2011, 06:36 AM
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WOW is all I can say. I just love to see that these parts are made and available to save our cars. BRAVO!
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post Sep 28 2011, 07:23 AM
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That is fantastic...I am sure you will sell many of these because they do rust a
lot here. Having new front suspension attachment points will be really nice on
rusty and front hit cars.

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