Front trunk Floor pan, Progress thread Options

[peteyd]

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.

[mepstein]

They have been made - Mittlemotor sells them.

[SirAndy]

They have been made - Mittlemotor sells them.

Ok, then let me rephrase that: Someone should really buy his tooling and make them for a price that is less that what the average 914 is worth.

Is that better? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[mepstein]

They have been made - Mittlemotor sells them.

Ok, then let me rephrase that: Someone should really buy his tooling and make them for a price that is less that what the average 914 is worth.

Is that better? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

I think it would be risky to duplicate a product that is already being made and sells to a very small audience. There are still a lot of used heat exchangers floating around for guys on a budget. Maybe a group buy?

What about resto design making steel bumpers?

Especially a front bumper with a GT oil cooler cutout.

[peteyd]

Is there really a market for steel bumpers? I thought that there are plenty of used bumpers out there still.