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Front trunk Floor pan, Progress thread |
peteyd |
Sep 27 2011, 01:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
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 |
Nov 18 2011, 03:17 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,305 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
They have been made - Mittlemotor sells them.
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SirAndy |
Nov 18 2011, 03:28 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,669 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
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) |
peteyd |
Nov 18 2011, 05:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
The problem is John will not sell just the 914 tooling. He wants to sell his business as a whole. I don't know where he is in that process currently, but he said there was an interested party.
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) |
SirAndy |
Nov 18 2011, 06:44 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,669 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
The problem is John will not sell just the 914 tooling. He wants to sell his business as a whole. I don't know where he is in that process currently, but he said there was an interested party. The problem with John is that he's saying that same line for over 10 years now. Some 8 years ago, i sat on the table with him and an interested party that had the money to close the deal on said table. John managed to drag it out until the interested party was not interested anymore. He could have sold the whole lot right then and there. Honestly, i don't think he really wants to sell the business ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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