GT Type Fuel Cap for the Rocket is almost finished, Bat Handle Parts Cut,Formed & Ready 4 Tig Welding Options

[RON S.]

My next project for the rocket will be to convert the Fuel and oil caps over to the Blau 110mm for the fuel, and 80mm cap for the oil tank.

I just received these caps today from a guy over in Europe. I answered an old posting in the classifieds over on the bird board, and I shocked that he still had a few sets left. I got the caps and the filler necks. The Fuel cap is as received, and is actually polished Stainless Steel. The oil cap is polished Aluminum. Both are genuine Blau caps as stamped on the bottom. Made in Austria.

The caps in the pics are just laid there for size reference.

On the fuel side I am going to have the fuel cap go up through the hood, and have a locking gas gap hidden below the Blau cap when it is removed. The Blau gap will be secured with a lanyard to keep it from getting stolen. I'm going to raise mine up high enough so the cap is level with the hood line.

On the oil side I'll probably butcher up a 911 oil inlet to mount the cap to.

Both caps will have a handle made to remove them easily like the GT units. This looks to be a good fall project.

Ron

[Harpo]

Here is what I have come up with so far. The Ford gas tank neck is proud of the Porsche neck by 10mm. Waiting patiently for the blau caps from the neatherlands.

[911_2.2T]

Waiting patiently for the blau caps from the neatherlands.

David,
The caps and necks are on its way (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif)
I have one set left currently, but I can get more Fuel caps and necks if needed to make new sets. Just became a member of this community since I was surprised by the sudden interest in the sets...

Ron,
Great job on this! You might want to make the fin a little less high up.
I'll drop you a picture of the one I have on my 911 hotrod.
You might want to make a dozen or more of these, I think there is plenty of interest for separate polished fins.
(and apologies for hyjacking this post)

As a side note on the sets I have:
I actually started offering these as a set when there was little interest in just the oil caps, to get rid of my stock.
The Oil caps are actually the rare part of this set, since they are the genuine 60's - 70's Aluminum Blau artifact with cork seal and all. If you watch the Le Mans movie closely, you will see a shot of the pits with the mechanics working the 917 where they have 2 of these oil caps lying around between the tools.
I doubt that anyone else is currently offering these same Oil caps, they have been NLA for over 20 years or more. I happened to stumble on some old stock in Austriaand bought the guys entire box (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)

Currently more fiddeling with the 911's, but I must say that the 914-6GT is an appealing machine! My current ride is here:
http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums/sh...ighlight=hotrod