Are my gaps too wide!, Maybe it's just me . . . |
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Are my gaps too wide!, Maybe it's just me . . . |
3d914 |
Feb 14 2016, 03:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,275 Joined: 24-September 03 From: Benson, AZ Member No.: 1,191 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Doing some test fitting on the SHO-914 and noticed that the gaps between the trunk lid and quarter panels seems a bit excessive. I know these cars are hand built - but just checking. One side shows just over 1/4in and the other is at 5/16in.
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Tom_T |
Feb 14 2016, 04:55 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Gerard - they look too wide to me - maybe 1/2 that much is correct, but you'd have to look at their 8 vol factory manual for the exact spec width cuz I don't recall offhand - just going by what my mental eye remembers from judging a bunch of 914s at PCA concours since `09.
If that's a stock steer lid & not cut down width or GRF or CFR lightweight lid, then the fenders were set too wide in a repair or rebuild sometime in the past. If it's GFR/CFR then those can come out odd sizes & you can do resin build-up on the edges out to the proper size & smooth it before painting. If it's a stock steel that someone cut down, then best to get another full sized lid from someone (Bruce Stone or Glen out here in SoCal, or that place on 20th in PHX probably has some). If it's not a lid problem, then you're cutting & rear welding that unibody, & you'll probably need a Cellette bench (analog or digital/laser) to get the points back to correct & check everything else on the unibody out to make sure it's not tweaked or wanked & improperly repaired before by someone. Otherwise you'll be "Crabbing" down the road, chewing up tires along the way! You can get the manuals + some other bonus ones on that CD from AA & it's well worth having one on hand anyway - digital &/or hard copy! Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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