Mittlemotors right inner long, An update for those who maybe interested Options

[Luke M]

I'm in the process of repairing my 914-6 right long section.
I've purchased several items from RD for the repair. I also have the repo AA right long section which is similar to what RD sells. I looked over all the new sheet metal and the more I looked it over i started noticing differences between the org vs repo. I wanted an org replacement part for my 6 so I went on the hunt.
Long story short the right long section is a hard part to come by. So now I'm looking for as much OE sheet metal as possible. A thread came up from another member who was repairing his 6 as well. ( http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...285296&st=0 ). He was going to source a right long section from Mittlemotors in Germany.

I got a hold of Mittlemotors and have been working with the parts guy there about a right inner long. I was told a few weeks ago that they where out of stock but would place an order for a few more. The last email that I received was to update me that the part is being made. Once they receive the part I would receive an email with pics to confirm my order.
The cost of the part will depend on the exchange rate and the shipping would be around 100 Euro to me.

I'll keep updating as I receive more info on this.

[Mark Henry]

Since I went to the RD open house I'll give you my impressions.

RD is a top notch outfit.
They are pumping out new dies as fast as they can, but the sheer amount of time that goes into a single die set is staggering, even with all their cool tools. Although some of their parts are small, something like the 914 trunk is carved out of not one but two 2500lbs chunks of steel. Even with the CNC mill once the it comes off the mill you are talking hundreds of hours of hand polishing. They must of have been a dozen new dies waiting to be polished.
Some dies can have thousands of hours into them before it stamps a single part.

Add to this the fact they also have to keep the 356 and 911 crowds happy, 914 parts alone won't keep the lights on. So they will also have to expand into other markets, in fact they already have with several BMW 2002 parts.

There's more 914 parts in the pipeline, but I'll keep what I know under my hat, that's for Pete to announce when they are ready.

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