Bondo Bill Built - 914 Station Wagon, 914 Wagon Options

[preach]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VKjf08hunc

Ouch. And the guy that supposedly built it originally was named Bondo Bill...

Sorry I suck at embedding vids.

Mustie1 is somewhat local to me here in NH. Never met him but he does some cool stuff.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VKjf08hunc

been a while but I think ths is how its done (admin edit)

[Carbon-14]

Bahnhofwagen, ShootingBrake.
What would Porsche have done with the same platform, '77-80 ?
It was a bright green car, onsite here somewhere.
Drew a traditional roofline for a 914 Hatch, handle an 8' stud, lumber, in a pinch, the driver's targa glass a rollup now, like the rear side glass. Room for the puppies and duck hunting instruments, a picnic's setting, a wb stretch could be ok looking if not overdone. The side glass is tapered, there are two rollbar hoops, to strengthen the McP strut's rigidity as the bulkhead has been cut out and replaced with a removable floor panel for servicing the injected six, low rise intakes, turbos, for a flat trunk floor.
The targa's roof maintains the curvature and slope of the factory's, slightly tapering narrower as the roof moves to the Kamm ending, the heated glass sloped to match the lengthened sail's. It's a hatchback, for loading clubs, groceries, a runabout six. Keeping it light, 220 hp through a -14 transax would make for a sporty vagen. All the glass's edges converge, tapered, like roman columns, parallel looks worse.
The leading edge of the sail roughly tangent to the wheel's front curve, the trailing curve of the sail also tangent to the fender's radius above the tailights. Raised wheel wells front and rear, 17" Mahle replicas, big rubber. The tailgate is integral with the panel between the tail lights, hinged at the top rear lip of the roof, gas struts. Airbagged suspension for adjustable ride height, for the off road excursions into fields and rough terrain of hunting expeditions, fishing.
Btw, that rear hatch's glass is not flat, instead it's concave to follow the curve of the sail's trailing edge, more or less. The hatch is a composite layup, s glass, carbon fibre kevlar lamination, for rigidity and torsional strength, stiff, the glass near full width of the hatch.



I remember finding here, years ago, a low orange racer with a wing, a fox's nose, custom led foglights behind sandblasted safety glass.
Fuchsnase.
Very much like Bondo Bill's bumper grill, more rectangular, sticking out more, pointy.
Bondo's is more tapered, rounded, an inset grille, different cooling improv.
Expanding the model's line, limousines, convertibles, racers, pickups, caminos, there was a guy who chopped cut rebuild, hammering.
The TVR Zante that was posted, a similar concept, the styling way too rad for American markets in '71. Now, could be a great grand tourer if done right, several bosomy naked models to adorn the ' bonnet ' for a resurrection party, champagne for all.


Something like this.
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Long ago, another had the same idea, the curved detail in front of the rear wheelwell unflattering.
https://www.coachbuild.com/2/index.php/ency...yle-porsche-914