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OT Porsche should have used Aluminum |
Unobtanium-inc |
Mar 27 2022, 05:19 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,213 Joined: 29-November 06 From: New York Member No.: 7,276 Region Association: None |
It's timeless. On the left of the weld is original 550 Spyder aluminum from 54-55, on the right is brand new aluminum, hard to tell a difference!
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MM1 |
Apr 2 2022, 09:30 PM
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914 obsession continues Group: Members Posts: 608 Joined: 9-May 18 From: Thousand Oaks, CA Member No.: 22,105 Region Association: Southern California |
OT-I have a (professional automotive design) scan of an original 550 that a gentleman in SoCal owns. We milled a scale model from it once. These days an apple pro phone can scan it (I doubt the quality is very useable for milling - but as technology goes, I could be surprised).
Thanks for the aluminum topic tiitle explanation, though. I can only imagine that all aluminum 356 hulks found in overgrown fields would cost a lot more money today. |
Unobtanium-inc |
Apr 3 2022, 03:15 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,213 Joined: 29-November 06 From: New York Member No.: 7,276 Region Association: None |
OT-I have a (professional automotive design) scan of an original 550 that a gentleman in SoCal owns. We milled a scale model from it once. These days an apple pro phone can scan it (I doubt the quality is very useable for milling - but as technology goes, I could be surprised). Thanks for the aluminum topic tiitle explanation, though. I can only imagine that all aluminum 356 hulks found in overgrown fields would cost a lot more money today. Ironically a friend of mine was towing a VW bus through Europe and stopped at a roadside junk store because he was looking for camera parts. The guy had some camera stuff, saw the VW bus and brought my friend out back. In the weeds was a Gmund coupe, aluminum, the body was savable, the chassis (steel) had to be restored. He bought it and restored it. He has quite a collection of early Porsches, he bought the earliest one I've ever found, a 51 that was sitting on a mountaintop in VA. Attached thumbnail(s) Attached image(s) |
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