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> If we're going to remake a 914, Might as well make it rust proof
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post Aug 18 2011, 07:44 PM
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post Aug 18 2011, 07:47 PM
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post Aug 18 2011, 07:53 PM
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I would like to find a place that dips the whole body to seal it like they do now when they are built. Does anyone do that?
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post Aug 18 2011, 08:00 PM
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I would like to find a place that dips the whole body to seal it like they do now when they are built. Does anyone do that?

There's a place near Fresno that has a BIG galvanizing tank. You would need an acid dip first, fix all the rust and then Galvanize dip.
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post Aug 19 2011, 06:22 AM
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Soda blasting won't do? I would prefer not to get the car dipped in acid...you never know it might disappear. Thanks. Michael
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post Aug 19 2011, 10:48 AM
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Porsche was hardly first to the stainless steel body game. To wit: 1936 Ford.
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Not to mention that you'll lose the heater tubes if you don't cut off the longs and pull the tubes out first. Ask me how I know...
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post Aug 19 2011, 03:34 PM
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Soda blasting won't do? I would prefer not to get the car dipped in acid...you never know it might disappear. Thanks. Michael

you would have to acid dip it to get to all the places liquid will flow and soda blasting won't reach. ie: Longs
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post Aug 20 2011, 07:06 AM
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QUOTE(smontanaro @ Aug 19 2011, 12:48 PM) *

Porsche was hardly first to the stainless steel body game. To wit: 1936 Ford.


Pretty cool, I just saw one of these last weekend at the Saratoga Auto Museum. Apparently they made 6, there are 4 remaining.
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post Aug 20 2011, 10:19 AM
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you would have to acid dip it to get to all the places liquid will flow and soda blasting won't reach. ie: Longs


Hmmm... Has anyone considered just dipping enough of the body to get to all those low down hidden places, like inside the longs, then using a milder method like soda blasting to do the rest of the body?

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post Aug 20 2011, 02:27 PM
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QUOTE(smontanaro @ Aug 19 2011, 12:48 PM) *

Porsche was hardly first to the stainless steel body game. To wit: 1936 Ford.


At the end of the 1960 production run Allegheny Ludnum contracted for two stainless steel 1960 Thunderbirds. The bodies were stamped on the production line at Budd in Philadelphia. Apparently both still exist, one at teh Heinz Museum in Pittsburgh, and I think Thyssen-Krupp took the second one when the Budd plant in Philadelphia closed. My father worked at Budd, but I don't know if he was involved in this project.

Article on the T-Birds


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post Aug 20 2011, 03:21 PM
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Soda is only for removing paint and eventually body filler. Sand is for removing rust or acid. The acid dip was a trick in the late 60's to get drag cars weight down. The truck was to know how long to leave it in the bath to get the right thickness. I had two scout 800 gas tanks dipped at the radiator shop and one of them didn't come out of the solution. Also the acid dip will require a second solution to neutralize it, then the galvanize.

Ss is a lot heavier than mild steel, also it's a lot harder on the tooling.
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post Aug 20 2011, 10:19 PM
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I don't really even like 911s, but that car is a work of art!!! Absolutely beautiful!
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post Aug 21 2011, 07:00 AM
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