 Front trunk Floor pan, Progress thread |
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| peteyd |
 Sep 27 2011, 01:31 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 705 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada  |
Alright, I spoke a while back that I was going to start producing the Front trunk pan. I already have all the steel and all the CAD work done, so all I need to do is prep the steel and start cutting!
I wanted to start a thread here for all to follow the progress and also to get a better idea of what goes on at Restoration Design. I am the one in charge of designing and making all the dies here for the 914, 911, 912, and 356's. I have only made two small dies( pedal cluster support, seat mount bracket) for the 914 so far so I wanted to make something else that was in need. I started with an NOS full floor pan. The one that runs from the firewall all the way to the front trunk pan. Brought that away to get a digital scan and then from there I designed the male and female halves of the die.  |
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| peteyd |
Sep 27 2011, 01:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 705 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
First the drawings of the Female die
 and the Male die  |
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| SirAndy |
Sep 27 2011, 01:41 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,607 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Why is this in the sandbox??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
Moved to the Garage. And please, don't use BMP images. They don't show on webpages. Use JPG or PNG instead ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) |
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| lrm914 |
Sep 27 2011, 01:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 3-September 11 From: ga Member No.: 13,514 Region Association: South East States |
Awesome!
I always wondered what the large holes in the bottom of the car floors and trunks are for. When I was doing some repainting in the front trunk of my car a circular cover that fit over 1 of the 2 holes in the bottom of the front trunk came off. It appeared to be siliconed over the hole. Any idea what they are for? I was just going to silicon the metal circle back in the place it came from. The holes are circular but have what look like some sort small tabs cutout on them as well. |
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| SirAndy |
Sep 27 2011, 01:47 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,607 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(lrm914 @ Sep 27 2011, 12:43 PM)  Any idea what they are for? Best guess would be for the spot-welding robot arms to go through to get into the corners. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) |
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| dlee6204 |
Sep 27 2011, 01:52 PM
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Howdy Group: Members Posts: 2,162 Joined: 30-April 06 From: Burnsville, NC Member No.: 5,956 |
Cool! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)
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| peteyd |
Sep 27 2011, 01:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 705 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
Just so you guys can picture what will be happening...
the female first Cut with 4.5 inch face mill then cut with 1.5 inch bullnose   next 1.25inch ballnose and then finish off with .5 inch ballnose   |
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| peteyd |
Sep 27 2011, 01:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 705 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
Male half...
Pretty much the same tools as the female.     And also the drawpad...  |
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| Loser_Cruiser |
Sep 27 2011, 02:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 407 Joined: 4-April 05 From: Bellingham, WA Member No.: 3,873 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
This is pretty awesome. Any chance you'll ever create the whole piece as one( front trunk pan, front rear pans)?
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| Valy |
Sep 27 2011, 02:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,671 Joined: 6-April 10 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 11,573 Region Association: Northern California |
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The only thing I need now is rust! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| rick 918-S |
Sep 27 2011, 02:41 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,426 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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Very nice!
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| zymurgist |
Sep 27 2011, 02:45 PM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
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| peteyd |
Sep 27 2011, 03:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 705 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
I dont have a press that can handle a die that large, and that die would cost way too much money to be justified.
QUOTE(Loser_Cruiser @ Sep 27 2011, 12:19 PM) This is pretty awesome. Any chance you'll ever create the whole piece as one( front trunk pan, front rear pans)? |
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| MrHyde |
Sep 27 2011, 03:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 13-October 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,268 Region Association: None |
I'm going to have to swing by and check this out sometime ... I know of a certain orange 72' body shell that could use some steel where the A/C condenser hole is.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| A&PGirl |
Sep 27 2011, 03:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,019 Joined: 4-January 06 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 5,367 Region Association: None |
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| boogie_man |
Sep 27 2011, 04:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 308 Joined: 22-April 11 From: So Cal Member No.: 12,969 Region Association: Southern California |
Awesome work !!! How about a lower windshield cowl, any chance ??
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| veltror |
Sep 27 2011, 05:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: 27-April 08 From: Potters Bar Herts UK Member No.: 8,978 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Valy @ Sep 27 2011, 09:40 PM) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) The only thing I need now is rust! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Rust, have some of mine... |
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| rallysport70 |
Sep 27 2011, 06:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 1-May 09 From: Albany, NY Member No.: 10,321 Region Association: North East States |
This really is awesome. Thanks for helping us keep some neat, old cars on the road. Keep up the good work! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| Cairo94507 |
Sep 28 2011, 06:36 AM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 9,719 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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WOW is all I can say. I just love to see that these parts are made and available to save our cars. BRAVO!
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| FourBlades |
Sep 28 2011, 07:23 AM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,054 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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That is fantastic...I am sure you will sell many of these because they do rust a lot here. Having new front suspension attachment points will be really nice on rusty and front hit cars. John |
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