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Front trunk Floor pan, Progress thread |
Niklas |
Oct 1 2012, 12:01 PM
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Porsche 914 Sweden Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 20-June 09 From: Sweden - Skivarp Member No.: 10,488 Region Association: Scandinavia |
Hi!
What will the price be when you start to sell the part ? Niklas |
peteyd |
Oct 1 2012, 01:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 729 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
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jcd914 |
Oct 1 2012, 10:19 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
What is the clearance you are looking for?
Jim |
peteyd |
Oct 2 2012, 06:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 729 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
What is the clearance you are looking for? Jim I'm looking for clearance of around .042 The sheet metal we have right now is .040, but who is to say it wont be .048 next time. There is always a variance between each roll, and each roll is not always consistent either. We buy rolls of steel that have been rejected by Ford, GM, Toyota etc... The steel is very good quality, just sometimes it doesn't meet the prime standards that these companies can demand. |
Niklas |
Dec 6 2012, 03:05 PM
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Porsche 914 Sweden Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 20-June 09 From: Sweden - Skivarp Member No.: 10,488 Region Association: Scandinavia |
Are these ready to buy ??
Niklas |
peteyd |
Dec 6 2012, 06:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 729 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
These are almost ready to buy! I just finished milling out a die to bend the edges. They still need to be trimmed as well.
The A/C cut out patch is available now, its the full piece with both "ears" that still needs some work. I will post some pictures tomorrow... Pete |
zymurgist |
Dec 6 2012, 11:43 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 |
Cool! Babydoll needs one of these.
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peteyd |
Dec 10 2012, 07:26 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 729 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
Ok, I said I would add more photos.
This picture is the hammerform that I finished off on Friday. Just testing the form on the sides. I still have to put clamps on to hold the sheetmetal flat. Here is the front edge being hammered. I trimmed too much metal off of the front edge so there wasnt much to hammer. And here is the laser that will be trimming all of the parts. I will have some footage of that soon as well. |
Niklas |
Dec 10 2012, 08:19 AM
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Porsche 914 Sweden Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 20-June 09 From: Sweden - Skivarp Member No.: 10,488 Region Association: Scandinavia |
Looking good!!!
Keep up the good work!!! Niklas |
jimbot2000 |
Dec 16 2012, 07:00 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 4-February 12 From: Bedburg- Hau, Germany Member No.: 14,083 Region Association: Europe |
Oh, do I need this!
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barada |
Dec 16 2012, 08:25 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 5-October 08 From: Atlanta Member No.: 9,613 Region Association: None |
MAn that is some very nice work. Are you looking into other cars? Woudl love to see someone else get into the Split Bus scene.
Keep up the good work, glad to see guys doing what they can to keep these cars on the road. Phillip |
Gint |
Dec 16 2012, 12:17 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,094 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Far out! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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peteyd |
Dec 17 2012, 07:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 729 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
MAn that is some very nice work. Are you looking into other cars? Woudl love to see someone else get into the Split Bus scene. Keep up the good work, glad to see guys doing what they can to keep these cars on the road. Phillip There always needs to be an assessment of the market. Is there not much available for the split buses, or is the quality not that great? There are tons of guys making stuff for the VWs, so we are a little wary of that market. VWs guys tend to be more price sensitive as well. We are striving to make quality panels, and once we have a good stronghold on the Porsche panels, we will be looking into other makes and models. Pete |
Dasnowman |
Dec 18 2012, 03:09 AM
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You miss 100% of shots you don't take! Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 24-May 12 From: Tricities, B.C./ Lake Whatcom Member No.: 14,477 Region Association: Canada |
I'll have to look at my front pan but it looks like a tow truck lifted the car by the front pan tow hook and bent it all in! |
barada |
Dec 18 2012, 08:21 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 5-October 08 From: Atlanta Member No.: 9,613 Region Association: None |
MAn that is some very nice work. Are you looking into other cars? Woudl love to see someone else get into the Split Bus scene. Keep up the good work, glad to see guys doing what they can to keep these cars on the road. Phillip There always needs to be an assessment of the market. Is there not much available for the split buses, or is the quality not that great? There are tons of guys making stuff for the VWs, so we are a little wary of that market. VWs guys tend to be more price sensitive as well. We are striving to make quality panels, and once we have a good stronghold on the Porsche panels, we will be looking into other makes and models. Pete Pete, There are several manufactors. Klassic FAb, and Autocraft are the leaders. And yes VW guys are sensitive. VW Bus guys are not, especially barndoor but I imagine demand is low. Autocraft quality is pretty good but they are out of europe, so U.S. prices are high. Klassic Fab is ok although I have spent more time fitting their panels than Autocraft. What they do not have is a full nose, which in my experience would be a fast mover and likely would be a name your price part. A front floor is around 300-350. Compared to what you are making it looks simple. A full cargo floor is 650 and neither company never has product on hand. I have bought metal for bugs (very cheap and decent quality) and bus's (IMO not so cheap.) I have over 3K in metal for one bus. I just have dealt with you guys before and the pressing and quality was very good so I thought flat metal for buses would be an easy fit. Especially front floor corners and rocker panels. Here is a comparison thread on the two. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=478200 Phillip |
Niklas |
Jan 3 2013, 11:49 AM
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Porsche 914 Sweden Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 20-June 09 From: Sweden - Skivarp Member No.: 10,488 Region Association: Scandinavia |
Can I order ?
Niklas |
peteyd |
Jan 4 2013, 11:02 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 729 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
Im on holidays still, but will be back on Monday. Im pretty sure they are cutting them out today on the laser cutter. Should be ready very soon!
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FL000 |
Jan 12 2013, 12:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 424 Joined: 31-January 12 From: Lancaster, CA Member No.: 14,076 Region Association: Southern California |
I am interested in ordering an A/C patch. Let me know the details if you have one available.
Thanks, Josh |
peteyd |
Jan 14 2013, 09:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 729 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
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McMark |
Jan 14 2013, 12:05 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) busses are willing to spend more. My paint guy just got word that the 23 window he painted a few month ago just sold for $180,000. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yikes.gif)
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