Cary's 73 1.7 Rustoration Thread Options

[cary]

For those that have been reading along it looks like the job that I'd thought I'd be taking has been cancelled. Best I can tell Albertsons buying Haggen was the final straw. Worst part is, two of the folks that work there are my friends. They're really embarrassed.

So time to move on. The plan was to restore 2-3 cars a year after I retire. Now maybe we'll reverse that. Find a job that will work around restoring cars.

[cary]

Next week will be spent building 3 or 4 fixture pieces for the frame bench.
I moved Mark's car to the frame bench this afternoon. My pinch weld fixture won't work for most of the work I'll be doing. i.e. Right long and hell hole.The fixture is in the way. So we'll be building the transmission mount and right suspension mount fixtures. Perhaps the pinch weld stands also.

On the employment front. Next week will be busy. Two automotive related interviews. Both of these deal with Porsche and restoration. The other is a job shadowing day. Then the company mentioned above will have another opening in the near future. One of the salesman died in motorcycle accident last weekend. Kind of sad. I've known him for 25 years.

[Luke M]

Hi,

Would you happen to have any info on your pinch fixture ( manufacture, model # )?
I need to purchase or make one for my car.

Thanks,

[cary]

Here you go ..............
Blackhawk Quadri-Clamp 97150

[Luke M]

Here you go ..............
Blackhawk Quadri-Clamp 97150

Thank you sir.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[cary]

Here's the first fixture piece we're building. The long jack stands.


Our first version will be solid. We'll always set the car on the stands with the lift.
Version #2 will be more like the Celette. Tube in a tube.
I'm leaving them a bit tall so they can be cut down when the time comes to create the tube in tube.

Not really a pinch weld clamp. You pinch the entire car between 3/8" rails on top of the stands. We'll add gussets as we progress. Car is pretty light with no engine and transmission.


Today's design work .............

[cary]

My brain hurts. I haven't done that much measuring and geometry in a long time.
With the girders not being perfectly formed. It took a few hours to get things squared up. Now on to the suspension and tranny mount supports.

[cary]

Here's the design I came up with after I cut the tubes an inch too short. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
I couldn't get a 10mm bolt long enough to replicate the Celette. Going from the bottom thru the spacer and the two plates.



Here's the finished product all painted up.



Super In Law started the left side. We figured we might as well get it done while it was fresh in our mind. It will be created in the Version 2 style.
As soon as he gets finished I'll flip around the right side fixture and get back to work.
Like this picture of the Celette.

[cary]

Super In Law jumped on the left side.

Locating .............


He comes up with some of the damnedest contraptions.

So he could weld the pipes to the base plate.

Finished the paint job just as we were leaving ...........

[raynekat]

Definitely....a couple of mad scientists hard at work.
ps Back in PDX now.

[cary]

Here they are in the locked down position ..............





Now moved into the wheelhouse/long repair position ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[cary]

Tool Whore Note:

I've used the same Norsemen 1/8" jobber length drill bit for a week.

Placed my first order with MSC for some Rotacut spot weld cutters. Got here in one day from their Nevada warehouse. I think this will be my go to supplier for consumables. Looks like they carry metric hardware. I'll have to compare pricing with McMasterCarr

[mb911]

Great work.. I enjoy the updates. I don't get near as much time in my shop but I am off for the next month so hopefully I can get some updates like you.. Great fixtures as well..

[cary]

Looks like the 8-5 job that I'd been waiting for has been postponed. If and when it does come up it will probably be located in Seattle. Wasn't meant to be ........ time to move on.

I guess I'll be playing with Porsche's. The preferred shop is about 2 miles from the house. 7 minutes by car, 10-12 by bike. We've already discussed three ten hour days at his shop and 2-3 days at my shop getting and putting 914's on the road. This a Porsche only operation.

The other shop has 2 early 911's and a 356 coming back from paint that need to be assembled.

I hope to put something together so I can start the Monday after WCR.

Short Tool Whore note :
Taking delivery of a Challenger Low Rise lift tonight. Cheap.
Needs a hose and a new oil tank. Kind of rolling the dice. But we've had pretty good luck fixing stuff.

[cary]

Low rise lift was delivered ............



Basically the same as putting the car up on jackstands. But a lot faster.

[cary]

Super In Law got the low rise lift up and running .............
$560 after parts and fluid.

[JoeDees]

Many pages/posts ago you mentioned using the undercoating gun with tube to spray the heavy duty anti rust paint stuff way up into the targa bar... if you don't mind me asking, how'd you access the area to get it waaaay up in there?

[cary]

I guess I'll be playing with Porsche's. The preferred shop is about 2 miles from the house. 7 minutes by car, 10-12 by bike. We've already discussed three ten hour days at his shop and 2-3 days at my shop getting and putting 914's on the road. This a Porsche only operation.

Sabbatical will be over in two weeks.
I'll be going to work at the above described facility in two weeks. I'll give it a name after I actually start working.

Life is about to get real busy .............

I'll be picking up Doug's (raynekat) 914-6 conversion in two weeks. Time to put the pedal to the metal.

[mbseto]

I'm starting to suspect you only married your wife because of her dad.

[cary]

It would seem that way. But no. He was a Federal Highway project engineer and I really didn't get to know him the first 10 years we were married. He was always working out of town. But thru the years we've become best friends. I'm kind of dreading every year that passes by.