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> Something got me thinking tonight?, Could a 908-3 body kit be made for a 914??
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post Nov 26 2012, 11:33 PM
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This is what I found! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

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I will try to do better.
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post Nov 27 2012, 03:03 AM
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God the front end on that one looks miataish (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)
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post Nov 27 2012, 09:35 AM
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I think they may have used Miata sheet metal on the front? It's a LeMons car, so it may very well be a mish-mash of different pieces.

The silver one was more custom. There is a (sort of a) build thread on the Bird board. It's not to my taste, but someone put quite a bit of work into it.

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post Nov 27 2012, 02:51 PM
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I like the idea.


This is the one on the Bird Board:



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post Nov 27 2012, 03:11 PM
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QUOTE(914GTSTI @ Nov 26 2012, 09:33 PM) *

This is what I found! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)
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I will try to do better.


- Ditch the windshield and use a short windscreen.
- Ditch the hideous roll cage and use hoops behind the seats
- Ditch the wings and make the rear end more like in the picture below
- Get a Sheridan nose and be done with it

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post Nov 27 2012, 03:21 PM
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I think the sliver one is,ok but. Its' its own look? The front is,to long? And I, could not leave the lights/hood. Pulles to much of the 914's into the look .

The door is the next problem?

Maybe that is the way I need to look at it? It will be its own look. Just more lean to the 908-3.
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post Nov 27 2012, 03:59 PM
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I think the best end result would be I trying to move the driver closer to the front wheels. Too long of a front end ruins it .02
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post Nov 27 2012, 04:04 PM
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barf....
ugly!


the 914 will never be a 908
buy a fiero and build a lambo

the beauty of the 908 is the driver close to the front axle and the way the body falls down toward the front of the car beginning at the front axle.

neither of those examples capture the important and beautiful traits of the 908
I think a 908 replica would be much better built on a tube frame and incorporating the beauty of the original.
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post Nov 28 2012, 12:14 PM
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Has anyone found a source for 908-3 body panels?
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post Nov 28 2012, 01:04 PM
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Has anyone found a source for 908-3 body panels?


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post Nov 28 2012, 01:35 PM
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I can't imagine there is a source...
there are probably 3 or 4 of those cars in the world, and no production source.
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post Nov 28 2012, 02:47 PM
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QUOTE(scotty b @ Nov 28 2012, 12:04 PM) *

QUOTE(914GTSTI @ Nov 28 2012, 10:14 AM) *

Has anyone found a source for 908-3 body panels?


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I know a shop that has the molds, but you don't have enough money.
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post Nov 28 2012, 03:08 PM
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Would still like to know what the front would go for? A wide 914 would be $2200.00. in glass.
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post Nov 28 2012, 03:52 PM
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Paul what do you think the cost would be from a real mold.

(I'm guessing 10k)
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post Nov 28 2012, 05:05 PM
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Paul what do you think the cost would be from a real mold.

(I'm guessing 10k)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) easily.

Buy a bunch of solid pink insulation board, glue them together and cut it to your desired shape. Cover it with a thin layer of bondo, slick it up, paint it nice and smooth, cover that with mold release, lay down some glass, pull a buck, stiffen that up, pull a mold. Viola, you have a 908 body, easy as pie. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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post Nov 28 2012, 05:20 PM
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That maybe the way I will need to go. Was hopeing their was a mold to use out their.

Maybe out of a factory mold ? $10,000?
Have a model in 1/18 scale ,guess I will need to work from that.
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post Nov 28 2012, 06:40 PM
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So you think an owner of an orignal factory mold it going to let you borrow it so you can pull your 908/914 wannabe out of it? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

$10,000 for the front clip maybe.
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post Nov 28 2012, 06:49 PM
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So,this person you know has a "Factory Mold" ? Or a copy of a OEM front clip he made a mold from?

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So you think an owner of an orignal factory mold it going to let you borrow it so you can pull your 908/914 wannabe out of it? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

$10,000 for the front clip maybe.
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post Nov 28 2012, 07:08 PM
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How about a long wheel base 908?

http://www.gt40s.com/forum/wings-wheels-ke...10-project.html
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post Nov 28 2012, 07:24 PM
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Thanks for the lead. But the 908-3 is it for me.
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