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| Aircooledfool |
 Oct 14 2018, 12:11 PM
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I'm looking for input on best practice for replacing front clip up to firewall. All input appreciated. |
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| mepstein |
Oct 14 2018, 09:09 PM
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We are doing an early 911 at the shop that crunched the front end. First the front was pulled back to near original specs on a celette bench. Then damaged metal will be removed and new metal welded while being held in alignment on the bench. without a bench or jig, It's very hard to build in 3D.
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Aircooledfool Replacing Front Clip Oct 14 2018, 12:11 PM
mepstein A good jig and a good welder. 99% is the prep. Oct 14 2018, 01:10 PM Aircooledfool I found this jig Jig. Is this what you are sugge... Oct 14 2018, 01:21 PM
mepstein
I found this jig Jig. Is this what you are sugg... Oct 14 2018, 02:21 PM
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I found this jig Jig. Is this what you are sugg... Oct 14 2018, 07:08 PM Aircooledfool From the factory body manual, looks like these are... Oct 14 2018, 01:36 PM mb911
From the factory body manual, looks like these ar... Oct 14 2018, 04:16 PM mgphoto
From the factory body manual, looks like these ar... Oct 14 2018, 06:15 PM tomeric914 Is this a NOS clip or are you piecing two 914s tog... Oct 14 2018, 02:42 PM Aircooledfool Clip is coming from donor car. Need to replace to... Oct 14 2018, 02:48 PM Aircooledfool I have a full set of factory manuals and have been... Oct 14 2018, 06:21 PM IronHillRestorations On a difficulty scale of 1-10 this is probably a 1... Oct 14 2018, 09:00 PM Aircooledfool Thanks everyone for the input. If we proceed, the... Oct 15 2018, 07:21 AM dr914@autoatlanta.com make sure you use like parts so you will not destr... Oct 15 2018, 09:18 AM |
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