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| SirAndy |
 Dec 7 2005, 10:36 PM
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Resident German  Group: Admin Posts: 41,669 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California  |
don't get me wrong, i *love* they way your car drives on the track! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) that was a blast (even with the broken tranny mainshaft (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) ) plus, you don't really have to look at the front end while you're driving! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) sorry guys, i don't like them shalom kits. obviously, it's your car so do what *you* like ... i know how it feels. a lot of guys hate the 916 look ... it's all good ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) Andy |
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| Stirlingr |
Dec 7 2005, 10:43 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 7-December 05 From: Melbourne, FL Member No.: 5,246 |
Working on an email reply, Scott.
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| skline |
Dec 8 2005, 01:13 AM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
Got the reply Stirling, Here are the pictures of his car.
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| skline |
Dec 8 2005, 01:14 AM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
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| skline |
Dec 8 2005, 01:14 AM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
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| skline |
Dec 8 2005, 01:14 AM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
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| skline |
Dec 8 2005, 01:15 AM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
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| Stirlingr |
Dec 8 2005, 01:19 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 7-December 05 From: Melbourne, FL Member No.: 5,246 |
Please note that the first 2 pics are separated from the last 3 by a couple of years. Much cleaning and fixing has been done. Particularly, the power plant.
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| watsonrx13 |
Dec 8 2005, 05:17 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Plant City, FL Member No.: 312 Region Association: South East States |
Looking forward to this project....
BTW, you are now required to either use this post or start another post for the complete photo-documentary of the installation of the Chalon kit. Which means that any time you cut, grind, bolt, attach, paint whatever, you must stop and take a before, during and after picture.... This will add considerable time to your project but this is a requirement for all noobies..... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Good luck and keep the pics coming... Oh and welcome again to the non-914club.... -- Rob |
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| BIGKAT_83 |
Dec 8 2005, 05:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,798 Joined: 25-January 03 From: Way down south Bogart,GA Member No.: 194 Region Association: South East States 
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Looks like a nice tub... a 140 hp corvair engine on top of it WOW. Has it been driven yet with the corvair engine?
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Bob |
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| skline |
Dec 8 2005, 06:38 AM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
Hey Stirling, I also noticed something looking at your pictures, you do not have the same Chalon kit as I got from Mitcom, your front fenders go over the lip and into the channel, mine did not, they were cut and designed to go under the lip that you have cut on the fender. You cut looks right but the fenders should match that cut where it flares out on the very front. You rear fenders look a little different also, mine were cut off before the tail light area and did not extend all the way to the tip. My kit is from Mitcom direct about 4 years ago, maybe 5, time goes by so fast. I have a clean instruction book I can make copies of and send them to you in an email. It might take a day or so as I have a lot to do work wise the next few days. If you want it, let me know. It is pretty detailed.
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| Dead Air |
Dec 8 2005, 06:49 AM
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| Dead Air |
Dec 8 2005, 06:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 2,042 |
Did you do the engine work or did it come that way?
reverse cam or flipped pinion gear? Any trouble mating to the transmission? IMHO, I really like the idea of building a "six" that way!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) |
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| reedhmb |
Dec 8 2005, 06:59 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 11-January 04 From: Half Moon Bay, Ca Member No.: 1,545 |
Although I have a different body kit, it looks like the installation is similar. Let me start by saying I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. I tried to follow the attached instructions from better bodies but I couldn’t get the pieces to line up properly. I ended up completely removing the front fenders and the rear quarter panels. I cut them off leaving a vertical lip. I then hung the fenders on the lip. I grinded down the metal lip to adjust the height, so that the fenders and trunk would be at the same height. Problem is that when you hang the fenders they interfere with the trunks. So I had to grind down the edges of the hoods so that they wouldn’t rub. I then attached pieces on aluminum "angle iron" between the top/inside of the fenders and the body. Securred with adhesive.
One piece of advice; hang, install, tack (whatever you want to call it) all the pieces front and rear before applying any adhesive. One piece can effect the other. Also I glassed in all my seams. While I think it looks nicer that way. I wouldn’t recommend it as I’m beginning to see cracks in the added glass. Mark Attached image(s) 
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| thomasotten |
Dec 8 2005, 08:43 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,546 Joined: 16-November 03 From: San Antonio, Texas Member No.: 1,349 |
I used to drool over the original Chalon kit as a youngling, when they first came out in VW & Porsche magazine. Lately, I have embraced orthodoxy, so I could never do it to my car. But I still like the kit - just make sure and put those wide rear tires on it so it looks right. Everyone skimps on the details with this kit it seems...
BTW, the new assistant choir director at our Church is named "Chalon". I told her there was a body kit for a Porsche that was named Chalon. She then told me that she could use a body kit! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) I said nothing. |
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| Stirlingr |
Dec 8 2005, 09:12 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 7-December 05 From: Melbourne, FL Member No.: 5,246 |
Wow, a few hours of sleep and the good stuff comes flying in. Pictures do make the difference, huh. Thanks skline for posting the pics since as a newbie, I couldn't do it last night.
Skline: I'd love a copy of your newer instructions, mine are somewheere between almost useful and pathetic. I'm tempted to scan them into a pdf and send them around for shits and giggles. Yes it did run with the Corvair engine and it went like stink, but I wanted a little more than the stock eosoteric 40 yr old power plant. It is getting a hotter cam, bored to .40 over, stroker rods, modern lightweight pistons/rings, bigger valves with tflon stem seals, balanced, custom fit pushrods, and a bunch of little clever knick knacks that improve the technology. It should be light and fast. Looking for a power to weight ratio similiar to a 911SC (with much better balance, of course). Oh, and a 600cfm Holley 4-barrel through a spider manifold. The break and suspension upgrades are to compensate for this deeper breathing engine. Yeah, the corvair engine spins the wrong way. Flipped pinion was the easiest solution. No problem mating the transmission or relocating the starter since I have a nice kit from Crown Mfg. in Costa Mesa. Reedhmb: Thanks for the experience. Kinda sounds like what I'm trying to avoid. I get the impression that the channels on mine are supposed to be completely removed to fit the fender, so as to avoid the deck alignment problems. I really want to confirm this assumption before I cut b/c it is challenging to add material once it has been cut too far, while the converse is not true. With this kind of great response, I will keep posting my progress and looking for help and comraderie. 914s are far and few btwn out here (except at SCCA events) since this is a beach town, I guess. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/aktion035.gif) Attached image(s) 
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| SLITS |
Dec 8 2005, 09:57 AM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
If that had been a Zambezi Green car he cut up I would have had a serious problem (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mad.gif) My Elves had assembled for the onslaught, with weapons of singular destruction at the ready, but, it looks like the normal puke green so they disarmed and went back into the forest. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
They're all calmed down now after a touch of Big Bear Buds (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smoke.gif) |
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| Stirlingr |
Dec 8 2005, 10:27 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 7-December 05 From: Melbourne, FL Member No.: 5,246 |
I thought it was Zambezi Green to begin with, until I checked the code. The paint was so faded. It turns out it is Willow Green (car built in Jan 72, 8th off the line in 72). It came to me with no fenders, looking for a happy home, which she has gotten. The Willow Green is starting to grow on me, though I had originally though of painting it gun metal grey metallic and calling it the "Ghost", or haze grey and getting a plate that says "UNDRWY", or india red (isn't that what a Porsche should be, after all?). I've never seen a fresh Willow Green before, but restoring the original color with modern paint might be kinda cool. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rocking nana.gif)
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| SLITS |
Dec 8 2005, 11:36 AM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None |
They're all cool....was trying to play along with Joe Buckle (PKRMNY)....he's really lonely since Scott got a real job and went back to work.....we all humor him so he don't flip out. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
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| maf914 |
Dec 8 2005, 12:31 PM
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Not a Guru! Group: Members Posts: 3,049 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Central Florida Member No.: 632 Region Association: None
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A green shalom seems like a natural. Makes me think of a kosher pickle! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
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