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| Bartlett 914 |
 Apr 14 2008, 09:04 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,216 Joined: 30-August 05 From: South Elgin IL Member No.: 4,707 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
Looks pretty good. My car is on a rotisserie. It is a lot more versatile but your solution looks like it will be more than enough to change the pans. I can't imagine doing the pans on my back looking up. I am sure you will be able to do a good job on the pans and tunnel work.
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| FourBlades |
Apr 15 2008, 08:13 AM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,055 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States 
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Mark, My motivation for doing it this way was to avoid spending $1000 on a rotisserie and use materials I mostly had already. I welded on the front part of the pans the old fashion way and it was hard to get good welds. I have fixed some problems in the steering rack area already that would have been a real pain with the car the normal way. John |
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| Gint |
Apr 15 2008, 08:21 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,083 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
That's kickass! Thanks for posting that.
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| TROJANMAN |
Apr 15 2008, 08:38 PM
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Looks nice in pictures......... Group: Members Posts: 5,271 Joined: 5-March 04 From: Colorado Member No.: 1,753 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(FourBlades @ Apr 13 2008, 05:21 PM)  Flip Your 914 Part Deux It's like a 914 Rocking Chair.............Cool (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) |
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| tracks914 |
Apr 15 2008, 09:14 PM
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Canadian Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,083 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Timmins, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 153 Region Association: None |
That's just insane!!! For the 914 world that is definitely the best/cheapest rotisserie I have ever seen. I love it.
BTW good work on the car. |
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| ericread |
Apr 16 2008, 12:15 AM
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The Viper Blue 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,177 Joined: 7-December 07 From: Irvine, CA (The OC) Member No.: 8,432 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(TROJANMAN @ Apr 15 2008, 07:38 PM) QUOTE(FourBlades @ Apr 13 2008, 05:21 PM) Flip Your 914 Part Deux It's like a 914 Rocking Chair.............Cool (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) A 914 rocking chair. Sounds like a good idea for some of us older owners. |
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| McMark |
Apr 16 2008, 02:16 AM
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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 |
Either way you were gonna be famous. This way you're famous for making a wooden 'rotisserie'. The other way, your picture gets passed around the internet for a week of the guy who purposefully flipped his car and crushed it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
I'm really glad it worked out, and that's a bad-ass rig! This thread has taught me that I need to think more in wood, and not confine myself to metal. I would have never thought of what you did. CHEERS! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) |
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| tdgray |
Apr 16 2008, 08:28 AM
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Thank God Nemo is not here to see this Group: Members Posts: 9,705 Joined: 5-August 03 From: Akron, OH Member No.: 984 Region Association: None |
Congrats... now there is thinking outside the box. WELL DONE!
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| Eric_Shea |
Apr 16 2008, 09:12 AM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,278 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Way to go... cool thread! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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| FourBlades |
Apr 16 2008, 12:45 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,055 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Wow, thanks everyone. I'm glad people liked the idea. I was a little worried the whole thing would collapse and I would be digging a big hole to bury the wreckage. 914, what 914? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I used to do a lot of wood working, like building accoustic guitars, so making stuff from wood is like second nature to me. I really like welding and working with metal now though, it is so much stronger and you can weld more metal back on if you cut off too much. Can't do that with wood. John |
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| Eric_Shea |
Apr 16 2008, 02:17 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,278 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
QUOTE I really like welding and working with metal now though, it is so much stronger and you can weld more metal back on if you cut off too much. Can't do that with wood. Make me a Resonator! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| FourBlades |
Apr 16 2008, 10:28 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,055 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Eric, I can make you a Dobro style guitar with a chrome 914 hubcap for the resonator cone. It would probably be a disaster sonically, but it would look really cool. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) John |
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| FourBlades |
Apr 25 2008, 12:03 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,055 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Finished welding on the floor pans and primed them. Cleaned up a lot of little
holes and imperfections that were noticeable with the car on its side.  Spent some time cleaning the back of the engine bay and underside of the rear trunk while I have the car this way.  Moved on to finishing the front of the passenger area. All the lower 2" of this area was rusted to nothing. I made 11 separate patches to fix all this, some a while back and some today. A few of the patches are inside the gas tank area so you can't see them all here. The car looks like a jigsaw puzzle in a lot of places now.  After grinding and priming this I will start rebuilding the tunnel. Thanks to Jeff Hail's awesome post on this I think I have some idea what to do. I also ordered some chromoly tubing from McMaster for this purpose. This article is also very useful in figuring out what all those tubes are for: http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9...nter_tunnel.htm I got front and rear trunk sections from PorscheAddic. He went way above and beyond the call of duty cutting way around the trunks to make sure I had enough metal. The pieces arrived in two coffin sized boxes with about 10 layers of cardboard added on. Great guy...thanks again. John |
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| FourBlades |
Apr 26 2008, 05:44 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,055 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Primed front of passenger compartment and floor pan:  Nice.... |
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| McMark |
Apr 27 2008, 01:22 AM
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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 |
Lookin' GREAT!!!!
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| swl |
Apr 27 2008, 07:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,409 Joined: 7-August 05 From: Kingston,On,Canada Member No.: 4,550 Region Association: Canada |
Just freakin' awesome. I'm so impressed with guys like you, michelko, tracks914, freezing914 et al who have the patience and skill to bring rotted chassis back to life. Makes me feel inadequate too but I can live with that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| scotty b |
Apr 27 2008, 09:50 AM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) That's awesome !!! I 've seen some pretty coolrotisseries before and even that style in metal but something about the wood just makes it kinda medieval (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) So do your neighbors still talk to you....without using "hand gestures " (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) ?Keep it up........and on the side (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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| FourBlades |
Apr 27 2008, 07:42 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,055 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Thanks Scotty, you should see the ballista I built in my front yard. It really
helps stop the neighbors from complaining too much about the noise. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Time to fix the front trunk. I would not trust this thing the way it is with a case of beer, even light beer.  The battle lines are drawn. Nothing can withstand the knotted wire wheel (with the green center). <Imagine grinder smilie here>  Grind the questionable areas until good metal is found. This helps determine how much needs to be cut out.  Draw lines around what needs to go and cut it out.  |
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| FourBlades |
Apr 27 2008, 08:03 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,055 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Cut out the front trunk. About now you start wondering if this is such a good
idea and if you really know what the hell you are doing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)  Cut the center out of the old piece (left side of picture) so it will lay flat on top of the new trunk section and then carefully draw around it. The cutting wheel cuts a kerf about two of them teeny ruler marks wide so draw the cut line a little wide around the edge of the old piece. It is easier to cut more later than to fill in a big gap with the welder.  The new piece actually fits pretty well. A little trimming here and there and it is good to go. I have learned not to try to perfect the fit of a patch. Otherwise you start out with big patch that is pretty close and you keep trimming it and trimming it and it is always too short no matter how much you cut off. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)  Cleaned the edges to bare metal on both sides. Tack welded the corners, then the middles, then in between. Then the cycle repeats itself until the tacks are an inch or so apart. It is easier to hammer a patch to fit once it is partly tacked on. Once part of a patch is held rigidly by welding the other parts bend easily with the hammer.  |
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| FourBlades |
Apr 27 2008, 08:07 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,055 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Seam welded in between the tacks on the new front trunk. Jumped around from
one edge to the other frequently and took a few breaks to let it cool off.  It actually looks pretty good. Total time about 4 hours. Next session a little grinding and priming should do it. The rear trunk is much more complicated and will be much harder. John |
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