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[proto31]

You are doing fantastic work! Great color!

I'm thinking of painting myself also in the garage, are you satisfied with the paint finish?

Was dust a big problem for you? I'm concerned about wasting a lot of expensive product.

Keep at it!

I'm completely satisfied with the paint finish, it turned out better than I ever expected. Dust was a bit of a problem but not a big deal. I watered down the driveway in front of the garage where the circulation was coming from, blew the entire garage out with a blower several times (days before hand) and just tried to keep things clean. There are a few lint pieces that fell into the paint- no big deal and easily sanded out. The culprit I believe were the stupid rags I used to place over the stands I used... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

I think as long as you spend the time prepping the car and cleaning everything really well, you should be ok. I spent about 40-50 hours installing the flares, about 80-90 hours on body work (3 coats of primer, sealer and filler where needed) and about 22 hours painting (still need to paint the doors and hoods). I could have gone a bit faster but I was in no real hurry.

[proto31]

It's been a few weeks, I've got some updates to post. Everything is going together quite smoothly.

Here's a pic of the NOS wiring harness that I've installed:


NOS rear tail light assembly:

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another:



Wiring harness installed:



Rebuilt pedal cluster- powder coated, zinc plates, brass bushings... 914-6 hand throttle:



NOS seat track:

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another:


Rebuilding the shift lever:


Installing the springs is a real PIA (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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Rebuilding the windshield wiper assembly, zinc plated the mounting bracket, cleaned everything else up and re-greased everything:





Finished:

[rick 918-S]

That is going to be one fine car. Nice work.

[Rod]

Fabulous build. Looking forward to see how you progress, I saw a GT3 the other day in Viper Green and it stopped me in my tracks! Very cool colour, what wheels and interior colour are you going for?

[proto31]

I've got a set of 7 and 8 fuchs that I'll be using, I'm still debating on the finish. I just had an old cookie cutter powder coated in mat black as a test, it turned out really nice. I might have the fuchs pc'd in mat black and then do a viper green pin stripe along the lip, not sure. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

The interior will be pretty stock, black of course. I do have a set of Scheel seats that I will be installing. Also, I have a WWII aircraft elapsed time clock that I'll be installing in the dash, sort of like the old rally clocks. I'll probably go with a 911 combo gauge and then fab a holder for an individual fuel gauge that will be placed where the radio would normally sit, similar to the GTs.

[AgPete139]

Looks good, Dan! Man, you are moving quickly! I like the choice of paint, too. Any pics of the 3.0 yet?

Peter

[PanelBilly]

Now I told you this before and you're not paying attention. Your working way too fast. This project should be taking you at least 10 years and at this rate you'll be finishing the car in only three! I suggest you resand the body to the filler coat again and repaint it. Doing each step only once is not enough.

[McMark]

Amazing job.

I would do charcoal/gray on the wheels before I did black, if it were my car.

[pete-stevers]

you could do something different for the wheels, like an accent color or an complete opposite color ...if you are daring,

[Gint]

Just swipe the wheels off Thomas's car. They should be a pretty close match! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) Looks awesome.

[proto31]

Swiping Thomas' wheels would be the easiest route, not a bad idea...

I like the idea of the dark gray, do you guys have any pictures of any green cars with gray fuchs? I've never been the biggest fan of painting a set of fuchs all the same color without having the lip and spokes anodized clear, but I think it's growing on me. All the trim on this car will be powder coated in matte black, I really like the contrast between the black and green. Any pics would be helpful.

Also, I started assembly of the 3.0 last night, I'll post some pics a bit later. Other updates: completed new brake hard line install in the rear half of the car, received Cohline oil line from Rebel Racing (this stuff is REALLY nice, same as factory original lines, and reasonably priced), finished the hard oil lines that run to the front oil cooler, installed the dash frame with new vinyl and hooked up the fresh air box, also bought a bunch of new parts and found some really cool NOS parts at the Pomona swap meet last weekend.

Dan

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Here's some pics of the beginning of the engine build:

Parts and assembled crank-



Case-

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The carbs, completely rebuilt, ultrasonically cleaned-

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Rear brake hard lines, with T instead of proportioning valve-



Upper dash frame-




Front oil cooler test fitting-

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Headlight installation-



Rear sway bar (stock)-

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I got my oil line from Rebel Racing, they are original wrapped Cohline, you give them a rough estimate of the total footage and the type of fittings needed, they send you the complete line with fittings, you cut and fit everything how you like and send them back marked, they crimp all the fitting and send it back to you. Custom oil lines that will last forever and look factory, very reasonably priced.-



Close up-



Fittings-

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Here's some previews of the front and rear suspension, real 935 front struts, coil overs with needle bearings (Rebel Racing again)-



Close up of upper bearing-



Rear coil overs-