 Fender to cowl seal details, on early cars |
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| ahdoman |
  Oct 23 2008, 11:34 PM
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It's phonetic...Ah-D-O-Man (Audioman)  Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Santa Clarita, Ca. Member No.: 5,084 Region Association: Southern California  |
I saw a thread a while ago in which I think it was Andy had a couple of pics of the early cowls that were closed up as opposed to using the rubber seal. I know some of you have welded those closed but my question is how were those closed up on the early cars? Did they use some sort of filler? Also, if someone has those pics again I'd love to see them.
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Oct 23 2008, 11:41 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
In the 35 years I've been working on 914s on a daily basis, I don't recall ever seeing an original car without the seam (and the filler strip). The Cap'n
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| gms |
Oct 23 2008, 11:53 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,695 Joined: 12-March 04 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 1,785 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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QUOTE(ahdoman @ Oct 24 2008, 12:34 AM)  I saw a thread a while ago in which I think it was Andy had a couple of pics of the early cowls that were closed up as opposed to using the rubber seal. I know some of you have welded those closed but my question is how were those closed up on the early cars? Did they use some sort of filler? Also, if someone has those pics again I'd love to see them. I have seen 5 with filled seam (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I believe they used lead Here is 914/6 #35 Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| ahdoman |
Oct 23 2008, 11:58 PM
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It's phonetic...Ah-D-O-Man (Audioman) Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Santa Clarita, Ca. Member No.: 5,084 Region Association: Southern California |
Ooh, that's a good start. I though in one of the pics I saw you could still see a slight trace of the seam. It looked like they used seam sealer or something like that.
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| SirAndy |
Oct 24 2008, 12:01 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,642 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(ahdoman @ Oct 23 2008, 09:34 PM) I saw a thread a while ago in which I think it was Andy had a couple of pics of the early cowls that were closed up as opposed to using the rubber seal. I know some of you have welded those closed but my question is how were those closed up on the early cars? Did they use some sort of filler? Also, if someone has those pics again I'd love to see them. Not early (production) cars but the Prototypes ('68/'69) had no seam between the cowl and the fender. One piece (sort of), hand made, looks welded and then filled in. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) Andy Attached image(s) 
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| ahdoman |
Oct 24 2008, 12:26 AM
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It's phonetic...Ah-D-O-Man (Audioman) Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Santa Clarita, Ca. Member No.: 5,084 Region Association: Southern California |
Thanks Andy, that's what I was looking for. I've got a very early 70 that is a /6 conversion that I am putting back together and I might do some of these non-factory "adaptations" to the car to see what people notice and just to keep them guessing.
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| Ferg |
Oct 24 2008, 01:13 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,948 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 116 Region Association: None
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You don't own the blue conversion that came out of CO do you?
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| ahdoman |
Oct 24 2008, 07:50 PM
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It's phonetic...Ah-D-O-Man (Audioman) Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Santa Clarita, Ca. Member No.: 5,084 Region Association: Southern California |
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