How about we put a turbo 1.7L in it?
Andy

Andy, bench seat in the back? Maybe even an L bench?

To bad there are not to many options for a automatic trans, would make it easy for the shift linkage. Keep up the good work.

Would a 928 V-8 bolt up to a Boxster Trans? They've got automatics.

(not that I expect anyone to take this random thought seriously, I might be working on my post count)

I still can't really believe how smoothly this project is going. I figure another month or so and we'll be installing interior and thinking about motor/trans.

Convert a TIV to diesel

Are you sure that you want Mike Z driving this car?

Yeah! Nice progress guys!

What a great job guys. Fast work to.

I think you should start a "Donate to the Limo Fund" but the donation is parts?

I am sure you guys have already been thinking about this stuff but??? Here is some parts I was thinking about;

Wood bar with leather trim.
Intercom system
Seats
SC front end for vented rotors
Bigger brakes
Shift bar parts
Longer clutch and gas cable. etc....
How about the MR2 setup of cable shifting??
914 interior bits, window cranks, crome cover for the locks,

Things that we can send to you to help the project come along. Just post what you guys need team work.

We have the need for a few things ...
Andy

like common sense.

Got any?

Fresh out sorry

That's quite obvious, Grant--after all, who puts phone dials on a Boxster??

... Probably the same sort of person who drives a 914!!


Oh, wait!

--DD

Why did the firewall come out? I would have thought a privacy partition would be in order? Electric window?

I wondered tha too... I would have left it in to separate the front and the back for a sense of privacy and to stiffen the chassis.

Not my vision in play though... Rock on boys. Crazy fun project...

Every time I look at this thread, I'm reminded of this scene...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixDpqVtXbfQ

Much better access to the longs and side-panels that still need to be stitched together.

If we decided later that we need some sort of partition, it'll be easy to add.
But for now, ease of access to the parts that still need additional reinforcement and work was the key.

Andy

Three guys wanna head over to the beach in a four seater 914, you wanna be the loser in the back by yourself?

This way four people can ride and converse easily. Having sat in the chassis with the firewall and without, I wouldn't build it any other way.

I'm gonna stop calling it a limo, cause a real limo would be built completely differently and would have things like a privacy screen. This is the 914 Saloon.

Sedan + Limo = Sedimo

Sedan + Saloon = Sedoon

Saloon + Sedan = Salan


Andy

I think you are WRONG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousine

Andy

To make room for the flat panel tv???

How you gonna heat that thing?

With warm air ...

No Waaaaaaaaaay...

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Which way to the beach!!

(Actually, wouldn't the loser be the one with the black coat and cap that's driving the thing? The rest should be passed out drunk in the back... behind the partition.)

Isn't the sole purpose of the partition to avoid open container laws? Might want to reconsider.......

I don't know about that:

The limousine body style has a divider separating the driver from the rear passenger compartment.[2] This partition usually contains a sliding (often soundproof) glass window so that conversations between passengers in the rear compartment may be kept private from the chauffeur. Communication with the driver is possible either by opening the window in the partition or by using an intercom system.

No matter what you call it the chicks will dig it.


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Hey, you need to post warnings before slapping in those kind of pictures!!!

I dub thee : NINE FOUR 'TANG

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Guessin' this isn't what you meant?

Uh ....yeah...about that ....I was referring to the POON not the Must

No problem...I can Photoshop THAT too!

Closer?


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No Photo shop needed

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That is proven to be the best way to test the strength of your longs and suspension console.

Nice car.

The Feb. Excellence has a 911 sedan that is in the spirit of your project. Chick Iverson also had a VW bug sedan. Would a 944 sedan look like a Panamera?

...News Flash ...you'd all be "losers" in my book.

Here's my vision of a limo.

BOTTOM of page 4 ????

We'll be back to Limo work this weekend ...

Andy

We reached the cleanup & patch phase.

Today, we removed the mid section of the center tunnel. It'll be replaced with a custom (removable) version. It'll be nice to be able to access everything inside the tunnel in the center section of the car.
We'll have to run all custom cables, wires and fuel-lines etc.. The new tunnel will be narrower and lower than the stock tunnel.

We also patched the sides of the floorpan. The mid-section requires some creative metal bending. We'll add that next weekend.

The rest of the day was spent cleaning up and prepping the side sections around the inside of the targa bar to door post transition.
That part will also be patched in next weekend.



And here are the pix:

But it looks like Mark is the only one working.

Then don't take my word for it

With only two people, one of the two has to stop working to take pictures.


If you swing by next Saturday, *YOU* can take pictures while "we" work ...
Andy

No.1, girl in purple on the pole needs a wax or shave.
N0 2, HD channel just showed a Ferrari Medina(?) Limo. They have Gull wing doors for the center section, and race seats with 5 point harness stacked behind each other. I took some pics, will look for a link , however. Interesting take.

What? No glass bottom?

Nice work guys!

http://jalopnik.com/360854/ferrari-360-mod...look-ridiculous

Novelty limousines

Sometimes an "inappropriate" vehicle is converted, simply for the novelty. Hummer vehicles have been converted. Another novelty conversion is the East German Trabant which was designed for a low manufacturing cost and incorporated body panels made from a rag fiber and plastic resin material. Volkswagen Beetles, Fiat Pandas and Citroen 2CV vehicles are occasionally stretched into limousines.

Gee, wonder how much money was put into that machine as compared to the Sonoma Limoma.

An yet another idea.

By the way, I've got a rear trunk lid with luggage rack you can have, if wanted.

Yes, that would be cool!
Andy