Some updates I got from Sean:

The usual crack in the long, crack travels 4-5 inches further underneath.

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All welded up, engman kit installed.

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Substantially reinforced RHS suspension ears.

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Likewise for the LHS.

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here's an ugly one. I cant find the pic from under teh floor. maybe on my cell phone...?

More pictures from Sean:

Acid etched, rust passivated, cold galvanized inside-out.

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Treated all the way up using long wand adapter.

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Etching primer, seam sealer, fresh metal.

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New inner wheel house. Metal replaced all the way up to the roll bar.

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New cable pull.

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Engman kit fitted and hole plugged.

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Next in line is welding in steel flares, full repaint, big brakes, etc., but that will have to wait until next time I visit San Diego...

More updates from Sean:

Stealth GT.

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Too dark to get good pics.

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GT wraps around the long, not just a scab plate.

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Left hell hole nice and cleaned up.

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Image shows seam of inner wheel house. New inner wheel house panel runs from bottom of sail panel/roll bar doubler to the top of the longitudinal inner doubler. It is welded to the inside longitudinal stiffener. Then top longitudinal inner doubler welded to it, then top longitudinal cover welded over that and joined to the inner wheel house vertical wall. Yeah, it’s a little over-kill perhaps. All seams are sealed and prior to welding all joints treated with zinc weld thru.

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SEM epoxy seam sealed, wurth etching primer, wurth weld thru cold galvanived primer between laminate sheets of steel. There is no bare metal. Even inside reconstructed areas has no bare metal. Welded joints are treated with zinc that melts into the weld area.

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We fitted 911 e-brakes as well. However, the bearing cover is from a 1968 911, and does requires some massaging to fit. The bolt holes had to be filed about 1mm to line up with the trailing arm, and the cover interferes with the hub as it gets pressed into the bearing. The hub is in bind and will not rotate.

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Sean was able to trim the cover down in situ.

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Engine back in car, almost all done.

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Further issues with the 911 ebrake setup. The ebrake that I bought came from a '68 911, which is the wrong year. The brake shoes are about 7mm too tall, causing them to bottom out on the brake rotor. If someone else wants to do this, make sure you get '69 or later.

For documentational purposes, I'll include a few pictures from my transaxle overhaul.

New main shaft/1st gear (the strongest type).

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Excellent new 2nd gear.

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New 3rd gear, dog teeth and synchro.

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Late fat synchro hub (previous was skinny, NLA).

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QQ 4th gear.

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And again, new dog teeth and synchro on 4th.

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The ring and pinion was in excellent shape, so was reused.

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Quaife differential.

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Finally, all the parts that got replaced... Lotsa dollars went into this.

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more quaiffe photos please so we can all drool and dream

Very nice! I am interested in how your body shop treated the internals of the frame. Do you know what brand they used? POR?

Thanks,
Jim

I am looking at a Renegade system. I like the LS1/LS2 conversion!!

I forget the specifics, but Sean can probably fill in on what was used.

I visited Renegade Hybrids in Las Vegas a month ago. They had a targa taildragger fitted with an LS7 and a 930 trans sitting on the shop floor. They said it was a pretty sweet setup, but possibly a little over the top and on the expensive side. They advised that the LS2 would be more bang for the buck.