And to think, I liked that color.

Have you decided on a new color?

I'm leaning towards Yellow. I'm gonna paint it myself but I've never done that before. I figure the runs won't show so bad in Yellow.

I'm dying here......

I dunno Man... ULF wouldn't be ULF if it were any other colour

put yer mask on & breath deep

....b

I gots all the PPE on. I'd be daid by now if not.
I feel like a one legged man in an ass kicking contest......time for a nap.

BTW, ugly in a 914 is more than skin deep.

From the "why did I start this" section.

Hay, body guys. Is it more better to prime then bondo or bondo over bare metal? I have some good etching primer..

This side is kinda done now......the whole wurks is, actually.
I had to leave some crown on the welds, now.....BONDO !!

Enighten us(me), JP...What's the thought behind welding the seams on the Targa bar??

PS It's all lookin' damn good!!

I've never liked the vinyl sails & chrome trim......but when they're off you have the pinch seams (+ holes) that are just as ugly......so I got a wild hair & decided to do sumthin' about it. DWD strikes again.

Prolly lost a pound of weight

The red 914 in an Excellence article last year had it's trim and spotweld flange removed. It also makes for a nice clean look...

It's a tough weld to make. You can't grind flush with the surrounding metal as the outside pieces disappear (3 layers on the sails) due to their shape and you have to do it in sections cause you're removing the spot welds that hold them together.. Even leaving them proud by 1/16 (or so) you blow thru constantly.....just keep pouring the rod....stop, cool.....what ever works best. On the second side I got more agressive with removal of the seam......took out bigger sections and was thus able to make longer passes.

Hey... it's a race car! Ya concours weenie

QUOTE (Jeroen @ Jan 9 2005, 02:35 PM)

Hey... it's a race car! Ya concours weenie

I hab no gud excuse....

look mommy: another one has gone off the deep end

JP, you're awes-s-s-ome.

Keep goin' before they stop you

KT

Once you start, you're committed.....kinda like the pig in a ham & eggs breakfast......the chicken is merely involved.

QUOTE (J P Stein @ Jan 9 2005, 06:16 PM)

Once you start, you're committed.....kinda like the pig in a ham & eggs breakfast......the chicken is merely involved.

That's good!

How purdy, how bout painting it with clear epoxy primer and calling it gud'

Ya'll prolly thought this thread was over......not till they pry my cold, dead fingers from this keyboard....or I'm done with this project.....and it could be a while.

I gotta get over this customcarcraze & get back to real racin' type stuff......shouldnt be long now....nuther month or so

Clear coat over primer......humm

A'w right, give us a close-up of that work. Looks pretty good from 4 feet. I want to see it at about 2 feet. Or is your address on the cardboard so someone will know where to steal it? Then you can file an insurance claim and get your ass out of the mess you're in!

That's a 10 teraflop pixel picture, dude. The work is close to flawless
Actually, I have a new jug of finish putty ready to go.

Hay, gud plan. I'll leave the shop unlocked all week and get a new Z06 sooner than I thought.

QUOTE (Porsche Rescue @ Jan 14 2005, 08:55 PM)

Or is your address on the cardboard so someone will know where to steal it? Then you can file an insurance claim and get your ass out of the mess you're in!

Good one James Me thinks JP is Beyond the Point of No Return

.....b

It's looking good JP.

And by the way YPAF is true, just ask the competition.

QUOTE (Rich Bontempi @ Jan 14 2005, 10:27 PM)

It's looking good JP. And by the way YPAF is true, just ask the competition.

Hay, Rich, I think your fenders are gonna work in spite of me

Humm.......no windshield goes gud with yellow

You're doing great.

Bodywork is a dirty, time consuming, pain in the rear.

But it's great when you're done!

I have half a can of grey primer, when you are ready for finish, JP.



Bill, paint your car either Ford tractor blue, or Grabber Orange. I like it as it is though.



M

I just read the whole damn thread and this is what happens when you give up smoking!
Lookin Good JP but the DWD has set in.....Wow, it should look great in Yellow.

Geoff

The back end is in primer.
Now for the front.

Looks pretty good to me. Gettin' your confidence up for the color coat?

I got a deal on 2 cases of rattle can School Bus Yellow.
My confidence is high.

They sell epoxy primer that *is* clear at the local auto paint store, rattle can or shoot your own, gonna have to try it on something worth, well something...

JP....tell me you're not serious. Or are you truly a masochist. All the shit you've been given about your primered home-grown flares is nothing like what you'll have heaped on you with "rattle-can school- bus yellow". Have you no shame? Wait, you don't, why did I ask? ULF will punish you!

QUOTE (Porsche Rescue @ Jan 17 2005, 06:47 PM)

ULF will punish you!

Ya! no shitsky and so will Chuckie

.....b

Rattle can finish can look pretty good if you don't lay it on too thick. Runs are never good.

I'd rather see you use Rustoleum in the quart cans for $8 bucks each and shoot it on with a cheap cup gun.

Actually a pretty good paint that can be wet sanded out after the cure.

KT

OK,OK, scratch the rattle cans. I'll unload them on the school district.

I have an HVLP set up.....turbine compressor & all, tho I'm not real happy with the gun. I'm gonna look around & find one that's more manuaverable....& a gravity feed. I need to find one that I can hook to the turbine compressor as I really like the warm, dry, clean air it supplies.

I have a gallon of hi-build primer but am holding off on the top coat ....color & type till I get the body smoothed out.....also would like warmer weather so's I can open the doors & not risk killin' meself. I prolly won't shoot the thing till March. I gots lots of Rickey racer type stuff to keep me busy till then.

BTW, I think Chuckie is gonna buy his self a new ride.
Come summer, I'll hire a "pro from Dover" to see how fast the car is.....I'm sure it will be a humiliating experience.

Pro from dover?
JP, them young-uns will have no idea what movie that reference is to.
We on the otherhand are old enuff to 'member.

I was thinkin (hard to believe) that iffn you left them fancy fenders completely off you could run any size tiar you want to, even an N-50 positraction!

QUOTE (J P Stein @ Jan 18 2005, 02:23 AM)

BTW, I think Chuckie is gonna buy his self a new ride. Come summer, I'll hire a "pro from Dover" to see how fast the car is.....I'm sure it will be a humiliating experience.

Guess I am old too... I recognize the reference.

Can I bring the golf umbrella to fend off the nurses????

I'm older'n JP but not as learned I guess. Who the hell is the "pro from Dover"? And can he/she drive?

MASH. This is just too easy... or I'm just too old.

MASH...the original movie....crap....I'm #2 again.....


Heh...anyone heard from Toast lately? I need another suggestive pic from her....

Ok.. which character in the movie said that line?

What is Buffy doing?

Hawkeye (Donald Sutherland). It might have been Trapper (Elliot Gould) but I'll go with Hawkeye.

QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Jan 18 2005, 10:08 AM)

Ok.. which character in the movie said that line?

Hawkeye?


Buffy is playing Paper, Rock, Scissors...

Godamn it ta hell and back....second AGAIN?????

QUOTE (RAR @ Jan 18 2005, 12:15 PM)

Hawkeye (Donald Sutherland). It might have been Trapper (Elliot Gould) but I'll go with Hawkeye.

DING DING DING DING!!!!


WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

BTW....Clay, that avatar looks like an eye on the otherside of a "gloryhole"....

That's a Hollywierd expression....

QUOTE (mikez @ Jan 18 2005, 12:19 PM)

BTW....Clay, that avatar looks like an eye on the otherside of a "gloryhole".... That's a Hollywierd expression....

You must have a vast experience with gloryholes to know what one looks like........

Actually I thought of the shower in the movie "Porky's"

QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Jan 18 2005, 10:17 AM)

QUOTE (RAR @ Jan 18 2005, 12:15 PM) Hawkeye (Donald Sutherland). It might have been Trapper (Elliot Gould) but I'll go with Hawkeye. DING DING DING DING!!!! WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

Who's the person, who's the person (politically correct form of who's the man)?

QUOTE (mikez @ Jan 18 2005, 10:15 AM [/QUOTE)

Buffy is playing Paper, Rock, Scissors...

Chick's got game.

Hawkeye.