We need to meet up. I need a little inspiration!!!

I fitted /prepped/trimmed the Engman kit.

1. Drilled out all the holes 1 step with a uni-bit and brushed over lightly with an angle grinder on the backside, since it leaves a little lip.

2. Trimmed the end and the seatbelt mounting bolt holes that weren't quite aligned right and drimmed hear and there to get it nice and flush all over.

Yes, these are my garage shoes. My worn out pair.

I have Pandora set to 80s rock in the garage!

Where did you get the carbon fiber engine shroud?

Great minds think alike! I rock Chuck Taylors and listen to the local 70's "Classic Rock" station. Mainly because it's the only radio station I get, but I like to think it's because I'm building a 70's car...

No shit... me too.

Q is my hero

Nice to see you still have a Lotus as well.

I've been hunting Elise's for a while now but have not really stepped up to the plate yet.

I have space issues at the moment.

Try A.I.R. or Getty Design

Oh come on Todd...they're tiny! Can't you just fit them in a mailbox or the trunk of another car?

I also wear worn out vans for the garage mine are all black though, I love the checkerboard ones!

I still need to work on the garage music, but I leave my Ipod on random and have one tiny speaker hooked up to it. Gotta have music... and something to drink

I reserve my checkerboard Vans for driving the little cars.

I've got five cars and a three car garage... already have to park outside during the summer and store one during the winter.

If I were to kick my wife out of the garage... all would not be well

I need to build another garage

Double stack them with car lifts!!!!

Decided to "figure out" how to disassemble and reassemble the seat frames so I can get them powdercoated and the spring and arm plated.

Once this little roll pin comes out, it's all easy.

Getting it back in with the spring compressed is a bitch!

But I was able to figure out how to easily do it without damaging the rest of the frame.

Reassemble the parts with the spring clipped into the hole in the back of the crossmember.

The trick is to use a punch and get the pin in further than normal with about 3/16 exposed. Now take some electrical wire (about 20 inches), 18 gauge works, loop it around the bend of the spring. Tie it together and make a big loop you can pull. Place the frame on a secure surface (or on the floor with a rubber mat underneath) and pull the spring over the pin. Now take the punch and pop it out from the backside so the spring has more pin to grab.

Note: If you send of the seat frame to get painted or powdercoated, there is a plastic bushing that easily taps out with a socket.

There is also a black hard plastic bushing where the adjuster arm goes initially through the frame.

Pop those out, media blast everything, powdercoat, and you can have a new seat frame.

That's the way to do it...I have three cars and a motorcycle in my 22x24 garage

I do... sort of... I have the MGA and the TR6 sideways in the 3rd bay... the MGC-GT is coming out of storage in a week or so and it will take my winter parking place in the garage.

It stinks but my ceilings in the garage are not tall enough for a lift. I really need one... getting too old to crawl under cars anymore

Its is a bitch but worth it. comes apart easier that assembly and tell you coater to go light on the powder. Love your build!!!

Cool! You got a urinal for the car!

Met with a potential new body/paint guy today. Discussed the work I wanted done and repainting. Discussion went well, but he is 4 months out. No biggie.

Took some more photos to document what I want done to the body (welding, repair blemishes, etc.)

Dissasembled my 2 seat frames to get parts to the plater and powder coater.

Restripped my dash frame. (removed the new dash top pad, and bottom pad). Cleaned and treated the vinyl.

Spent 2 hours removing all the double-sided tape on the dash face.

Did you know that your Chassis number is on the bottom inside of the dash frame?

That is pretty cool! Keep up the momentum! You're doing great back on the saddle.

Stripped some 1970 911 axles, that I scored from a dismantler.

These have the rare 40mm thick CV joints (69-71 years only). Combine these with some Sway-aways axles and you have a REALLY strong axle.

Around October 71, they switched to "lighter" 32mm thick CVs. All replacement CVs are 32mm.

These are hard to find. I've cleaned up the races and balls on 2 so far, and they are clean (no pitting or scoring). Yippee!

Bad news is that one of the Boot flanges is a mystery part? Looks like someone turned it or banged it with a hammer to make it fit the stock boot.

To complete this, I need 2 moon washers and a clean straight 108mm boot flange.

Can anyone help?

dupe

40mm is not rare. It is 930 turbo. Easy to find.

Parts you need here at a good price.
http://www.pacificcustoms.com/porsche-930-...moly-axles.html

http://www.pacificcustoms.com/cv-joints-and-axle-boots.html

True... 930 CVs are 40mm, but are 6-bolt. The '69-71 CVs are 4 bolt with the 2 roll pins. (I realize the others can be adapted).

CV boot Flanges at Pacific Customs are also 6-bolt. I need 4 bolt. See the pics.

4 bolt are NLA. I got a set of rebuilt 911 Lobro axles and they use 6 hole flanges and silicone the 2 extra holes. This seems to be the standard fix.

I realize that... or I'd just buy one.

But it's not impossible to find someone with a used one available that they aren't using...

You could do one of these and weld up the unwanted holes...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CNC-STEEL-930-CV-B...eef&vxp=mtr

If I can't scrounge one up, I may have to. I've seen these and other 6-bolt loose flanges on evil bay.

Thx,

Q

Since your having everything replated, I would make up a couple of the aftermarket modified boots flanges. Weld the holes up, get them ground down smooth, and then have them plated in your run. Backup plan is always a great idea. Find someone to TIG them to keep the heat down and controlled, check them before plating to make sure they have not warped and then go for it.

Rebuilt 2 of my 4 CV joints...

Anyone know what the 3 red dots might mean?

These are from a 1970 911T

I just linked my original build thread at the beginning of this thread...

And here too...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...ic=3634&hl=

Whoooa, that was 11-years ago in 2003 so you get the trophy for the longest restoration in 914-World history Beautiful project.

Great job Anal Karl.

Tom

I think Gint has that honor.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act...;f=2&t=1191

Qarls not done yet so no clear winner... plus Voltron has been welding up that lost soul of a car forever too, he's still in the race....

Qarl wins the trophy for longest project taken apart and parts in boxes perfectly restored.

As a teenager, I was jealous of George's "lost warehouse." So I decided to create my own!

Progress?