Thank you.

Pure 914 porn!

I hope you'll paint it blue

Dave, Dave, Dave. Contrary to your badgering me about the color blue, it will remain the most excellent color tangerine that the factory intended. Now, go back to your Mom's basement and breathe carbon monoxide fron her broken water heater. And, continue to be a mouth breather.

Can't have enough blue (CHEB). Just because of those mean comments about my mother and me, I hope when Earl Sheib paints the Orangarine color it has runs and lots of orange peel.

I didn't mean to insult your Mom. I'm glad you finally found her. I know that ever since she was fired from the carnival, she's been a little depressed. Sorry about that Mrs. Carney.

Saw my car today. Final block sanding done, and paint soon to follow. Kent kicked ass on welding up the rusted and thrashed dash panel. Painted to factory specs with the chassis number inscribed. The tangerine orange is bright and bad ass. Kent is also going to straighten the front and rear valances as well. Tons of work done and still more to go. More progress pictures will be posted when Kent isn't performing his metallurgic madness. He is the metal master. Thanks for all your time and effort Kent

OK....wait.... where are the pictures of it blocked? Come on now, don't hold out on those of us who live vicariously through other cars.

It is amazing to see a master at work!!! There will be way for anyone to pick at any detail on this car.

More progress pics. Metal conditioning the engine cover.

Dash. Lot of damage and some rust. Sorry, these pics are not in order.

More pics.

More pics.

Adding black.

Well Kent, you said it would be about a year and a half to finish. You're already a month behind. Let's pick up the pace. I want it, I want it, I want it! Obviously kidding. With the amount of work my car needed, I thought you were out of your mind on the timeframe. I knew my car was in the right place, and local too. You kicked ass. Now you have me wondering whether to have you start on the other one. Thanks for all you have done thus far. You're doing my car as if it was your own. Thanks for the attention to detail.

This first pic here is of a different dash. The goal was to copy the paint as factory. I also wrote the body number under the dash in my best German handwriting.

Prior to final blocking.

Final blocked and taped off for undercoating and paint on underside, trunks, pass. comp. engine comp. The orange tape comes off after undercoating and before paint, it's covering all the holes so the undercoat doesn't blow through. It's Orange tape so I don't miss removing it.

Undercoat. I tinted it to match the color of the factory undercoating. For this car, it will be fully painted orange and none of it will show though.

more pics.

Looks great as always!
What undercoating product did you use?
Can a paint shop tent it for you of did you have to do it in your own shop?

Thanks.

It's tintable bedliner. I matched the color and bought a pint of toner. I beleive most brands of bedliner have a tintable kit and you can tint it any color.

This is a great thread, you are a true craftsman. My hat is off to you!!

Jim is lucky to have you doing this restoration, great job!!

Thank you, I appreciate all the nice comments.

Kent, to do that amount of work in that time frame is amazing. I've seen resto threads with less work taking numerous yrs. Just make sure the customer is worth all that effort.

I'll go ahead and answer for Kent. He would say, "this customer is definitely worth it, the best I've ever had." And I would say, "go bump your nuts, Dave."

wow that looks fantastic. nice work.

my only concern with the bedliner coating would be a) excess weight and b) hiding rust in the future. But both are probably very minimal concerns.

More pics.

More pics.

more pics.

Sorry for the Orange overload.

You had my car dipped in orange juice? I like it

This thread needs more pictures....Very nice work.

I am way jealous. That Six is looking absolutely beautiful. First class work that anyone here would be blessed to have on their own car(s). That is a very lucky Six.

I am so looking forward to the day I can see pictures of my tub in color.....I know it is going to happen....I hope it happens soon.

Wow, after you lay the blue stripes on that thing it's gonna be tits. You gonna paint them or use vinyl?

Dave, stop chewing on your crayons and get back in the basement.

Kent, you do some great work. Keep posting the pics.
I hope the owner of this 6 keeps this thread alive during the assembly process.

Your idea of the orange valances, rocker covers and painted top sound great too.

Are you still going with the wing on the back?

Larmo, it appears you and Dave have been comparing notes on your way to school while riding on the short bus. If you get a chance, maybe you and him can collaborate and do a finger paint rendition of my car. Keep the great ideas coming. I'll be speaking with your teacher on Monday.

Tangerine, Tangerine, Living reflection from a dream...
I was her love, she was my queen

Alright Kent, I'm coming to check her out tomorrow. I expect some results. Make sure you look busy when I get there.

Very Nice!

Orange you glad to move onto your own Six next ??
fantastic resurrection

We're just jealous of your beautiful new girlfriend.

Wow, I'm just seeing this thread today. Nothing short of awesome

I'd like to visit your shop some day ... I live in Torrance most of the time these days.

Thanks Rick, much appreciated.

HaHaHaHaHa...The answer is YES! can't wait to focus on mine but I have a 911 I'm doing and a 356 coming in at the end of the month so unfortunantly, no time for my toys. I did pull the engine out of my 6 and broke it down so I'm working on it for now which is progress.

914350,
You had me checking in on your progress daily, and now I'm spoiled....no pics for a four days!

Beautiful car and restoration!!

I have a question regarding the 6 holes in the rear trunk floor. They appear to be for a heat shield but I thought the early cars (both 4 and 6 cylinder) did not have a heat shield, but instead had the additional pad in the rear trunk to buffer heat. Does a 6 have a metal heat shield?