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Today At Van Saun County Park
Paramus NJ

Wow, that is pretty!

Very very nice!

Charlie

Thank you Dion
Sorry I missed you at Hershey.....I hope to meet sooner than next year.
Weather has really messed me up this spring.....and other issues later
this Spring/Summer

Thank you, Charlie
As you may know my intro to 914 sixes was with Fred.
His Irish green car with the hand made flares was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.
I went along with him and Holly to a few races in those days.
I still have the orange six I managed to buy about five years later.
I remember seeing your name all over Porschforus for years.
Saw Fred at Hershey....No Peter AFAIK
I talk to Jim Foster and Doug every so often.
I can't wait to get a rowdy engine in the white car.

Had a great outing tonight to Bear Mountain NY
It started with a lively four car sprint to our destination on beautiful wooded winding
roads....the line up ?
A modified lightened 280 Z, a 2008 Lotus Exige S, a genuine 951 Rothmans
cup car and me in my conversion 6 GT project car.
My car currently has a stock '68 911 2.0 six. Smallest engine and lightest car.
Mine is no match for the other three but great fun and my longest outing
with the newly finished car. I put on about one hundred miles.
The next treat was seeing Ian (cuddyk) fresh back from the West Coast Ramble.
It was great to hear about his trip and meeting many of the west coast
contingent.
My car performed flawlessly and was great fun to push pretty hard for the first time.
The weather was perfect too. I'll remember this one for a long time.

How’s the front trunk lid behaving without the pins? Much lift at speed?

Nothing to report.
Drove it over 90 mph and came home intact.
I did have some thoughts along the way about the very light glass bumpers
attached with bonded aluminum brackets.....and rocker panels attached with only four
screws.

Is that Bear Mountain as in Route 9W? up to the Bear Mountain Inn?
People still racing up and down the mountain?
My friends and I use to do that back in the mid 70s. I had a 1971 TVR 2500, and my friends were driving a Super 7, a Lotus Europa, and an Alfa GTV. Those were some fun times running up and down the mountain.
Great fun. Your car looks great by the way. Enjoy it.
Bill.

Yes, that Bear Mountain.
My drive through the park to the Inn was the first in the company of skilled guys
in exciting cars.
A twelve mile blast.
This was the first time I really leaned on the car and the engine.
There is still some tune up work to be done.
Jets, dizzy check, first valve adjustment,oil change etc.etc.
The chassis feels great.

Beautiful!!!

I live pretty close to Bear Mountain. Pretty nice windy roads over there for some mountain driving. I hear motorcycles buzzing by on the highway near my house all day on nice weekend days, no doubt headed to Bear Mountain.

This is a really cool looking car…

Love the simplicity, wheel finishes, and overall vibe.

Nicely done, and great to hear the chassis is dialed. You'll get the engine dialed in, too...

Hey Scott
Any chance you're going to NNJR cruise night next Tues ?
No rain ? I'm there.

Thanks Pete
The idea is a no option early car with performance
enhancements.
Except for the wheels everything is period correct.
I like to make things look 'factory' no frills. No flourish.
Rory

Hi Rory,

The GT is looking great..
Did you roll the flare lip at all ends or trim it like the later cars?
Is 225 the largest tire you think will fit under the flares or do you have them spaced out?

Rory she is looking WOW with that body in white !!

Hi Luke
The flange is turned up, not trimmed.
I traced the curve of the wheel opening and cut a piece of 1/4" plywood to conform to that shape. We then clamped it to the inside of the fender and shaped it (body hammer) as you might find on a standard fender. This adds strength and doesn't take away too much tire clearance.
As for the wheel/tires in the rear .... no spacers. I have about 3/4" space on the outside on either side. Add 21mm spacers ? at that point it would be TIGHT.
On the inside each has about 1/2" clearance. I don't think 9" wheels will fit. Can I size up from a 225 to a ? 235 , 245 ? on my 8" sixteens ? don't know.
Something I might explore when there is more power.

Hi Marty
The Light Ivory thing is big and getting bigger.
One day we'll meet. Your project is inspired.
I have a mimeograph pamphlet from 1993 from your business listing 3.2 conversion parts for Vanagons, exhausts, instructions, diagrams etc.etc.
You've been at this a long time.
It's gratifying to hear that you like my car and the work I've done.
Thank you
Rory

The 21s will be too tight. You can check MySpace’s thread from last week and see how tight it gets. I didn’t try moving the car with them on

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I've got about three hundred miles on my car now.
Time to get it up for an oil change and look around.
First had to deal with the CV boot flanges spewing grease everywhere.
The available boot flanges with the extra holes.....not good.
Big clean up followed by fitting 8mm ATE plastic plugs slathered with Curil T
Problem solved ? fingers crossed.
Next, evaluate approach to adjust valves.
I've done it many times in the past on the lift. It's been a while.
This time on the floor at a height that allows access to the intakes above
and the exhausts below. The bottom is tight. Check the view of the 4,5,6
exhausts. No elbow room, no hand space. 5 was OK, 6 (the worst) needed
adjustment....got it done.
Check the area of the installed thermostat plumbing. All the OE heat parts and hoses
fit as normal.
The thermo is not in use yet. When the 3.0 goes in the line from the block to the
tank will be changed out and the cooler will see oil for the first time.

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I like the plywood idea. There's a lot of extra metal on the lip of the flare so I either want to trim it or shape it like you did. I'll let my metal guy decide.

I'm weird. I never get sick of checking out a nice clean and new GT build.

Looks great Rory!!!

Rory,

You did a super job on your car. Clean is what I am talking about!
Beautiful car.

Bob B

Thank you ......to my California compatriots
Bob I don't know if I've mentioned it in the past but I've known Peter Dawe for close to forty years.
He must have done your car when he lived in California and worked for Andial.
I see him at Porsche gatherings every so often. What a talented guy, he's done it all.
Thanks again
Rory
You too Larmo !


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This is how it was done.
Clamped the plywood profile against the flange with five or six C clamps.
Used an additional piece of plywood on the outside to protect the flare.
Slowly hammered the flange flush against the flat of the plywood.
Used care to shape the transition from the rolled area to the untouched
flange

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Rory,

Your car looks great! Impressive work.

Did you turn up the flange (with the plywood forms) before or after paint?

I’m sure he did this before paint. What a great way to shape the lip.

Entered the PCA Zone 1 Concours
Placed 3rd in "Street Class" ...... 3 cars entered.
Could have been worse.
If Len had entered I'd have garnered a solid 4th.

I recently fabricated a hand throttle.
I used a heat flap handle and mechanism as the starting point and copied the rest
of an original 6 throttle mechanism.
I changed the shape of the handle by cutting it, rotating the top and making it straight.
Added a wing to the gas pedal bellcrank for rod to push against.
The rod is fabed from brake tubing.
The pictures tell the story.
I've had the NOS throttle knob for eons.
I hated taking it out of the package.
Starting a no-choke carbureted engine with the hand throttle is very easy.

Here's a pic of the hand brake recess part after it was finished and installed.
I'm getting to drive the car more now that the roads are free of salt
Also free of traffic due to the virus.

I can't think of a better stress reliever. Enjoy the miles of smiles.

Not the only one..

I keep looking at how clean and perfect it is, then he adds cool touches like the hand throttle, too cool.

Great looking car and I dig the use of the plywood forms.

@rgalla9146

Ok Rory, I’ll be glad to pay you to make me one of those! That’s a very cool detail.
Enjoy the drives.

Hey Dion
I just found the only pics I took of the fabrication.
I made a styrofoam wedge that fit into the recess.
Then I glued it into a 90 degree corner and covered it with clear packing
tape to keep the fiberglass resin from eating the styrofoam.
Then covered the pictured piece with saturated chopped glass.
Wait a few hours......sand and shape to fit. Paint.
The texture is a lucky result.

Thanks for sharing that technique Rory. It’s a small detail but practical. Looks factory.
Well done.

I never posted pics of the complete trunks and interior of my project.
Check my $3.00 fiberglass hood props. And filthy tool kit.
I now jump in the car and drive it whenever I'm in the mood but organized events and even local C&Cs are not happening.
I hope the Northeast Gathering in Stroudsburg happens, It's a nice distance from home and some great friends and great cars will be there
Next up will be the delayed Luftgekult on November 1st. Can't wait.

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Interior and trunks look great.

That looks great Rory...well done!

looks even better in person....social distancing in person of course.

Attention to detail it outstanding! Looks good!

Wow! Well done. Details do matter and this shows it.

Everything done so far was on the rotisserie or on a chassis cart.
I finally can use the lift (long stored car out for a while) to do some needed tasks and take some bottom pics.
Soon to follow.