He comes up with the damn-dist gadgets. I asked him to make a tool to move the trunk spring in Matt's newly painted car. Here's what he came up with. You need a towel on the fender and the hook could/should be shrink wrapped.

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Clever guy! Nicely done.

I just put on some welding gloves and pull on them, no tools, super quick.

Can you loan him out?

I told him we nees to get him a cape. He was showing me how the reinforment pieces he came up with get weilded to tge longitudinal yesterday. We really need to do a video.

Jack is my hero and a real inspiration.
So great that I got to meet him in person.
(I still think you should make "Super In Law" t-shirts...)

all around!

Smart man. He may have read the manual...this is from one of the 914 manuals:

Excellent. Not many craftsmen around these days.

And Porsche might have read Archimedes before printing the manual.

It was nice meeting "Super in Law" up in Mammoth. What a great guy!!!

If he did, he did it from memory. He didn't go to the book when I asked for the tool.
The body book did sit at home for a long time. We never talked about it. But he reads everything he can get a hold of. I bought him a tablet a couple years ago for Christmas, he spends a couple hours a day reading the news. Old School, kinda.

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Plus something to hold the windshield frame side to side and front to back.

Sorry to say I am beginning to think about what it will be like when he won't be able to make it out to the shop. So I'm cherishing every day he's out there with me.
Right now 3 days a week is just perfect.

Oh wow....those would be indispensable for doing the cowl and inner long repair.