You can negate that wobble. As soon as the arbor bit penetrates the metal and before the hole saw begins to cut, remove the arbor bit and replace it with a rod or tube of the same size. I use a 1/4" self centering punch.
The reason the hole saw wobbles is the arbor bit ovals out the pilot hole and allows the hole saw to dance about. By replacing the arbor bit with a smooth sided replacement the pilot hole doesn't enlarge which keeps the hole saw centered. Sorry 'bout the high jack.

Battery tray is in And engine comp. Is primered.

A lot of work in the passenger comp.

Wow...just, wow!

More oics.

Front fuel tank area.

More.

Are the holes for the back pad screws covered by the rear stiffener ?

so glad we get al the detail shots not saying I am ever going to be this good, but I have learned a ton, and got some great ideas for my builds that will be puled off at a fraction of the skill level show here. But I can aspire.

As good as it looks in the pictures, in person is 100 times better.

Wow just about ready for color now..

I agree with stephen.. I have learned allot just from watching the progress..

That's great to hear and thanks to all you guys for all the nice comments.

Yes and I will have to locate/access those.

Had a great time visiting with Kent and Jim and seeing all of the progress on my car. It looks like it would have on the factory line. It's sitting next to a very very rare '68 911R.....the work on the 911R is just amazing.

Then we went to the engine shop. Apparently the engine, I had it built 3 years ago, was not stored properly after being built, so we have a little bit of light corrosion on the cams, but aside from that it should be good. Once the engine arrived at Jim's he completely wrapped it in cling wrap. Fortunately, we caught it before it could really do damage.

We did discover the original 3.2 oil cooler was installed on the motor instead of the 914-6 cooler that came off my car. I have asked Scotty to please locate my oil cooler and ship it to us ASAP so they can continue with the engine work and bench fire the motor.

Anyway, my car is moving along with terrific progress on all fronts. While I was at Jim's, my brother was with me, Jim tossed me the keys to his '70 914-6, the white one, and told me to take it for a spin. Who would say "No thanks" to that? My brother and I drove from Jim's to Kent's shop, about 20 miles, and it was a blast. His white car has "patina" but runs like a Swiss watch. That was the coolest. When it comes to people, they do not get any better than Jim and Kent. I was sorry I did not get to see and talk to Andy this time- hopefully next trip I will see him.

So I am one happy guy -

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Michael..

Eric from Pmb reported that the my heat exchangers come very close to the factory 914-6 oil cooler brackets. Just make a note of that. A couple ways around it but wanted to let you know..

OK- we will keep that in mind. Thanks.

Terrific news, Scotty located my oil cooler and is shipping it. That's a great relief.

under the batter tray, into the hell hole area.

1) isn't there supposed to be a drain hole to let the water out?
2) why did he put undercoating in there?

Hi r_towle,

I don't know if there is a hole there or not. I do know Kent knows what he is doing. I believe the undercoating is for extra protection for the future, so damage never gets a chance to happen. Not an inch of this chassis has been overlooked to get it absolutely right. We will just have to stay tuned to see what happens next.

I think my smile would be that big too!

I hope you don't mind but I've stolen all of your photos showing the seam sealer applied to give to my body guy. They're just about the best reference photos out there.

Enjoying following this build.

Thanks Stephen. I do not mind at all. The reason we have so fully photo-documented this entire restoration is to help those considering a restoration know how really involved this work is and provide a "guide" for what to do and what to be aware of when you undertake a project of this size.

Yep, me too. I was going to start a thread to see if there were diagrams, but Kent took care of if for me.

Will you share that info with me? I did the same damned thing 4 yr's ago and have yet to address it. another Kent.

Hi, the drain hole is there, just can't see it at that angle.

This car though an original Six is deviating from stock, 3.2, side shift, hinged/tilt passenger seat, none original color so though the undercoating is not stock, it will add protection for "long" in the future. The Hell Hole was surprisingly in great shape on this car.

Yeah, well the Hell Hole was great because the thing was covered in a ton of oil as was the bottom of the car. So that had to help.

Oh, wait....did Kent just say the car is going a non-original color......

Yeah it was originally yellow and now it's going gold right?

OK, I was worried for a minute.

Original to what ??

Terrific. Scotty got my oil cooler shipped out pretty darn quickly, (thank you) and it came with a few other parts we have been missing too. Now we will send the cooler out to be sonic cleaned and pressure tested so it is ready for installation. Oh, the two trailing arm bearings came from PMB- thanks Eric.

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Before you install those rear bearings take the grease seals off and inspect them.
There's been problems with bearings only being shipped with one of the sides greased.

I checked my new FAG bearings and sure enough one side of the bearing had zero grease.

Good how to here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9P1R2clGAU

Good news that your parts have been located and received.

Lets see some updated pics now...

Thanks Luke - we will add it to the list.

Peer pressure or pure pressure?

Time will tell...

Blocking panels.

...so close now... *snif *snif you can smell the gold Wow, that tub is crisp!

"Crisp"

Check fit drivers side seat rail.

My wife will really appreciate that.

Passenger side seat mounts.

I really appreciate the attention to detail.

Fitting engine cover.

Getting close now.

It's been a long time since I have seen that view.

I'm torn, I want to see it painted, but it looks so great as a bare chassis too.

Kent, (as usual,) has done a yeoman's job on the project, just wonderful.

I'm jealous.

L-60E

I know. It looks so good even with the guide coat - I can't wait for color. Thanks for checking the thread.

Looking great as usual.

Will you be hosting a viewing party so we can drool over it in person?

Mike - I will be driving this car in the East Bay area so I am hoping a lot of people will get to appreciate the 914's for the beautiful cars they are.

Thanks, Larmo.

Did I miss the announcement of what color you selected Michael? NOT GOLD is not a color..