Andrew,

Thanks for the interest, I've heard alot about your race prowness!

I have the Audi S4 dash, climate control unit, controller that I'm adapting, er shoehorning ( into the car. There is room under the cowl without the stock fan/blower and vents. It will fit but the passenger may have limited leg room .

I have 996 dual radiators and condensors to use with the stock Audi A/C compressor and dryer. I doubt it will work by November but as long as all the components are in, I just need to get custom AC lines made and the harness connectors attached. I am currently using an AC delete accessory belt, it must have come from Germany, LOL.

No pics until it is more complete but I am photo documenting most of the steps for those who want to duplicate it.

For AndrewB, new use of a jackstand...

Last night a custom fabricator came by and took measurements off of my car for the rear spoiler. He'll be back next week with a prototype hinge to test for fit. Clearly this guy knows what he's doing. He showed up in a really wild hot rod he built. I'll try to get a picture of it next week. Very cool custom built car. WWII bomber motif with 50 cal barrels on the front, and tons of custom fabricated stuff including a throttle from some plane that he's using as his cruise control!

Anyway, the spoiler fabrication appears to be in good hands.

-Tony

Thanks Tony

He was referred to me by my friend a Yamaha designer...

Felix,
What is your status, any progress lately? Can't wait to see this beast at SEMA!

The fabracator ( David West) has the parts he needs to do the spoiler and my permission to cut it up for what he needs. I hope this will help to make it make to the show.
Joe

Every bit helps.

Thanks!

Mr Dezyne,

Thanks for asking I gave an update on the Pelican post, not much time to post right now. I meet with the painter in 10 minutes...

Keep up the good fight, we are all dying to see the rewards of your efforts...

Not much posting till now. I'm getting over a flu bug probably because I was working so late each night. The filler and glass dust/fumes didn't help.

The body prep is coming along, Ashley is working hard to avoid overuse of filler. It got into the high 90's a couple of weeks ago so I erected a car tent.

The front bumper was/is a project, I molded some fog light bezels out of yogurt containers and then molded the BMW intake bezels in plastic coated cardboard. The challenge was making it symetrical. It turned out the body and fenders weren't so I may have to refuse full front view pics for this reason. I'm still happy with the results and am learning alot more about fiberglass and forming materials. I'm going to tackle some CF after the "scoop" top.

I test fitted the cut-down tail light and housing. David will be up next week to fit the articulating spoiler. He's designed in the actuators and micro switches. I will have a "LAPUWALI" sticker under the spoiler as a tribute to James.

The headlight lenses are due any day now thanks to Tony and Jes' dad. I'm going to mount the ballasts inside the fender so I'll need to fab some liners to protect them.

That's it for now, maybe not until SEMA. Hope to see some of you there!

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I'd like to get a pair of those lenses also if and when they become available. I will get into Vegas on the 31st (Halloween in Vegas! All the freaks come out!) and leave on the 3rd so that gives me 3 days to track you down.... See ya there!

Felix,

steering wheel extension is machined...you'll need 6 1/4-20 x 7/8 button socket head cap screws. If you want black oxide finish you can get them from mcmaster-carr....91255A541 is the item number, $7.20 for a pack of 50, or I can pick up some standard finish ones and we can paint them.

Gas filler tube is machined as well and fits nicely, I will be in Fremont on Tuesday, we can meet up for lunch...

see ya tomorrow!

ahhhhhhhh moooooore Pics!!!!

So Felix, do you still need my spare steering column? I keep forgetting to drop it off.

Sure, want to join us for lunch in Fremont? I "may" not need the shaft if I a welder can add length with another rod. Have a windshield frame header? Jason just got rid of alot of tub parts!

Dang my second rocker came out of the mold crappy, I was trying two layer fiberglass and didn't saturate the mold enough but at least the corner was filled this time (cabosil).

I had the bumper almost finished but the right corner didn't quite match so I took the grinder to it...

Man I am going to after this project!

gas filler "bezel" (???) finished....

working on the pedal assembly after lunch and grocery shopping

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Sweet! Any chance of getting a radial "spun" pattern? See you Tues?

I'm taking Thur and Fri off to get it back together. Anyone in the Bay Area free to lend a hand would be appreciated...

here you go, hard to see in the pic....Tuesday will work, I'm leaving Thrusday morning for Idaho with the family to visit some friends for the weekend...

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We're working on a project for Micron, watch out for the bears.

Hey, leave me the keys to your truck, not kidding...

Are you going have any exterior graphics?

pedal assemblies done...I "misplaced" the roll pin for that "J" dude

hopefully I can find it before Tuesday....

Any photos of the current condition?

Thursday arrival from Yeamans Auto Body (Scotts business)...

Wow. looks amazing!! cant wait till its finished!

Was there any more news on these clear lenses? That should be pretty cool.

Wow, looks fantastic Felix! Can't wait to see it put back together.

John www.ghiaspecialties.com

Ahh yes, the saga of the lenses. The worst part of this is that I won't be able to get Felix the lenses in time for the show. The first batch of lenses were molded Monday of last week, but they didn't come out well. At this point the die is being polished. That is supposed to be done within the next week, but I don't know when the die will get back on to the injection molding machine. I'm hoping within 2-3 weeks but I don't know.

I'll try to find the pictures I have later.

-Tony

Looking really cool!

Good stuff Felix

I would have really liked the lenses on for the show and Tony did his best. I spent a little extra time finishing the bezel and they look "mean". I'll wait for the lenses before getting professional pictures...

Thanks all for the kind words!!! I'll have to update the contributors list soon...

Here's the preliminary pictures of the lenses and the die.

The die.. currently out for polishing.

Custom made parts make me drool!

Just a thought....You might want to talk to the guys as Prototypes Plus (Menlo Park) for a quicker way to make parts like these lenses. They should be able to whip out a couple of flame polished CNC machined parts in no time. Of course they'll be pricey, and you won't be able to sell them to all your friends, but it should be a lot quicker than the injection molded route...Or they may come up with some othe cool quick prototyping technique (like SLA to silicone molds)...

Bryan

Parts with a constant material thickness like thoes lenses can be drape formed or vacuum formed very quickly and inexpensively.

Give it a try,

PS my SEMA car shipped yesterday! YAY!

There isn't a comparison with die molding. Flame polishing leaves imperfections And drape forming/ vacuum molding still needs a die.

Here's my idea. You need something quick, that will look good. Take the lense and bead blast the whole face of it, so that it will be a nice, even "snowy clear." It won't be quite as cool as the clear clear, but when the lights are on, the things will glow like the sun.

Felix is making progress. Here are some pictures from this morning

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Last, thats the spoiler between the rear lights above

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All that work and no cupholder! Looking awesome.I can't wait to see it completed.

Simply breathtaking.....gasp....air, I need air!

Screw the car... is that a front targa top seal?

(Looking good Felix)

i kinda like the look of the projectors with out a lens covering it at all. good work. cant wait to see it finished.

Lookin better than I thought!!!!

ya baby!!

so when will those body molds be for sale

neo loaded, I'm OUTAHERE!!!!

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Anyone with my cell# is free to call in the early AM to keep me up...

Happy Motoring Felix.
I'll call you at 3 AM when I get off from work.

I can't wait to see the Neo914-6.

John take plenty of pics....

So the threads won't get lost:

Friday before the transport to SEMA

RichardL picks up parts

VegasRacer's SEMA pictorial including neo914

VegasRacer's 914 club dinner meet

Rob's SEMA meeting thread

Pics at Yeaman Auto Body

Automated spoiler

Ed's Suby roadtrip to SEMA

Another Ed's excellent adventure in his Suby 914

I'll update my sub-threads now that I have a little more time, that is after I spend more of with family. It's nice to be able to sleep again. More SEMA pics to follow once I get them developed and converted to digital. Thanks for the nice comments!

Besides showing a car in SEMA, there were a few "firsts" for me:

Driving all night with little sleep (avg 5 hrs for 3 months)
Driving a full size truck and trailer 1100 miles RT

Having the car semi-presentable was the first major milestone. The next will be getting it running and then completing the rest of the 1000 details...

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this was in Henderson, Boxster cover fits good!!
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this was on the way back...
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A plug for Le's Auto Glass 408-202-5634 who installed the windshield and the rear window at my house. Not PPG but a very nice quality and great price. They installed it 4 hours before I left for Las Vegas.