Tomorrow it all starts.

Gonna break it all down and start the body work.
I hope to have it DONE by next Friday.

Brandon at Altissimo Restoration (707-253-paint) will be doing the bulk of the work.

I get to do the disassembly/reassembly, welding, rear flare work, sanding, some sanding and more sanding.

Car will be factory color light ivory with bright metalic red rally stripes and the 7"steel wheels to match stripes.

I'll be filling the side marker and antenna holes.

Rear ducktail spoiler will go from black to white and the targa top will be smooth painted with the stripes over the top of both.

Any advice?

KT

Pictures nightly

It is going to look cool Trekkor...got any drawings?

When you going to get some lighter wheels?

-Britain

No drawings. Stripes will be W-I-D-E with little pinstripes on each side.

No wheel plans. I need 7's.


KT

1 week?! I've had 2 p-cars stripped and painted. Each took 1 year. If you count lingering electrical issues, figure 2 years each. good luck, but uh,

why not do staggered tires?

7's fron 8's in back

what rear flare work are you gonna do?

does have 8's bump you into another class for ax?

get some real wheels... 5 lug of course...

IIWM, (but it's not) I'd look into vinyl stripes so they could be removed when I decided I didn't like them any more.

Brilliant! Guinness, lots of Guinness!

QUOTE (Gint @ Jan 18 2006, 09:48 PM)

IIWM, (but it's not) I'd look into vinyl stripes so they could be removed when I decided I didn't like them any more.

and Mark has a 30" cutter.

1 Week! Good luck with that, maybe if macco does it .Seriously, I Can't wait to see pictures I know brandon does good work.

Eric

How about some progress pics - before, during and after.

Thanks

Trekkor,
If you get your car back and completed before I do I am going to be really PO'd.
Seriously,
good luck with your body and paint work. The paint scheme sounds great!
Let's see, that will be two very smooth shiney track cars at GGR events this season.

Don't count me out, I picked up my AA steel GT flares today and have talked to Mark about welding them on and doing the botox on the AA wrinkles. I have a straight body with one decent dent. I want to smooth the targa top remove the sail panel vinyl, fill in the antenna and side marker holes and have the car painted outside only by season start. So we may have 3 shiny 914's debuting this year.

ok, if I was standing there...I would cough and say cough cough bs cough cough...

Very nice. I am beginning to think that I won't have my car ready until the TT#2 or at least the first CDS event at BW.

Cursed body/paint guy is stringing me along. Was supposed to be painted this past weekend. I think that it didn't happen.
Oh well, just have to keep thinking about how nice it will be to be all shiney and smooth when I finally get it back.

One week sounds pretty quick to me too....Unless you are going to be there like 15+ hours per day to help out. Body work, welding holes, flaring fenders, strip paint and prime and paint.....more power to you to get it done Trekkor.

Don't forget about the front spoiler....if the back one has stripes the front should too.

I'm an animal

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How about some progress pics - before, during and after.

Every night

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vinyl stripes

I thought about that, too.
Paint just seems so right...


I will be there all week hitting it hard. If it goes over a week,( next friday ) so be it.

I'm goin' for it though.


KT

Off to a great start today.

All the parts are off and boxed up.

Started sanding.


KT

Nice Helper

Another...

whya re you back already? day isnt over yet....

I'll be back there by 10:00 this morning.
I hope to fill the holes and S-T-R-E-T-C-H the rear fenders and fit the 225's.

Then more sanding...whoopee




I'm filling the air inlet grille under the windshield, too.

Pics tonight.


KT

QUOTE (trekkor @ Jan 20 2006, 11:55 AM)

I'll be back there by 10:00 this morning. I hope to fill the holes and S-T-R-E-T-C-H the rear fenders and fit the 225's. Then more sanding...whoopee I'm filling the air inlet grille under the windshield, too. Pics tonight. KT

KT, can you also list the tools/materials you're using along the way?

It will help others that plan to paint their cars....

-- Rob

Show pics of the flared car sitting next to yours.

Good luck with the 1 week thing. Hell, I hope you can do it. (you probably won't have any time to do anything else)

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Show pics of the flared car sitting next to yours.

Which one? There's two.

I met my goals today.
I finished all the metal work, stretched the fenders and the 225's are on


KT

So how did you do the flares? Pie cut with more metal added in, along the top edge?

Let's see some photographs of your progress

QUOTE (Dan (Almaden Valley) @ Jan 20 2006, 09:09 PM)

So how did you do the flares? Pie cut with more metal added in, along the top edge? Let's see some photographs of your progress

yeah! where are the flaring pics?

Here's how I stretched the fenders to the limit.

Port-a-Power!

I cut a 2x4 with the same profile of the inside of the fender and used hydrolic power to bring the fender lip to 11.25" from the inner fender well.

Check this out.

how much did the inner fender deflect?

neat idea.

Do you heat the fenders as you stretch them?

I put a 4x8 along the length of the inner. It didn't seem to deflect at all.

Also hammer and dollied the fender lip flat.

Interesting use of hydraulics...jaws of life

Did you get any unwanted ripples in the quarter panel after the streeeeetch?

I was very happy with the results. One of the fasteners that connects to the rocker panel made a pop noise!

It shouldn't need to much hammer work at all. The profile looks pretty natural to me.

No heat used.

KT

Looks good from that last pic. Profile looks about what I had on my 914-6 that I could run 225s on 7s with no problems at all.

It looks like alot of tire under there.

Bet you didn't need much sanding on your new roof!

Nice work Trekkor -

Brandon and Mark are just great; always do what they say.

Now, on to the metal work!

I filled the channels between the front fenders and the flat section below the winshield.

Heres the channel and antenna hole prepped.

Grille below windshield hammered lower and prepped.


Yes, Randal, that roof will really add a nice touch to the car. Thanks again!


KT

real men put 225's on 8's

Side markers are prepped

Driver side channel welded up

QUOTE (trekkor @ Jan 20 2006, 09:57 PM)

Driver side channel welded up

doesnt that crack if you weld that?

only time will tell.


looking good

*If* it cracks ( I already got this one covered ) I'll have vinyl pieces made to look like the plastic seals and cover them


Here's the grille welded...ready for body filler.

QUOTE

Aaron Cox Posted on Jan 20 2006, 09:58 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTE (trekkor @ Jan 20 2006, 09:57 PM) Driver side channel welded up   doesnt that crack if you weld that? only time will tell. looking good

Dan (xitspd) had his welded up, and says he's never had any problems.

Looking very nice! Keep up the hard work.

Side markers are also done and I took my welder back home tonight. I finished it all today


Also, the filled channels have 1/8" steel rod stock hammered into the slot just below the surface. I welded each side of the gap to the rod.

Monday will be a Bondo fest.

KT

Gratuitous jackstand shot


I'm having a blast doing all this prep work myself.
Brandon is busy working on his projects, so I'm glad not to bother him.


KT

Is that a smooth silver targa top in the last pic?

Another score from Randal's approach to car preparation (read lite weight)

I am glad Randal is doing such a total rebuild of his entire car along with the motor and I am sure that you (Trekkor) are too.