Here we go.

I arrived at 5:30 am this morning from SD (I left at 7:30pm)

First shots are coming off the camera.

Here we go. Stand back.


B

WDSADF

Trying to figure out the shop computers (that I put in place..lol)

B

Andy's rear shock WAS bad...

Cool I-Beam rig, must make one, can't resist urge, evil enchantress of hell! Oh ya, got no room, ahhhh.

Holy crap Batman...

Check out the shock shaft!!. The shock exploded all over Mark!

B

Live broadcast...I love it!


KT

There was a Carrera in the parking lot when we arrived!!

This is going REALLY quickly!!!

Pete Stout from Excellence magazine (feature editor) with hands in his pockets (playing pocket pool..LOL) he is winning.

So Pete's giving instructions eh?
Say hi to everyone there for me!
Would have loved to be there and errrr... give instructions like Pete

Very nice

Keep on posting, What happend to the shock???

greetings to all!

I love doing live updates. We will post away with pics..!!!

Suspension out. We will have it on the bench in less than an hour.

rtwet

Got shims?

If you have this many shims...your tub is BENT

DaveD really gets on his work..or into it.


B

eddasd

Cool stuff, interesting to see how this evolves!
Good luck and keep the visuals commin'

What was the tip off to drive you to doing this?

That is a small fortune in shims. That will help offset some of the cost of the Cellete.
We need to know about that exploding shock.

Say Hi to Pete Stout for me. I'm working on that article for the GT I found in Canada.

Cool Brad. I guess this means the Swedish chick turned you down, eh?

Damn - there goes my shim market!



M

Brad is playing hard to get of course...

qwerrt we are drinking beer now..

That's a great shot! I'm sure there are folks who have nightmares similar...but they're in the good Dr. Daves Dental chair!! (By the way, that's the tool they use on my teeth;) )

Cutting the cage... relieve to strength.. Heineken..good

CRis.. send me the TXT message with her number

So that's what an Ass Dragger looks like...

Good to see ya made it safely Brad.

Hey those doors look familiar.

Hope the pulls go well

Did you really have to cut the cage? Was the stress that bad? Are you going to be able to weld the cage back together or is it time for a new one?

-Britain

The cage was welded into a bent tub....you can always reset the cage....

Brad, If you guys are still working, I'm planning on stopping by on Sunday after a brief stop in Danville for the local PCA. What does Sunday look like?

We will be here starting at 10am. I need some sleep.


B

why are we TALKING about hot swedish chicks and LOOKING at pictures of a couple of ugly guys...

And what's with the blue doors?

Any updates?

-Britain

Aaaahndy wanted to remove the doors, so they left 'em in Napa. Turns out they're very useful for telling how and where some of the chassis is bent, so B scraped up some other early doors for the tub.

Either that, or Aahndy wanted to try the "Captain America" look.


....So, did you guys ever start pulling the damn thing? When I had to leave, the only actual moving of parts of the chassis was some beating on the front suspension pickup point with a BFH...

--DD

yes. just got home, we got all the pulling done on my red car, it's sitting all bolted down until tomorrow morning. we'll see if we did the job right when we unbolt the fixtures.
if the tub stays, we're done! if not, we have to do some more

this was a real learning experience for me!
i am not afraid of the mighty celette anymore ...

Andy

let's start with the end, this is how the car looked like when i left around 9:30pm ...

some creative pulling ...

couldn't have done it without the experienced operator of the bench, thank you sir!

McMark welding the front a-arm mounting plate back to the body ...

cut rollcage ... it had to be cut apart completely ...
the cuts all came apart with a loud BANG, displacing the tubes up the 1/2" in places ...

guess there was some load on the cage after we started pulling the tub ...
Andy

all one needs is the right tools ...

jenny was helping out until the bitter end, you rule girrrrrl!!!

Andy

If you didn't cut the cage you'd have those gaps in the tube.
:PERMAGRIN: Joe

Rafael is the shiznit, is he not? And the other guy, Jeff? He was great to talk to.

So how'd the fiberglass do?

Sorry I took off so quickly. I went to take Gwen and Moose home and got called home after that. I'm hoping to come back up tomorrow afternoon.

and here's a sneak preview of tomorrows project ...

unbending a 914-6 tub on the celette bench!

(we must be nuts )

Andy

Are you doing the six yourself or will rafael be back?

yeah, Rafael has done hundreds of those pulling sessions ... as i said, couldn't have done it without him!



fiberglass is holding up well so far, we got a lot of scary noises from the tub, but no major pieces that fell off ...

fingers crossed for tomorrow when we unbolt the fixtures ...
Andy

he'll be there tomorrow and monday, thank good ...
Andy

It looks good!!!!

Whats up with the shock? When did it blow?

That kinda explains that one video of "bouncing"

Andrew

The shock blew directly in my face. It took me 20 seconds to figure out where the friggin' shower came from. I knew everything was unhooked, including the brake lines, then I saw the shock looking very odd and it all clicked. The shaft had completely dislodged and the chassis was holding it in place. So when I grabbed the wheel and started to pull it, out the shaft came out completely and I got hosed! This picture is exactly what I was looking at when it went off.



It was a great time. I learned a lot and it was great to have so many people show up to help out.

IIRC, there was Jon Watts, Pete Stout, Bill ________, Bill Pickering, Randal Barrick, Gwen Golub, Chung (not Daniel :wince), Dave Darling, Fiid, Jenny, Lyressa, Dave Hunt & Gerry, Andy and Me. Who did I forget.