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My SC needs to be washed and waxed. Could I send it to you? You wouldn't have to cad-plate the bolts and nuts when you disassembled the car for washing or anything. My God, that's impressive. Can hardly wait for this outcome!
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Don Newton "I gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life." |
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Time for an update.
The section where the oil cooler is located needed some modification. One of the oil line was routed in to the trunk and out again true another hole in the battery box. Since I deleted the battery boxes, I modified the section where the oil lines will be located. Here are some pictures. The large hole at the left was for the upper oil line. I cut a piece out. Fitted in a new piece. Test fitting the oil cooler and lines. On the suspension pan, I had some overlap from back than when I replaced it. So I cleaned this up and removed the overlapping section. I found some rust around the cross member mount. I decided to remove the section to see what's going on. Here is one of the mounts removed. I ordered new ones for both sides. I saw from the inside of the smugglers box some light shining in true some small holes, so I removed the gravel guard of that section. From the inside there was also some rust and the bottom of the vertical metal was rusted, so I cut out and replaced it with a new piece. From the outside. Here all finish welded in. Next, the bottom section of the smugglers box. Cutting out some rusty metal until its good material to weld on. Making a separator piece (or whatever it's called) Welding in the new outer piece, I also deleted the hole which had a round cover mounted. This just simplifies things. Finish Here a view from inside. To be continued. Cheers Engelbert
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LED Lights for Classic Porsches 2012 Boxster S 2006 Cayenne S 1984 911 Targa, 3.4L 1982 911 SC 1978 1303 Kaefer Cabrio 1971 911 3.6 1966 912 - Future Project |
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Wow. Nice work. I'm terrified how much rust is lurking in my car.
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Chris M 1985 911 Carrera with a couple cosmetic only mods 2006 E90 330i 1999 E46 328i |
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Thanks for the in-progress photos - I need to make some floorpan/scuttle patches for my Volvo and these explained a lot.
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Ed Devinney ::: phase 1: collect the underpants. Purcellville 993 + Boxster S + Eurovan MV + 4Runner + Volvo 122 |
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Excellent work, please continue to update your progress.
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Karl Lucky owner of a couple of 911’s and another Porsche or two |
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Seriously. Looked like a nice solid car from the first post.
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1983 911 SC Targa - 1990 944 S2 |
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I'm sure there are old 911's driving out there, they look nice on the outside, but they have much more rust then this one.
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LED Lights for Classic Porsches 2012 Boxster S 2006 Cayenne S 1984 911 Targa, 3.4L 1982 911 SC 1978 1303 Kaefer Cabrio 1971 911 3.6 1966 912 - Future Project |
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Your work is just so gorgeous. How do you shape those complex pieces?
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Peter (not "Pete") K. 2016 Cayman S 1999 Miata ("SM") race car 2016 Toyota Highlander--tow vehicle/wife's DD 2017 VW GTI SE (DD) Gone and missed: 1992 Miata ("SSM") race car 2009 911 C2S Coupe 2004 Toyota Prius - sold to son's girlfriend 2006 Dodge Durango 2003 Acura MDX 86 Black 911 Coupe race car 86 Gold 911 Targa 82 WineRedMetallic 911 Targa |
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There is no way I will ever post pics of my car on here. Your work is amazing!
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Ryan 1976 911S Targa 3.2 swap |
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OK, time for a little update:
I got the support pieces for the cross member. I cleaned up the section and welded in some reinforcement pieces. Finally welded in the support. The driver side was actually very solid. Looks like there was moisture in the smugglers box and that's why the right side just rusted away over the years. So I cleaned up the old weld and added some additional welds. There were also a few holes drilled in the trunk area, so I closed them as well. There are always some little holes. Here I just cut out some old material. And welded in a new piece. I decided to add some reinforcement to the sway bar area. Same thing for the other side. My new lip piece came in, so I drilled out the old spot welds. Cleaned up that section and got it as straight as possible. Fitting in the new piece. Here is it complete welded in. Also cleaned up some more in the trunk area. Cheers Engelbert
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LED Lights for Classic Porsches 2012 Boxster S 2006 Cayenne S 1984 911 Targa, 3.4L 1982 911 SC 1978 1303 Kaefer Cabrio 1971 911 3.6 1966 912 - Future Project |
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