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Old 11-13-2006, 11:26 PM
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Hall of Fame Adding lightness from the ground up

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Originally Posted by david riley
Any chance this is going to be seen by someone who can help? Links to your RennList posts showing the ’77 tub after the “treatment.” Or was it somewhere else
yeah, that's another one
Hereyagobuddy. http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforum...eferrerid=4104

Todd you said I was going to go to hell if I cut the 77 up. Well, where you staying when you get there? Is there a barresters wing? If so is it near the shyster shoddy mechanics building? I'll bring the ice...first I toasted it now I added the cheese, Swiss cheese

Almost done cutting. Found that carving the metal away with the Plasma cutter and then going after the spot welds is the easy way. I wil go over everything after the cutting and spot weld drilling is done and clean things up. If you do it right there is no sign left that something was there and Porsche loved to spot weld little brackets and bendy hold down tabs everywhere. Then the top side seam welding is next and then its time to break out the tubing bender and gain all the weight back and then some.

The sunroof/roof complex, even after all the removable parts are gone, is HEAVY! without question the heaviest single part removed. Rear fenders weigh nothing. I have a big can and pile of scrap tin that I will weigh after the cuting is done.
I have had some requests to start a ongoinng thread on this build and plan to pick the Rennlist brain now and then. Rather than poping in with funnyfotos now and then should I start a local thread? Worth the time or is it just boring "look at me" stuff? Was not planning to but keep getting Hows the build going?

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