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| KELTY360 |
 Feb 2 2011, 09:01 PM
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914 Neferati  Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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QUOTE(Britain Smith @ Feb 2 2011, 02:18 PM)  Holy Crap...I see something on the floor in your shop (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) -Britain (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
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| Hontec |
Feb 3 2011, 02:48 AM
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I see things..... Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 23-September 10 From: Netherlands Member No.: 12,210 Region Association: Europe |
QUOTE(Britain Smith @ Feb 2 2011, 11:18 PM) Holy Crap...I see something on the floor in your shop (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) -Britain Damn....you caught me..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| Hontec |
Feb 3 2011, 02:52 AM
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I see things..... Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 23-September 10 From: Netherlands Member No.: 12,210 Region Association: Europe |
QUOTE(Krieger @ Feb 3 2011, 02:31 AM) Were you standing on the ladder for the 3rd shot or something solid? There's an attic there.....always a nice pic from above... |
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| Hontec |
Feb 3 2011, 02:59 AM
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I see things..... Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 23-September 10 From: Netherlands Member No.: 12,210 Region Association: Europe |
QUOTE(stewteral @ Feb 3 2011, 03:39 AM) QUOTE(Hontec @ Jan 16 2011, 02:05 PM) QUOTE Are you going wide?? I for one one love to see this as a narrow car... I think it's more muscular with the right amout of rubber under the arches... Yes, I'm going wide......to which extend , I'm not sure yet..... GT. GT+ or Sheridan.. Hi Randall, I just had to add my admiration for your welding, engineering skills and Craftsmanship! Your work is so good that you could work at any race shop in the world! After seeing all the incredible work you did on your 914, I have been wondering where you learned your impressive skills and what type of work you do for a living. I have not been able to produce the level of work I was proud of until I was in my 50's, but you are still under 40 and so skilled! Just my Opinion: the 914 is a tightly designed package engineered around a very Low Cg drive-train, mid-engine and rear wheel drive. To try to make it 4-wheel drive would simply take the car too far-afield of its origin. With the car's Low Polar Moment of Inertia, even 4-wheel drive would probably NOT help its "Bad manners" in the wet. Of course, Holland is WET a great deal of the time. (With my Chevy-V8 power, when it rains here in California, I won't even CONSIDER taking the car out, after the 75 MPH "tank-slapper" experience next to a BIG diesel rig in the rain, on a bridge, a couple years back.) So I APPLAUD going to a TUBE-Frame with your 914 and suggest trying another car for 4-wheel drive fun. The Audi A4-S4 is a pretty impressive package to look at. PLEASE keep all those GREAT photos coming! I learn from all your good work, Best, Terry Thank you for the compliment! I started working on cars in my uncle's garage from age 10 in the holidays, so I've been wrenching now for 27 years (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) He taught me welding as well, gave me a welder and an old Mercedes and told me to replace the bottom......and from there it went wrong........never stopped again.....I love to weld! The 4wd 914 idea I have to abandon, I fear I'm going to hit a wall when it comes to the paperwork/burocracy here....I tried, but I have gotten no coöperation or even someone that will listen.... So unfortunately I give up... I'm keeping it RWD but with a sequential transmission... Ow and my daily job is flying a Boeing 747..I did have a company where we built race/rally cars and even built Dakar cars but I quit, having my own company is not something I enjoyed. Thanks and best regards Randall |
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| DEC |
Feb 3 2011, 09:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 630 Joined: 10-November 05 From: Rehburg Member No.: 5,104 Region Association: Germany
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Randall
will you build a full tube frame or a part tube frame like the "Anklebiter" build? I love your work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) |
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| Hontec |
Feb 3 2011, 12:34 PM
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I see things..... Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 23-September 10 From: Netherlands Member No.: 12,210 Region Association: Europe |
QUOTE(DEC @ Feb 3 2011, 04:23 PM) Randall will you build a full tube frame or a part tube frame like the "Anklebiter" build? I love your work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) Hello Wilco, I first want to take off the fenders, have it mediablasted and then remove the complete inside. Then I will start to tubeframe it. Since I would like to make the suspension a double wishbone, I will re-design the complete rear. If possible, I would like to keep the stock inner fenders, but I think they will go in the end. That all depends on what type of fenders I will re-install.. as of now, I will have them made in dry carbon. But first of all we'll start stripping and see where we go from there.... So many ideas........... |
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| bandjoey |
Feb 8 2011, 01:08 PM
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bandjoey Group: Members Posts: 4,930 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Unbelievable welding work and body bracing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Make this in 2 or 3 parts with a pin to connect the parts, and you'll probably sell all the body shops and some members. Best I've seen on rebuild posts.
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| Hontec |
Feb 8 2011, 01:29 PM
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I see things..... Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 23-September 10 From: Netherlands Member No.: 12,210 Region Association: Europe |
QUOTE(bandjoey @ Feb 8 2011, 08:08 PM) Unbelievable welding work and body bracing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Make this in 2 or 3 parts with a pin to connect the parts, and you'll probably sell all the body shops and some members. Best I've seen on rebuild posts. Thanks! but to be honest, one jig for now is enough.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) this was an inmense job and not to mention if I add up all steel and materials.....a pretty expensive one.... I've already had offers for this thing, but I'm quite sure I'm going to need this for a while... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| Hontec |
Feb 8 2011, 02:22 PM
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I see things..... Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 23-September 10 From: Netherlands Member No.: 12,210 Region Association: Europe |
Also sent my fuel gauge to BigMark, this is what it's going to become, except the silver center button...that's deleted.
I am so in love with this thing, absolute art: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i854.photobucket.com-12210-1297196528.1.jpg) |
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| stock93 |
Feb 8 2011, 02:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 333 Joined: 12-May 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 684 Region Association: South East States |
Man that's an impressive jig! I really enjoy seeing other peoples projects that involve this level of fab work. Keep up the great work.
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| majkos |
Feb 8 2011, 05:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,370 Joined: 29-February 04 From: Mile High 914 Member No.: 1,729 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
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You, Sir, beyond an Artist! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif) Never fails to amaze me your level of perfection. And so simple. Thanks for taking the time to show us your progress! |
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| Eric_Shea |
Feb 9 2011, 12:00 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,289 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Off the hook!
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| McMark |
Feb 9 2011, 12:08 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE Hope you guys are not getting sick of all the pictures, Ummmmmm....... no. Can you post more pictures please. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) Powdercoating is really thick. Are you concerned about that added thickness affecting how your jigs fit? I would think plating would be preferable because of that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| carr914 |
Feb 9 2011, 12:18 PM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 121,256 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(Hontec @ Feb 8 2011, 03:22 PM) Also sent my fuel gauge to BigMark, this is what it's going to become, except the silver center button...that's deleted. I am so in love with this thing, absolute art: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i854.photobucket.com-12210-1297196528.1.jpg) You will be Very Happy with the results ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| Hontec |
Feb 9 2011, 12:24 PM
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I see things..... Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 23-September 10 From: Netherlands Member No.: 12,210 Region Association: Europe |
QUOTE(McMark @ Feb 9 2011, 07:08 PM) QUOTE Hope you guys are not getting sick of all the pictures, Ummmmmm....... no. Can you post more pictures please. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) Powdercoating is really thick. Are you concerned about that added thickness affecting how your jigs fit? I would think plating would be preferable because of that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) In anticipation of that I overdrilled the holes in the jig 0,5mm. I know the coating guy very well, I will ask him to coat a thin layer with a limited amount of microns. To be honest, when I put her on and measured I already had a few mm of difference in the chassis, compared to the modern race car next to it, it's nothing. My other reasoning is that the only difference it will create is a few microns of coating, I've had so many things coated with this guy, from chassis to engine parts and never had fitting issues before... If I incorporate the difference in each direction, I will still be ok, chassiswise... And if there is really no other way, I'll blank the contact patches and primer them lightly... Then again; how many microns of material get lost with the blasting? (purely scientifically?) |
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| sawtooth |
Feb 10 2011, 03:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 297 Joined: 25-June 08 From: Boise, ID Member No.: 9,211 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
Nice, how long did it take you to drill out all the welds? Removing the whole quarter panel seems much cleaner then slicing the quarter just to get at the long area.
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| Hontec |
Feb 10 2011, 03:39 PM
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I see things..... Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 23-September 10 From: Netherlands Member No.: 12,210 Region Association: Europe |
QUOTE(sawtooth @ Feb 10 2011, 10:22 PM) Nice, how long did it take you to drill out all the welds? Removing the whole quarter panel seems much cleaner then slicing the quarter just to get at the long area. It took me 4-1/2 hours to do this including the doorsill... I'm glad i took the whole fender off instead of cutting a piece out...Now everything is easily accesible for welding. |
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