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> Palindrome 914 Build Thread, now on the chassis jig
nathansnathan
post Mar 2 2014, 02:42 PM
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QUOTE(cary @ Mar 2 2014, 05:49 AM) *

Can you post some detailed shots of how your attaching the body to the jig?

With your fabricating skills any thoughts of building shock tower hold downs like the Celette has? Following Rick's idea.

Without a lift it looks like its a bit of a bitch getting it on there.


Currently it's sitting on 2 spans of channel, 1 under the rear firewall and at the front under the pedal area. I'll definitely post pics once I have some progress.

I've got to get it leveled, which I don't see how you could do with swivel casters. I'm going to make some leveling feet. I need to some more hardware still.

It was a chore getting it on there, took about 4 hours raising it up - ridiculously high, like 8 inches higher than in the pic above, but I was too busy to get a pic, I thought the wind might blow it down.

It was raining a bit too. I had a drop cloth over it outside a day because I forgot to buy the fat half inch fender washers for the bottom. The palette, I'd put on top of it to keep the wind from blowing the drop cloth away. It mostly worked, but 2 pools formed on each side, and pulled the cloth off the middle of the one side. There are pretty crazy storms going on the past few days.

I finally got it up and in, and it is so tall!. It makes me think that a mini monster truck 914 would be really cool. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

About the fixtures for the shock towers, that was something that I was struggling with, for both the front and the back. Talking to the guy at JD2, it seems the way it is done on a jig is to mount the struts/shocks themselves to the car and measure off of them.

I think the difference between a jig and a rack is the latter is so rigid and stout that you can leverage against it to straighten what is bent or "pull" the car. On the jig, the channel strut is the limiting factor to be sure, especially torsionally.
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post Mar 2 2014, 02:45 PM
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There is this info in the specs book that I will check against.

It lists the track of the front as

1331mm or 1343 with 4 1/2 or 5 1/2 inch rims, respectively.

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post Mar 2 2014, 02:56 PM
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I've been setting it up, I've cut and filed the ends of 22 1 foot lengths of 3/4" threaded rod, so far. More still to do. I need to get 1 1/2" threaded rod for the leveling feet, some more hardware, and to make some fixtures, probably 1/2 inch plate, I am thinking..

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post Mar 10 2019, 06:30 AM
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where did he go ?? hope all is good
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post Mar 10 2019, 08:27 PM
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Been wondering the same thing.
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post Mar 11 2019, 10:42 AM
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Hope so too. This thread has been a great 914 anatomy reference for me.
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post Mar 11 2019, 02:08 PM
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post Mar 11 2019, 06:05 PM
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It's not looking encouraging....
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post Mar 11 2019, 06:50 PM
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I knowCA. > Is Huge >>Butt>>>
I sent an email.... we gotta track a brother down...he was no casual....... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Mar 12 2019, 08:23 AM
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Wellness Check? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?



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I sent an email.... we gotta track a brother down...he was no casual....... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Mar 12 2019, 11:09 AM
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@jim_hoyland

he registered for WCR2016

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post Mar 12 2019, 01:31 PM
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@nathansnathan The world wants to know. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
Or possibly @Beach914 as he had dealings with him and lived near by?
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post Mar 12 2019, 02:09 PM
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Last time I saw Nathan was when he came by to buy a set of Pedro is and cut some parts out of a 72 chassis I had. Must have been 2014 or so. I was wondering the same about his whereabouts.
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post Mar 12 2019, 07:36 PM
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@jim_hoyland

he registered for WCR2016

@JRUST

He was from Laguna Beach. I have a number for him if someone wants to give him a ring. I'm drawing a blank on him but my memory sucks. If I saw him I'm sure I'd recognize him. I'll shoot you a PM Jeff with his number
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post Mar 13 2019, 04:04 AM
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new link 914 visualizer

http://nathansdesign.com/914visualizer/914_visualizer.html
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post Mar 13 2019, 04:10 AM
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I guess he"s done... @nathanxnathan
Good to know he"s still around..

I should finish my own projects
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I hope the bench he bought didn't reveal a grand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif) up that made him withdraw. If that's all it is he should checkout some my failures and gather hope. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Mar 14 2019, 09:08 PM
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Hey, thanks to everyone reaching out. A lot of changes awhile back set me back, health problems, money problems, a bit of burnout on the project. I moved shops, got another vw bus and did a bit of a rebuild on it. The 914 kinda got on the back burner. But I still have it, waiting for the urge to do more metal work - seriously wish I could get that part tackled. Thinking of getting back to it. I'll post updates when I do.

Again thanks for hitting me up, everyone who did, means a lot. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)
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post Mar 14 2019, 09:19 PM
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your work is #1..enjoyed your posts..... Cheers
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