Area51Werks starts another Autotopsy Resurrection of a Factory 6, Welding is Done! Fixtures are removed Onto the cleanup and paint work. |
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Area51Werks starts another Autotopsy Resurrection of a Factory 6, Welding is Done! Fixtures are removed Onto the cleanup and paint work. |
rick 918-S |
Nov 3 2019, 08:26 PM
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#101
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,817 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Package deal only.
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rick 918-S |
Nov 2 2022, 07:34 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,817 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Back in the Q. Looking for a 70 to early 72 front clip Any leads would be appreciated. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
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AZBanks |
Nov 2 2022, 10:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,063 Joined: 7-December 05 From: New River, AZ Member No.: 5,245 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Glad to see you back in it.
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rick 918-S |
Oct 15 2023, 09:06 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,817 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Finally back on this car. It is hard to believe it has been 10 years since Sandy and I picked it up. So much has gone on betweeen that time.
I actually had a front clip from a donor I got from Chappy in Minneapolis at one time and ended up using most of it on Jueren's 6 repair. Since the car made it here We built a house and moved to another state. Well just across the Big lake. Infact I can see my old neighborhood from my deck. I purchased a 74 from Craig and ended up giving it Mark at 914 Rubber. The cost to ship it was more than I could justify. I located a California 1970-4 up on the Canadian Border that was brought up there on a trailer in the late 90's from Arizona, parked on the trailer in a pole building and never moved. This was the find of the century up here. But the more I looked at the car the less motivaed I was to cut it up. It is as rust free as 914 come these days. So I added it to the cars to build and not the cars to part out. Now that we are in our new house and Juergen's car is headed for spain it's time. The car is in the shop on some of the fixtures McMark built for me. I picked up a front clip from Garold but as I was trimming it down I realized it was not enough to complete the repairs. So my friend Pat, the guy I did the I did the Mercedes 280SL for located a clip down by him in Ohio. A mutual friend of ours coming back from the East Coast with an open trailer and will be dropping off here for me the end of the month. So stay tuned. From the begining... |
76-914 |
Oct 15 2023, 10:58 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,646 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
10 years ago and I remember that day. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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Cairo94507 |
Oct 15 2023, 01:35 PM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 10,125 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California |
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rick 918-S |
Oct 15 2023, 03:59 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,817 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Made the tool last night.
This is a planishing hammer. This is for the inner wheelhouse. I plan to metal finish it. There is alot of time to be invested before I get far enough to really use it but I tried it out on a couple of creases they I hammered out. With the shrinking disc and this tool I am fairly confident I can pull it off. Most guys would have just chopped out the wheelhouse and sectioned one in. This was the current state. Alot of time will need to go into bumping and shrinking yet before thplanishing hammer becomes an effective tool but this was about 3-5 minutes time. |
KELTY360 |
Oct 15 2023, 04:42 PM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,093 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) Been waiting for this. I’m prepared to be amazed.
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East coaster |
Oct 15 2023, 07:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,791 Joined: 28-March 03 From: Millville, NJ Member No.: 487 Region Association: None |
Nice! Sandy did a number on me too
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rick 918-S |
Oct 15 2023, 09:42 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,817 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Messed around a little tonight just as a demonstration. There is alot f repairs down low that need to be straightened before I get to finishing the panel. There is a thick layer of rubberized in the wheelwell i need to strip completely in order to work the panel level and straight.
But this was for fun: Started here. I worked a deep wrinkle above the sharpie area then moved to here. Started the metal moving. Ended here for now. |
infraredcalvin |
Oct 15 2023, 09:54 PM
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Distracted Member Group: Members Posts: 1,575 Joined: 25-August 08 From: Ladera Ranch, CA Member No.: 9,463 Region Association: Southern California |
Love this car, looking forward to following its resurrection! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)
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Krieger |
Oct 15 2023, 10:45 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,766 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Santa Rosa CA Member No.: 2,104 Region Association: None |
Nice work!
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gms |
Oct 16 2023, 10:01 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,707 Joined: 12-March 04 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 1,785 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
nice work Rick, get after it so you can do my '86 Targa!
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rick 918-S |
Oct 16 2023, 10:12 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,817 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Working on it.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) |
rick 918-S |
Oct 16 2023, 10:14 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,817 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Great day Great Food!! |
rick 918-S |
Oct 16 2023, 09:56 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,817 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Spent a couple hours on the 6 tonight. Started roughing out the panel and working in a broader sweep.
Around the sway bar hole there is alot of stress. And by the way, I did not drill the holes in the wheelhouse or slice the right fender with a zip cut tool. By the end of the night I started getting the horizontal crease back in the panel. I think another couple nights and I will be ready to start trimming the parts clip. It will be here by the end of the month. As I am working the wheelhouse the right fender is coming back in line. |
76-914 |
Oct 17 2023, 07:10 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,646 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
Metal Magician. I love watching the transformation. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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rhodyguy |
Oct 17 2023, 07:17 AM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,193 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
WOW! I would have no idea where to start. Real progress Rick!
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rick 918-S |
Oct 17 2023, 10:22 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,817 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Another night out hammering away on the wheelhouse. i set up this vector pull to start moving the panel forward. the arch over the Rack was closed up. I actually did two different pulls to get the shape back.
Ther is not much tension here. Just enough t help move the metal as I hammered the kinks. Hard to tell but this depression took hours to flatten. This was caused by the kink over the rack. You can see this spotweld flange is pushed backand the panel is rolled out. There is still a very slight depression at the swaybar mounting hole but once the gas tank bulkhead is welded back in ot will be right on. |
flyer86d |
Oct 18 2023, 05:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 451 Joined: 12-January 11 From: Corea, Maine Member No.: 12,585 Region Association: North East States |
Wow, just wow!
Don’t feel bad. It took me 41 years before I started working on my -6. Charlie |
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