914-6/904 project begins Options

[euro911]

The price of plasma cutters have come down so much , even JEGS has one that would be perfect for sheet metal for $300 . Sometimes much safer than a cutoff wheel. One exploded wheel and a trip to the ER could pay for the plasma!

Yeah, if you cut yourself real bad and bleed a lot, you just might need some extra plasma (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

[Literati914]

..Ever since then, it's full face shield, no glasses.

EXACTLY... I had a cut off wheel explode on me while restoring my volvo 1800E... the thing violently blew into chunks at a high rate of speed while running it without the %&*@*^ gaurd. 7 stitches across my chin, temporarily shifted teeth, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) . Never again! I'm still coming to terms with running a cut off wheel at all. Only high quality disks now and never without a full faced helmet and guard installed on the machine. I'm just lucky it didn't hit my flimsy ass safety glasses. Ignore ALL the car shows on TV who never use a guard on their cut-off wheels! Take it as a warning guys, it sucks !

[jcd914]

Cut off wheels can be dangerous, always wear saftey gear.

I have had a few self destruct but only got minor nicks and cuts from them.

I did slip once and cut open my wrist with a cut off wheel.

Very little blood, the wheel cauterized the wound.

Pretty weird to look inside your wrist and see the tendons and such.

My friend with me was looking pretty green around the edges.

Drove myself to the urgent care clinic and got 10 stiches, no damage other than the skin.

Damn lucky, no gloves and probably no eye protection.

In a hurry late on a Wednesday night prepping a car for the track.

Dumb luck!

Jim

[Unobtanium-inc]

The shelves are all done, the steel really helped. Happy I found a use for the hot rolled stuff.

[euro911]

Looking good, Adam (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

[Unobtanium-inc]

Nothing this week, I went to Wray's shop to work on the 550. I did get to meet Chris AKA tygaboy, that was fun. I always like when you can meet people you know online. That's why I love events like Hershey, actually meeting people, remember that?

I finished the lower panels on the 550 and started on the dash, which was kicking my arse, so luckily I ran out of day because I was running out of patience....

Luckily for me, Wray has his students working on the car too, so I don't have to try and tackle every inch of the car myself. Like that front fender, was done out of one piece of aluminum, stretches your brain a little to think about. Glad I didn't have to tackle that part.
Next week, back on the 904, it's like having two mistresses.

[restore2seater]

What's the purpose of the orange tape?

[Unobtanium-inc]

What's the purpose of the orange tape?

So you can see the wire form, it's hard to see without it.

[73-914]

Looking good Adam

[r_towle]

Where is that shop?
I want to take a class there.

rich

[Unobtanium-inc]

Where is that shop?
I want to take a class there.

rich

Rich,
The commute for you would probably be way better than it is for me. Wray's shop is in Charlton, MA.

www.proshaper.com

Anyone who wants to learn something new should take the class.

[914forme]

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[tygaboy]

Hi Adam - Good to meet you, too. We just wrapped up the 2nd day of the class and pretty much the parts each of us were making also kicked our asses. It's really challenging, interesting and fun. Absolutely fascinating to work that flat piece of metal into something "automotively beautifully".
Your 550 was getting all sorts of love today, however, I was working on the Maserati 300S. I'll post pics of the adventure under a different thread.
Again, great to meet you and best of luck with both builds!
Chris

[Unobtanium-inc]

Well, I had planned to work on the 904 this week but other Porsches intervened. First the 993 blew up in my driveway, it actually just backfired, but it was enough to blow all the hoses off, so that sucked up a big part of a day dealing with it. Then today I flipped a coin and decided to drive to Wray's to work on the 550. Now that most of the outer panels are done it's really starting to take shape. I worked on the dash today and yes, every dash panel you see was formed by me, you can check my hairy arms in the pics!

More 904 updates next week, I promise.

[Literati914]

"914/904 Project Begins" ... but after 41 pages, has it actually begun? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
All this other stuff is cool but I keep hoping a 904 will start taking shape in this thread.

[porschetub]

Yes me too its all about self promotion with lots pics of himself,gets flack on here and Pelican,don't know but appears folks don't like flippers,all those parts and never offers any for sale on here yet there is a market for them.
Recent attempts to weld panels in to the bastard child have resulted in lots of responses none that really say ''great work" Adam,as for rolling alloy panels that's only for very skilled people with decades of experience,appears not to be showing so far in the 914 ?
Don't try to be something you aren't and stop trying to impress folks man ,we are all born equal,even under the worse flaming you seem like a reasonable guy...think about that.
Rant over....get back to the car you started with.

[Unobtanium-inc]

Yes me too its all about self promotion with lots pics of himself,gets flack on here and Pelican,don't know but appears folks don't like flippers,all those parts and never offers any for sale on here yet there is a market for them.
Recent attempts to weld panels in to the bastard child have resulted in lots of responses none that really say ''great work" Adam,as for rolling alloy panels that's only for very skilled people with decades of experience,appears not to be showing so far in the 914 ?
Don't try to be something you aren't and stop trying to impress folks man ,we are all born equal,even under the worse flaming you seem like a reasonable guy...think about that.
Rant over....get back to the car you started with.

For the record, you are half correct, I don't offer parts for sale on this board, but I have given away two 914 engines on this board for FREE, as well as offered free 914 parts that are surplus to my needs at the Ski Roundtop Swap Meet every year.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...901&hl=free


http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...520&hl=free

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...246&hl=free

[Steve]

Hey.. look a squirrel... how’s the 904 project coming along? Just curious..

[Larmo63]

He should call it the 9014.

[Unobtanium-inc]

A couple of points I want to touch on.
1. How much of the car have I personally made? This has been a behind the scenes joke that maybe I'm just paying someone to make me a 550 body, and I watch. Of the panels you see on the car I've made 12 of them. Wray has made some and his students have made some.
2. Why do I jump from project to project? There are forces beyond my control with the 550, I have been at the mercy of Wray's schedule, the work done on the wire frame, and I have to couple all that with my busy schedule, I'm on the road a lot getting cars and it's like being a fisherman, when the fish are biting, you're catching fish.

So in a perfect world I wouldn't have to make a living and I could work on my projects full time, trust me I would love that. But I make time when I can and have to work that around other people's schedules. For example, if my wife has to work late I have to get the kids after school, so obviously that isn't a day I can drive 4 hours to Mass and work on the 550.

So all jokes aside, that is why I'm forced to jump back and forth from project to project and no, I'm not just paying someone to build me a body. Can we move on now?