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> un-bending and de-mangling a tub ..., a progress thread ...
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post Apr 26 2006, 09:53 PM
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Hope all goes well.

Tell Scott I say hello.

has he rebuilt his wrecked racecar yet?


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post Apr 26 2006, 10:00 PM
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Do you have to remove the windshield and back window too?
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post Apr 26 2006, 10:09 PM
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He was almost done with it last week when I stopped by the shop. He had to modify the front cover to get it to fit the cowl correctly, but it was done and I think painted, or waiting for paint last Wednesday or Thursday. He said he was going to cut the front spoiler section off so he could attach it separately, which would make access to the front compartment easier (don't have to futz with the fasteners on the spoiler, just on top) and make trailer access easier (can remove just the spoiler).

He's thinking of selling it, as the shop isn't doing as well as it had been.

He still has the other tube-framer, though.

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post May 26 2006, 09:51 PM
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and so the journey begins .... "The Beginning, Part III"

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post May 26 2006, 09:54 PM
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there she is, early in the morning. unsuspecting. calm. looking forward to another joyful day on the road.
little did she know what was about to happen ...



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post May 26 2006, 10:00 PM
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the drive to McMark's shop in napa was pleasant and uneventful ...


(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-179-1148702346.jpg) "Going down the only road I've ever known Like a drifter I was born to walk alone And I've made up my mind I ain't wasting no more time But here I go again" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-179-1148702346.jpg)


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post May 26 2006, 10:13 PM
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i showed up at the shop around 11:30 ... Dave and Gerry arrived shortly thereafter ...

we stripped the car off of all the bigger pieces, engine, tranny, hoods, doors, seats etc. etc ...

roger showed up just in time for some heavy lifting ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) ) and mueller and the twins came by to drop off the trailer and lend a few hands ...
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) thanks guys, your help was really appreciated! and thanks for the beers dave! and thanks for the trailer mueller! and thanks for the long haul roger! and thanks for the space and tools mark! and thanks for your helping hands and feet dave and gerry ...



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post May 26 2006, 10:16 PM
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and then the fun part. 1 1/2 hours of bay-area friday afternoon parking lot. sometimes also referred to as "freeway" ...
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we dropped off the car at yeaman's and i sure hope it's still going to be there tomorrow morning ...

see 'ya'all there for a fun day of celette benching!
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif) Andy


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post May 26 2006, 10:20 PM
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Way damn cool. Everything about this.
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post May 26 2006, 10:22 PM
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goooood luck (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

hope it survives with minimal damage to paint etc
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post May 26 2006, 10:36 PM
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Wow, I expected you guys to be 4 hours behind by now but it looks like things are moving along nicely. I was planning to head up to yeaman's around 11 or 12 tomorrow but you might have everything done by then.

Will there be honest-to-goodness (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jsharp.gif) going on? Seems like a good weekend for it.

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post May 26 2006, 10:50 PM
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QUOTE(jonwatts @ May 26 2006, 09:36 PM) *

Will there be honest-to-goodness (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jsharp.gif) going on? Seems like a good weekend for it.

call jenny and ask. she's the lady of the barbecue ...

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post May 27 2006, 02:41 AM
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Coming tomorrow 'round 11:00. . . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)
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post May 27 2006, 05:40 AM
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Nice to see you using technologically advanced equipment. As for me a coupl of leveled I beams, a bunch of pull points, plumbline/controle lines on the floor and a dozen comealongs would do the trick. Straight and stiff are relative terms for 914's aren't they?

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) Perfection, now thats a work of love.

Nice thread and good job for this sweet machine.
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post May 27 2006, 07:53 AM
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I'm real interested to see how this is done. Nice thread.

Do you always carry a spare engine in the front trunk "just in case".......get it? I know that was bad......sorry.

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Andy helped make it a lot easier for us by leaving some bolts loose for us like cone screws, CV joint bolts and various other little details.

A couple of things I noticed were a tear in the sheet metal just inboard of the front mount for the passenger torsion bar. The tub sits with the driver's side up about an inch. Enough so I asked Andy to settle it. He compressed that side and it came back to the same spot.

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post May 27 2006, 09:54 AM
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Ya know,

I was looking at the factory measurements and the Cellette bench pics and realized something. There are a lot of dimensions for key frame points missing from the factory pics- particularly in the vertical.

Ya see, the thought occurred to me that someone with a CAD program could build a 3 Dimensional model of key points.... Front suspension mounting points, shock mount points, engine mount points, etc. and it could become a 914 club resource. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif)

With that model and dimensions, one could build a quick and dirty wood or metal model template of key points to check out. Dowels to go into the front suspension mount holes, rod for shock tower, etc...Slap that template on the car and... Hmmmmmm, my front left front shock tower is half an inch to the rear and a quarter of an inch up or whatever.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)

Wondered if there was a way you could measure and record those points so that others of us that are thousands of miles from a good bench can check things..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smiley_notworthy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smiley_notworthy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smiley_notworthy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smiley_notworthy.gif)

That is, tape measurements of the front suspension mounting holes and measurements from there to the shock tower mounting holes. Be diffcult to get them in 3 dimensions but with enough diagonals CAD could probably capture it off the bench measurement dimensions. Might need a plumb bob and a cheep laser too

I know it's a late suggestion, but I had a coupla beer based idea lubricators last night that let it surface. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif)

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post May 27 2006, 09:55 AM
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real nice start.
way to go Andy!

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This is what it looked like when I got to Yeamans at about 2pm yesterday


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Brad was thinking or had a headache already (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)


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