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> Spoke's 71 2.056L 914 Progress Thread, Driving it Like I Stole It
Spoke
post Mar 16 2012, 06:20 AM
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Prep for adding the last inner long piece.

I cleaned up all the tar and rust proofing. The PO had braised the metal in. The new piece will come through the wheel well and attach to the existing 16ga long metal.

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The part of the patch to the inside of the wheel well was hiding some ugly rust. How shocking! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

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The new inner long material installed. I ground down as much of the braise on the existing long metal and welded.

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Inner long is now solid metal from front to rear.

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post Mar 16 2012, 06:29 AM
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Fabricated a patch for the drivers side floor.

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The channel is raised on the inside and has a piece under the car which is raise to the outside. I decided to weld this bottom piece on the entire length of the channel. I don't think the original bottom piece spanned the entire channel.

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The 2 pieces welded together. To protect the inside of the channel brace, I poured cream-colored lacquer that I had laying around which of course overflowed and got on everything.

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A pic of the inside of the channel

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Welded in place.

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post Mar 17 2012, 09:30 PM
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OK, so I cut out all the rusted material on the wheel well. The problem is the wheel well piece is a complex piece with several bends. So I will make this 2 pieces; one with the concave bends and tack weld surface with the floor, and the other with the simple flat concave

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This is the first piece with the most complexity. I made the tack weld surface and curves then sliced the metal so to make the concave shape.

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Ready for welding.

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post Mar 17 2012, 09:37 PM
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The bottom piece welded in place.

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And the upper piece welded into place. Franken914 gets some more stitches and lives yet another day! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)


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post Mar 18 2012, 09:08 AM
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Great work !!!! Keep going !!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

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post Mar 24 2012, 08:07 PM
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Driver Floor corner piece.

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Instead of drilling holes to "spot" weld, I made slots to weld between.

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Installed

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post Mar 24 2012, 08:20 PM
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I need to replace some of the channels in the floor. I could (and should've) replace the entire floor pan. But then again, I'm a CSOB. I bought enough 18ga metal to do the entire floor for $5 from a local metal shop so I will continue to replace in pieces.

I made channels before by making all the bends one at a time. Quite time consuming. So I made a jig for making the channels. Right now there are 4 pieces:

2 pieces to set the channel width. These mount in a vice and can be adjusted for width.

1 piece to pound the metal into the channel

1 piece to make a channel end.

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Here are the channel forms in place.

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The channel is formed by pounding on the jig where needed.

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For making the channel ends, this piece can be screwed into the channel form.
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post Mar 24 2012, 08:24 PM
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This piece will finish the floor next to the long. 2 channels terminate in this piece.

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Here the piece is ready to weld.

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post Mar 24 2012, 10:02 PM
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Great work! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Mar 24 2012, 10:34 PM
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Awesome work! Keep plugging away!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)

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post Mar 25 2012, 07:48 AM
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Very nice!
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post Mar 26 2012, 03:14 PM
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The front channel rusted through in a couple of places so I'll replace the entire channel.

Also rusted is the circular plug so I'll replace this with another smaller channel.

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Looks like the original.

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And welded in.

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post Mar 31 2012, 08:49 AM
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The floor under the cross brace wasn't rusted through but was thinned, so time to replace it.

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New piece ready to go.

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Done. More stitches to Franken914.

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post Mar 31 2012, 10:09 AM
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Great work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

Are you a plastic surgeon by any chance? You could make some money in Hollywood... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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post Apr 3 2012, 03:06 PM
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Making the driver side crossbrace. Used a 2x3 with an extra piece for the right width. An extra piece makes the bump-out for the parking brake switch.

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All trimmed up and ready for welding.

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Done.

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Great work!

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post Apr 4 2012, 07:54 PM
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Little patch on the footwell

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Patch on the inner firewall. This mess will be covered by Engmen's inner long kit.

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post Apr 8 2012, 07:16 PM
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The back of the floor was pretty much a mess so I replaced the last 2 channels with a new piece. Also completed the brace parallel to the long.

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The original handbrake mount was really rusty so I cut off the post and bolt and made a new piece. This is 14ga steel like the original

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New handbrake mount welded in.

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post Apr 8 2012, 08:18 PM
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That is some nice work.
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post Apr 9 2012, 09:47 AM
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Installed the driver seat mounts. Welded some nuts on the underside of the mounts so I can bolt on the hinges.

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For now, I'm using the same hinges that the PO used to support the seat. Welded 2 bolts onto the part attached to the seat runner and 2 bolts will attach the hinges to the mounts.

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