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> The Project Anklebiter Build Thread., 8/29 Lid latches and glamor shots...
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post Nov 3 2022, 03:46 PM
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Hey Dana here is a (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif)
hope you are still tweezing on the Anklebiter. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) @plymouth37 hope you’re doing well these days, Dana.
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post Nov 9 2022, 05:43 PM
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I'm BAAACK! Actually, I never really left, just did a couple other projects, built a house, took about a year off the car, but never fear, progress has been made, and now it is time to share the last year of work with you.

Here is where I left off, the front clamshell was just about together, just waiting for a bumper and some bodywork:

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I went to bolt on my fiberglass stock-ish bumper and just could not talk myself into liking the look of it, I have just modified this car too much to bolt on something off the shelf. I started researching 916 bumpers and a post on 914 world resonated with me, someone complained that fiberglass 916 bumpers fit so bad that they might as well build one themselves, so that is what I planned to do. The new bumper will be made from steel and modeled after a new take on the 916/Porsche design aesthetic.

This is my design inspiration board, a hint of 916, some contemporary Porsche, and a hint of the similarly styled wrx.
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Using the wrx grills as a loose starting place I did some sketching in Photoshop to get in the ballpark
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I started feeling out the shape by buying a 2014 wrx grill set and trying to integrate them into the 914 with chip board, still rough but I am starting to get a sense of the 3-dimensional shape that will be required to get everything to flow together.

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After I got that in the ballpark I remade my templates and mirrored them for the other side, there are still some waves in the template seams but I have a trick for that.
Stay tuned for next week where I get out the tubing roller and start welding in some structure!

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QUOTE(KELTY360 @ Nov 3 2022, 03:46 PM) *

QUOTE(914werke @ Nov 3 2022, 12:23 PM) *

Hey Dana here is a (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif)
hope you are still tweezing on the Anklebiter. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) @plymouth37 hope you’re doing well these days, Dana.



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post Nov 9 2022, 06:49 PM
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post Nov 9 2022, 07:22 PM
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Really like the look, late Cayman style
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post Nov 9 2022, 08:01 PM
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Great to see you back on this fantastic build. Very tasteful custom job

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post Nov 9 2022, 08:05 PM
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I think you nailed it with your design, fits right in with overall car aesthetic. Only critique I have (and it’s an over the top item) is the big plastic inserts, including the grill don’t tie into the all metal look of the car….
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WOW! This might be my all time favorite front end for the 914. I can't wait to see your work on this!
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post Nov 10 2022, 07:58 AM
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Followed this for a long time, what a great project.

You have good eye for design Dana, obviously. Does the non-parallel curvature of the outer bumper edge and front trunk lid edge give you any pause or concern?
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That front end is coming out great! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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Love what you're doing for the front end! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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Wow! Nice work!
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I’m so happy you are still working on this!
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This is one of the two (likely more) main cars that inspired me to build mine!
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So glad to see progress on your car Dana. I like the direction the front end is taking. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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One of the most distinctive design characteristics of many Porsches new and old is the rounded transition from the hood surface to the vertical bumper surface, as you can see in this random assortment of Porsche bumpers:
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This would be a really hard dual curvature piece to fabricate so I figured out a hack, I bought a relatively cheap tubing roller at Harbor Freight and some .0625 wall 1.5" tubing and rolled the shape I wanted into it. It isn't a continuous curve, it is a little more rounded in the middle, and a hair flatter around the side grill areas
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Then I duct taped it into place:
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I had initially planned to cut out a quarter of this tube and butt weld it to the other sheet metal but it doesn't weigh much, and i kind of like the idea of an integrated bash bar in here so I think I will leave it whole and build the rest of the bumper around it.
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