The Project Anklebiter Build Thread., 8/29 Lid latches and glamor shots... Options

[plymouth37]

After rolling out the tube I cut out some sheet metal for the hood extension


Then welded the tube to the inner structure of the nose, and tacked the hood metal into place:




Next I put the template back on and gave it a look, definitely getting there, don't worry about the plastic grills, they are only for reference, I have a better final piece planned for those spots (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[plymouth37]

Time to fabricate the front of the bumper, I started by bending 1/8" steel round stock into frames for the fog light housing.



I am not going to use these plastic pieces but they make great mirrored templates for the opening shape that I need to integrate into the bumper.


Then i transferred my chipboard template from the bumper to a sheet of steel, I decided to make the bumper out of 3 pieces, the 2 complex corner pieces and a simple middle rectangle between them.


I tacked the corners along their top to the curved tubing and folded them into shape, then clamped the fog light housing frames to them to find where everything needed to land.

[plymouth37]

After much fiddling and hammering I got the corner pieces tacked into place.


The round stock I formed for the foglight housings is tacked inside the bumper opening to form a radiused transition.


Here it is lightly tacked in and with the temporary Foglight housings but I am pretty happy with the results, I will fill in the middle and the weird hole in the corners next time!

[Cairo94507]

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[worn]

Fantastic from start to…well, here. Really great. I have one concern. When I lived out there you could buy reasonably fresh coffee at a place with two outlets: Pike Place Market and University Village. Star something. Might want to ditch the Folgers habit if those little coffee bean vendors are still around. The down side is that bolts don’t fit as good in Mylar bags as they do in plastic or metal cans. Thou dothe rocke.

[tygaboy]

You and your build are epically epic in your/its epicness. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

You are setting the bar for 914 customization and I think your car is the ONLY one I've seen where the styling changes not only work, but are, IMHO, improvements.

You've accomplished something that, in other hands, would have certainly gone horribly wrong and has instead turned out SOOOOO incredibly well.

I can't compliment you more highly. Wow.

I'll just stop here and drool over your work for a bit longer... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

[plymouth37]

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Tacked in the center piece:


Filled the little corner gaps around the tube ends and half welded everything together:


Finished welding:


With a little light grinding it is starting to take shape!

[sixnotfour]

Fantastic from start to…well, here. Really great. I have one concern. When I lived out there you could buy reasonably fresh coffee at a place with two outlets: Pike Place Market and University Village. Star something. Might want to ditch the Folgers habit if those little coffee bean vendors are still around. The down side is that bolts don’t fit as good in Mylar bags as they do in plastic or metal cans. Thou dothe rocke.

Haha,, He is EAST of all that Downtown BS...Im Sure there is some Designer Coffee shops though...

Great Work..

[East coaster]

Nice work! Awaiting to see how you finish off that center section, I’m sure it will be good based on all you’ve done so far.

[plymouth37]

Before I moved on to the grills and lips I filled and primed the hood extension to cut down on the Frankenstien weld aesthetic I had going on there.


I got it close to straight, good enough for now, now on to the front bumper fab:


I made some templates for the fog light housing buckets, and started mocking up the lip for the center grill opening:


This lower bar will divide the air between the radiator and the active under tray that leads to the Ferrari diffuser at the back, as well as providing a sturdy mounting point for the new front tilt system. I like the look of the "pouty" 916 bumper and will try to have a bit of that going on here:

[tygaboy]

Not only are your designs super attractive but unless you took the pics in the past, you're hauling ass on getting this done. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
Can't hardly wait to see the final look!
And if it's OK with you, I'll let you know when I'm next in your area. I'd love to meet you and see your car in the metal.

[Root_Werks]

Nice to see these mad fab skills, and in metal to boot!

[plymouth37]

Not only are your designs super attractive but unless you took the pics in the past, you're hauling ass on getting this done. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
Can't hardly wait to see the final look!
And if it's OK with you, I'll let you know when I'm next in your area. I'd love to meet you and see your car in the metal.

Thanks! I am loving your build as well, yeah PM me when you are in the PNW, I would be happy to meet up!

[plymouth37]

Time to make templates for the openings.


Here is a quick mockup.


Transfered my templates to steel.


And formed the side grill buckets


Test fit the side buckets and welded the center grill plate onto the lip bar as well.

[plymouth37]

Here it is with everything just slipped loosely into place.


Here you can see I cut out the inner sheet metal from the original bumper that fell within the side opening.


Removing that inner metal revealed the inner fenderwell, I will need to seal this back up as I rebuild.


Here is a loose mockup, nothing welded yet but progressing!

[KELTY360]

I have to say I had my doubts when you introduced the concept because it seemed a little too modern to mix with 50 year old styling. Now the melding seems natural with the seamless line of the front 'bumper' and the angularity of the openings that fit with the many angles of the body. Can't wait to see how you fill the openings.

Once again, your vision blows me away. Kudos Dana.

[tygaboy]

So cool. The Ferrari drive train should go in your chassis...

[76-914]

You and your build are epically epic in your/its epicness. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

You are setting the bar for 914 customization and I think your car is the ONLY one I've seen where the styling changes not only work, but are, IMHO, improvements.

You've accomplished something that, in other hands, would have certainly gone horribly wrong and has instead turned out SOOOOO incredibly well.

I can't compliment you more highly. Wow.

I'll just stop here and drool over your work for a bit longer... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

Dana is like a cross between Chip Foose & Ron Covell; only better! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[xtophr]

This is the best build that I’ve ever seen. The fact that it’s a 916 is just icing.

Anyhow, I was lurking and then I registered because I saw these great pics in an Amazon book preview. The book is, 50 Years Porsche 914 by Jurgen Lewendowski and costs $268.89!

As you can see, these are preliminary topless 914 designs that thankfully never quite made it. Project Anklebiter may share the dna, but is far more refined.

[76-914]

Not only are your designs super attractive but unless you took the pics in the past, you're hauling ass on getting this done. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
Can't hardly wait to see the final look!
And if it's OK with you, I'll let you know when I'm next in your area. I'd love to meet you and see your car in the metal.

You beat me to it Chris. Amazingly quick development on that hood. BTW, I like the Hell out of it. The look is very appealing yet allows the 914 design theme an avenue to reach even the purists. Well done Dana. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)