marquee Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 +10 rep for this thread enjoying following it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundyben Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Once I get into the roof with the grinder, it will be sh!t or bust, that is for sure. You are more confident with this than I am, that's for sure. Good job for me that when the right car came along it happend to be a non sunroof one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatsix777 Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 I do not like the Idea of swaged edges and overlapping joints. I just isn't proper, is it? I agree with you that joggled edges just aren't right for exterior metal and in my experience it's much harder to avoid distortion on a large panel with an overlapped joint, although I don't really know why this is. This is a great project. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirCooledExcellence Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Hahaha, TB you are a super hero mate!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Young Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Once I get into the roof with the grinder, it will be sh!t or bust, that is for sure. OMG! Jevvy has competition. I was worried about breaking into a rust bubble in my wing to use touch up paint, this is serious stuff and good luck. keep the pics coming as this thread will be tracked by many a curious reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tea boy Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 I never got a look at the car this weekend, family duties and gardening took priority. Long day at work yesterday but was looking to get something done today. Sadly it wasn't to be as I developed toothache last night. The pain was indescribable So today was spent getting down in the mouth. I have been prodded, poked and X-rayed. The pills have eased the pain a little now but I have got to suffer until next week when they are going to pull it out. After a day like that i needed to smash something up. I could not be bothered to dig out the stihl saw as it is well buried in the shed so with a combination of the 5'' and 9'' grinders I chopped up this Which ended up like this But it yielded this bit of treasure I have to say that even with this bit it is not going to be plain sailing. When I eventually get around to doing some real work on it you will be able to see why. Right, where is that clove oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tea boy Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 I ask myself if is this to become the most pillaged shell on IB?! (Edit: meaning the donor vehicle as opposed to the Teamobile...) I know what you mean, Simon. That 993 has given us both some good bits. Notice no painter's sig on this, robots don't do autographs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripe Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Are LHD and RHD wiper spigot locations the same on the 993? Don't know the answer myself and for sure the holes in that one look pretty central but it might be worth checking before you cut your scuttle out and find out the hard way that there's a difference.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan in NC Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Pull the tooth next week????? Why on earth next week? Sounds like today would not have been soon enough! Regardless, you must be a tough one. I don't think I could have tackled even a minor chore with a toothache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tea boy Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Are LHD and RHD wiper spigot locations the same on the 993? Dude the holes are in the same place but, as I'm sure you know, the wiper motors for LHD & RHD are mirror images of each other. The motor sits at the driver's side on both. Pull the tooth next week????? Why on earth next week? I don't think I could have tackled even a minor chore with a toothache. Dentistry is in a sorry state over here, Alan. You are lucky if you can get one at all. Chopping that scrap up took my mind off the pain for a little while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan in NC Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Dentistry is in a sorry state over here, Alan. You are lucky if you can get one at all.Chopping that scrap up took my mind off the pain for a little while. And I was half a mind to spend my retirement years in Scotland....I suppose I could fly back to the US every so often. Anyway, great thread, soldier on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndglynn Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Pull the tooth next week????? Why on earth next week? Sounds like the brainbox has an abscess. Been there, done that: no extractions until the infection has cleared up. I agree beating the crap outta something gets the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tea boy Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 I have had very little chance to get anything done, just grabbing the odd half an hour here and there so progress is frustratingly slow. If you had a brand new very expensive 911 front wing, what would you do with it? Nobody in the right mind would do this... I need to fit this bit of 944 into it, so I marked where the indicator fits with tape. Then you have to go at it with the grinder berore you get chance to change your mind. So you can adjust the new bit so the curve matches the wing. Then trim out the hole so it is a snug fit. This is holding itself in place, no tape or magnets etc. It is all done with smoke and mirrors. Just needs welding in now and a bit of fettling. When I get chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndglynn Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Sweet, I'll have a loan of those smokey mirrors when you are on a break mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammo Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 That's a cracking job TB. Why couldn't the Porsche designers think of something like that on the IB in the first place - could shave off another 0.0012secs off. A set of clear lenses and you wouldn't know they were there. Really looking forward to the next installment. Regards Jammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sladey Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Fantastic - what do you use to get the final cut so neat and such a perfect match for the piece being let in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nige Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Really like what you are doing here Teaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swift911 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Very subtle little mod there tea boy, the sort of thing people will look at and not know why they are looking....."it just looks different???" they will mutter. I like it. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tea boy Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 Fantastic - what do you use to get the final cut so neat and such a perfect match for the piece being let in? Scribe around the new bit, cut the hole undersize with the disc then trim with powerfile Curved corners with a sanding drum on my B&D Dremmel replica A bit at a time and keep trying it. Finished off with hand files. You can see a black line around the patch. This is felt tip so that the scriber mark shows up better Very subtle little mod there tea boy. I like the idea of doing things which you would only notice if you knew. Almost as if it was done by the factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPerkles Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 whats wrong with using your arms as Indicators TB ? When we getting an update on the tin top shannigans ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_911 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I like the idea of doing things which you would only notice if you knew. Almost as if it was done by the factory. Ah, my hero Top work there mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tea boy Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 whats wrong with using your arms as Indicators TB ?When we getting an update on the tin top shannigans ? I have run out of argon. I am thinking that I should prep it all up and get you to weld it in for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPerkles Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I have run out of argon. I am thinking that I should prep it all up and get you to weld it in for me no ta I can only weld around corners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tea boy Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 it is in. Still needs a bit more fettling, but it is getting there. It still sticks out a bit, but only half as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJH911 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 That is so damn tidy. It's an utterly fantastic mod and the subtlety makes it all the moreso. Really nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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