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Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:01 pm
by streetwagens
Something I thought I’d mention- circled in the pic is a rectangle of metal welded on to the inner wing. Kind of looks like an odd repair plate, however it’s factory. It blanks off the smugglers box vents that are normal for lhd cars that presumably exist to vent the petrol heater that lived in there. Just an odd quirk for early RHD I thought I’d mention
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:06 pm
by streetwagens
The heater pipes were also toast as expected, some delays in getting some parts at the moment, so a big thanks to Matt at Karmann Konnection for helping me out with these and lots of other parts I’ve been chasing too.
I’m told that getting these out without damaging anything around them was a really fun job!!
Slotted in place nicely, looking forward to some nice heat billowing through these when I’m thrashing it around our salty winter roads!
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 5:14 pm
by 911hillclimber
On my 73 car, originally LHD there are a small set of louvres where your patch is to vent the 'smuggler's box' where a petrol fueled Espachier (sp) heater was an option on LHD cars. I think the RHD cars, no box, has those vents removed and plated over. STAND TO BE CORRECTED!
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 5:37 pm
by streetwagens
911hillclimber wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 5:14 pm
On my 73 car, originally LHD there are a small set of louvres where your patch is to vent the 'smuggler's box' where a petrol fueled Espachier (sp) heater was an option on LHD cars. I think the RHD cars, no box, has those vents removed and plated over. STAND TO BE CORRECTED!
I’ll check the inner wing of my rhd 69 tomorrow, see if it’s the same on that. Interesting little quirks!
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:31 am
by streetwagens
Parts barn searched, I definitely don’t have any 4 screw horn grilles…! Anybody got any dusty ones they don’t need any more perchance?!!
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 2:31 pm
by DEEMAN
There are a couple of small rectangular indents where your plate it. I took a couple of pics taken of the inner front wing of my 65 RHD 911.
Ian
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1965 RHD 302136 Blue belle
2001 3.2 Boxster
1997 BMW R100RS
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:34 am
by streetwagens
Wow, thank you Ian, that’s interesting! Your car is quite a bit earlier than mine, so perhaps mine had the wrong inner wing popped in at the factory, then when they realised they should have had the blanked one they just welded a plate on rather than unpick the inner wing? Interesting quirk on mine, I guess it’s a Friday afternoon car
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:34 pm
by streetwagens
A bit more progress on the tin, long overdue! The A pillar was next in the firing line. It was horrible, pushed in, rusted, and with a bonus piece slotted in from another car that wasn’t even attached!
Here’s the random extra
As luck would have it, Mark has pretty much a fabrication shop in his unit with a lot of tooling, so this wasn’t an issue
Now that issue is resolved, time for another area
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:37 pm
by streetwagens
Next up it was the rear seat bases which are always peppered after a blast. Slice and dice, fit and splice.
Done bar a bit of finishing. Some more panels have been turning up so it was time to trial fit some sections at the base of the rear window too.
It’s almost starting to resemble a car again!
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:49 pm
by streetwagens
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:41 am
by Lightweight_911
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Fantastic workmanship ! - looks like it couldn't be in better hands ...
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Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:06 pm
by IanM
Lightweight_911 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:41 am looks like it couldn't be in better hands ...
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Who's the restorer?
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:06 pm
by streetwagens
IanM wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:06 pm
Lightweight_911 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:41 am looks like it couldn't be in better hands ...
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Who's the restorer?
A good friend of mine in Tewkesbury called Mark Spicer, who runs
www.type29.co.uk and has been previously specialising in 1950-1955 VW barndoor transporters (He’s currently doing my 1950 panelvan) so is used to fabrication and getting panels and gaps right. He’s on Instagram as @rustykohlruss but doesn’t post too often, as I’m constantly bugging him for progress
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 6:12 pm
by misteralz
Fab. Mark's work is excellent and he seems a top boy. The Kohlruss is one of the coolest Barndoors I've ever seen.
Re: That Vestey car….
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:43 pm
by Ralph
That's coming along very nicely.
Also there's some 4 hole horn grilles here:
https://early911registry.com/forums/for ... river-side