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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 6:32 am
by sladey
Cool
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:34 am
by jury
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:01 am
by jury
I had always planned to make a roof rack...Started out with a basic pipe bender (then read the difference between pipe and tube
)
But using EMT tubing is cheap and easy to bend...Also really easy to MIG weld
Quickly realised it was going to be easier to make 4 separate bend sections and then connect with longer lengths. I added some tread bar to the internal joints making the connections stronger and help keep everything square
Then used some flat bar for the cross supports (bolted to the tubes to add rigidity) and started to figure out the rain gutter clamps
Authentic Old English vinyl luggage
Next job, paint.....Colour matching the sun faded Polo red with "Flirt Alert" is amazing, especially at $6 a can vs custom mix
Chris
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:14 am
by jury
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:31 am
by sladey
Nice one Chris
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:40 am
by hot66
looks good although shy on the rubber to protect your gutter pain ?
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:43 pm
by jtparr
Glad to see the screw heads lined up there Chris…..
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:26 pm
by 912Flyer
Chris are you intending to still do the rear arches as per your draft drawings?
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:22 am
by jury
I am guessing the drawing looks bit flared ? I put it down to artistic license
No intention to do anything on the 912, but I did have a good sniff around this car at Rennsport. I have seen pictures of it before, but up close (and a cheeky feel up inside), the rear arches definitely feel custom/grafted on, but retain the SWB bumpers. Not sure if they are completely hand formed of modified based on something existing. I seem to remember Sladey modifying his rear arches by hammering to shape a later arch ?....I think:
I have thought about trying this on the Modrod and running 7" rears, but it's abit of a commitment :
Chris
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:56 am
by sladey
On the later cars there is a vertical strip around the edge of each arch (to give visual definition?) - I hammered that out so that it was a continuation of the arch curve coming down from the wing.
These look like something else - don’t think you could achieve that easily with hammering as there seems to be a lot of movement (going from memory of stock arches) - I wonder if something has been grafted on - maybe formed on a buck off the car and then welded on.
But take what I say with a pinch of salt - it’s just speculation from someone with limited experience and no training
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:51 am
by 912Flyer
Bit off topic but I am doing a GTA-R Alfa like you mentioned at the beginning of the thread and have been debating putting the GTA Alfaholics arches.
I also have a 912 which is in the process of having a Polopolus engine and don't know whether to stay stock or mod the body.
Mike
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:06 pm
by sladey
Polopolus. Mmmmmmmmm
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:46 am
by jury
912Flyer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:51 am
Bit off topic but I am doing a GTA-R Alfa like you mentioned at the beginning of the thread and have been debating putting the GTA Alfaholics arches.
I also have a 912 which is in the process of having a Polopolus engine and don't know whether to stay stock or mod the body.
Mike
Not off topic at all Mike, nice dilemma to have. Personally, I want a GTA-R.....and I want a Polopolus engine even more
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:49 am
by jury
sladey wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:56 am
I hammered that out so that it was a continuation of the arch curve coming down from the wing.
Yes mate, I remember what you did now.....Pretty sure the arches discussed above are hand formed off the car and then grafted on. Very nicely done