75 S to R Homage

[sladey]

Very cool mod

[haasad]

Finally finished welding my DIY long range tank . I made some stiffeners for the front section to stop flexing and make it look OEM (ish)
Next I was going to get it dipped and E coated but the company dont do tanks any longer . I'm going to try a POR 15 product set from Frost restoration. To clean and seal the inside . Outside is simple and will be finished in Shutz then light grey.





I've always liked ventilated seat shells here is my interpretation.



really must get a life

[sladey]

Don't get a life just yet Andy - there's a few of us living ours through yours

Cool mods. Again.

[haasad]

Puristas .. look away now....

After pricing all the bits to modify my 75 pedal box I plumped for this from OBP (or is it OPB)

Price was less than bits for mine and I didn't have to make any of it for once

Its dash bias adjustable floor mounted so pivots like an original and very compact.

I will have to blank the original hole in the bulkhead and make a shallow platform to sit it on. I will run dual morse cables to the carbs and a single clutch cable (morse or modded original) I may have to play with clutch leverage to get an acceptable pedal pressure but I figure that shouldn't be too much sweat.



.650 front cylinder .700 rear with 944 turbo calipers on SC rear discs and 944 turbo fronts all under 15" rims ( just)
ttfn

[haasad]

Another bit finished. ..One day it WILL be all finished.



the cover is temporary I will make a nice alloy one with earth tags etc.

[Lightweight_911]

Superb workmanship as always Andy.

[964RS]

gonna be a sweeeet car when finished

[haasad]

Been busy today . Finished the pedal box. I have fitted it now but no snaps til tommorrow ( or later knowing me).
The whole thing fitted fine so I now have .7 rear cylinder a .65 front and both cylinders inside the car, on the fly bias adjust , hydraulic pressure brake light switch and adustable reach pedals...









And fitted







Plumb in fire extinguisher next

[haasad]

Hey hey... think I might have bought a motor to get this thing on the road this year. My 2.8 can wait ( probably till I retire!!!)

heres hoping

[haasad]

Having a new garage roof put on after the original started to collapse. I have in the meantime bought a 2.4 on carbs to fit as a temporary get it going job. Since I can't work in the garage at present I've done the carbs.

One of the mounting flanges had beeen snapped off which was revealed when I ultrasonically cleaned them

Found a company called Stotfold engineering and took a leap of faith since repairing the alloy used on carbs can be a nightmare. I got the damaged one back today .. perfect repair ( sorry no snaps) Definetly worth considering if you have any similiar problems. You really can't see the join...
Heres a snap of the re assembled pair with all the usual plating and refurb done. Just need to set the float hieghts and finally bolt up.

[Bob_Salmon]

Nice work on that pedal box Andy. I wish I had gone that route because I still can't get comfortable with what I have.

Did you make the foot rest? Looks very neat - if it isn't a one-off can I have the source please?

Bob

[haasad]

Hi Bob, the alloy footrest I used came from Prepfab but it needs lots of fettling to fit. The box is an OPB one modified with a "floor plate" made to interface with the 911 floor. OPB also do alloy rests.

I will need a false floor to lift the drivers heels relative to the pedals but that can wait until the seats are trimmed to get the exact height.

andy

[Bob_Salmon]

Thanks Andy.

Great minds think alike (although perhaps my mind is slower than most), because I have a thick copy of the Readers Digest road atlas on the driver side floor at the moment while I am trying to get the required height right for a false floor. I fear I might end up needing a copy of 'War & Peace' before I get a comfortable position but at the moment it looks to be about 50mm to raise the heels.

Have followed your thread with more than a little envy - I really admire your welding skills with that centre fill fuel tank. Trouble is, I started this game 50 years too late, but what the heck....

Look forward to actually seeing the beast on the road one day.

Kind regards,

Bob

[haasad]

I'm at about 30 mm thick by estimate.

No sweat to make a simple punched alloy job. Could be some time before she's rolling since my new garage roof was a bit of an unexpected hit .. I was aimimg at Goodwood in September as a first day out but thats slipping fast

My local technical college runs evening classes in fabrication might be a good way to develop some extra skills , we're all good at different things I was lucky to do a old style apprenticeship with a government site. It led to a capacity for all things mechanical and making wise. I cannot do math' for toffee you should see the state of my accounts

[haasad]

Picking up the pieces of this project again now with a firm commitment to running next year.
I've fitted new cam chains ramps and tensioners to the cooking 2.4. I've dressed it up with new lightweight GRP, aluchromed covers etc and all new fasteners.

Hope the thing runs......

Mike B has built up my box ( I was too scared)

I've made some special conversion drive flanges to get from fine spline to my drive shafts.

Still need to fit the motor and box, sort out the starter ( I want a modern whizzy one) pay for the MSD and pertronix bits, wire the whole car up, sort out a little problem with the struts ....need to raise the spindles a bit more

Find and fit some harnesses

should be ready to MOT'

I'll post some snaps later .. Ferryman may notice some of his superb work then....


cheers

andy