Mongrel Street Racer

[Darren65]

So at the risk of being tick, has he taken a set of normal fuchs and widened them

Harvey did start with a good set of matched deep 6's....the rest of the process is a mystery to me.

Cheers,

[brembo]

Harvey did start with a good set of matched deep 6's....the rest of the process is a mystery to me.

Cheers,

This is how he does it Darren
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bkxJxhWoNw

[Darren65]

Now where was I?…..

….first job…get rid of those flares! ….

….can't believe it's 3 months since the paintwork was put to one side!……since then 'work' has got in the way but pleased we're now back on the case.

This was always meant to be a budget project utilising the items I already had as best I could……trying to mod the rear bumper I inherited from my E however was becoming a bit of a mess and just not to a decent quality….I wanted to stick with a glass rear bumper so opted for new front and rear items from EB Motorsport…..



…great quality items, strong and very well made…..only problem was that the rear was a touch too wide…..





….quite a bit wider than the smooth line as seen on a standard narrow bodied bumper quarter….



….the rear bumper is an 'R' type so knew I would have to modify the length so giving it a bit more bend wasn't the end of the world…



….and once we'd removed the R type flare, shortened the length and moulded it to suit….





…it's now looking quite sweet….will be even better when there's a couple of megaphones extruding under those bumper horns! ….



…..the front bumper also required a bit of tweaking but overall a much neater fit……



….no battery box meant fabricating a new bracket….



I guess you should always expect a degree of modifying this type of product, and despite the issues with fit, overall pretty pleased with the fibreglass items from EB and would recommend them as they are good quality.

Can't wait to see them in colour!

Cheers,

[Mitch]

Great work Darren & every time I look at this thread, I think... that's my ideal hot rod!

Love it.

[Darren65]

Great work Darren & every time I look at this thread, I think... that's my ideal hot rod!

Love it.

Thanks…..from a man with your fine taste that means a lot!

[aston]

Coming along nicely Darren.

[DustyM]

I've had to go through the same process with the EB bumpers on my RSR project, quite a bit of cutting and re-glassing to make them fit as well as I'd like.

[Darren65]

Thanks Kieron

I've had to go through the same process with the EB bumpers on my RSR project, quite a bit of cutting and re-glassing to make them fit as well as I'd like.

...still nice though

[Darren65]

Bumpers fitted, the car was now stripped to finish 2-pack priming to the underside….



…..having no underseal to hide any blemishes we spent quite a bit of time getting the floorpan right and it now looks as good as new….



….just the odd tell tale sign of new metal being grafted into old as a giveaway..…can you see the join?....



…..love the hand crafted look of the RHD peddle area, can just imagine Fritz in there with his hacksaw taking out a section of the old floor before tacking in the new...



….the car has now had two coats of epoxy primer, filler work, another two coats of epoxy followed by 3 coats of high build 2-pack so well protected. Just seam sealer now before top coat…..I was thinking of painting the floorpan satin black however after looking at the underside of a 993 GT2 recently I'm wondering if I should just leave it at it is with exposed seam sealer, what do you think?….



Cheers,

[jamie]

That looks like modern cost-cutting. Not nice. The old cars were satin black in these areas because it was a nice finish - if it were me, I'd go with that.

[Darren65]

That looks like modern cost-cutting. Not nice. The old cars were satin black in these areas because it was a nice finish - if it were me, I'd go with that.

I think the 993 era was before the bean counters took over......more a question of no underseal, no paint, less weight......

....that said, I also think satin black will be a smarter look

Of course, early 70's cars had no paint over the underseal on the floorpan....I wonder how the finish was on a 2.7RS Lightweight?

Cheers,

[911hillclimber]

Why not body colour all over?

Overall, what a shell this is.
I cannot imagine the work and space to do this level of detailing.

I rebuilt my 911 in 1988, but never to this level of strip-down (engine and susp out, loom left in) in a slightly wider single garage.

I now face the prospect of a full to metal again re-paint as my DIY cellulose is perishing in places. After all the repairs I did back then I'm ashamed at my level of handy-work in comparison to a Barry Shell and feel I would have to go back to a shell and totally re-do the areas, so maybe I'll leave the paint alone!

Particularly love the gearbox mod for the selection shaft.
That will save so much time and fooling around in the future.

Brilliant thread, same as the car.

[sladey]

Lovely work on that rear bumper Darren


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[Darren65]

Particularly love the gearbox mod for the selection shaft.
That will save so much time and fooling around in the future.

Brilliant thread, same as the car.

Thanks Graham,

I might even learn how to drop the box myself!

[Darren65]

Lovely work on that rear bumper Darren

Cheers Mark,

The metal bracket in the previous photo was only used to hold the bumper in position, the cuts were then re-fibreglassed for strength….



We weren't sure how to form the bumper ends once they were shortened, in the end we filled the whole cavity with a dense fibreglass material….



…which were then easy to cut off…..



…and shape as needed….



The filling obviously added a fair bit of weight but once the ends were cut off and the inside taken back out the bumper was just as strong and light as it was originally.

Far simpler than we anticipated and an easy process if anyone is considering similar.

Cheers,