912 - Sympathetic refresh

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I was donated some "R-style" lights, but decided not to fit them onto the ModRod. So with a backing plate to fill the factory exhaust outlet and some wiring, I now have an auxiliary brake light...

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It's bright !...

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I had always planned to make a roof rack...Started out with a basic pipe bender (then read the difference between pipe and tube :) )

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But using EMT tubing is cheap and easy to bend...Also really easy to MIG weld

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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

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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

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Authentic Old English vinyl luggage

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Next job, paint.....Colour matching the sun faded Polo red with "Flirt Alert" is amazing, especially at $6 a can vs custom mix

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1967 912 Polo Red
1968 912/11 RAL 7001 ' MOD ROD '
1990 964 C2 Velvet Red
1991 VW Vanagon GL (SOLD - Vanagone)
2017 Coleman CT200U

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All painted up and fitted. Road test today, its still in place :)

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Could easily have painted it silver.....but liking the Royal Mail utility look

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A few coats of wax around the gutters and some heat shrink on the mountain points

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Another rack planned soon....Now need a road trip :cheers:
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1967 912 Polo Red
1968 912/11 RAL 7001 ' MOD ROD '
1990 964 C2 Velvet Red
1991 VW Vanagon GL (SOLD - Vanagone)
2017 Coleman CT200U

“It’s not where you’re from, it's where you’re at”
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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh

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Nice one Chris
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looks good although shy on the rubber to protect your gutter pain ?
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Glad to see the screw heads lined up there Chris…..😉😎
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Chris are you intending to still do the rear arches as per your draft drawings?
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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh

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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 :

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1967 912 Polo Red
1968 912/11 RAL 7001 ' MOD ROD '
1990 964 C2 Velvet Red
1991 VW Vanagon GL (SOLD - Vanagone)
2017 Coleman CT200U

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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 :lol:
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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.

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Polopolus. Mmmmmmmmm
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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 8)
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1967 912 Polo Red
1968 912/11 RAL 7001 ' MOD ROD '
1990 964 C2 Velvet Red
1991 VW Vanagon GL (SOLD - Vanagone)
2017 Coleman CT200U

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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh

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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
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1967 912 Polo Red
1968 912/11 RAL 7001 ' MOD ROD '
1990 964 C2 Velvet Red
1991 VW Vanagon GL (SOLD - Vanagone)
2017 Coleman CT200U

“It’s not where you’re from, it's where you’re at”
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