912 - Sympathetic refresh
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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Cool
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
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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It's bright !...
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1967 912 Polo Red
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1990 964 C2 Velvet Red
1991 VW Vanagon GL (SOLD - Vanagone)
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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
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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Chris
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But using EMT tubing is cheap and easy to bend...Also really easy to MIG weld
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-33_bmziDZRveKdnUecTH2EGPa.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
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
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-34_pu7wyGr78524fgEpC76iqN.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-42_1Aowni6vx8uB2s74m2UfA6.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
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
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-37_dBv4epPG9Eb5LMNj2434Ku.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-40_kjXZXyYFyXbpKFLxxNKD83.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
Authentic Old English vinyl luggage
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-39_x2Vux8z3a8ryxGnv9vvYE9.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
Next job, paint.....Colour matching the sun faded Polo red with "Flirt Alert" is amazing, especially at $6 a can vs custom mix
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-43_jrPgKgGvgY5pJ5DQ2uEx9X.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
Chris
# 465
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”
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
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 :cheers:](./images/smilies/icon_cheers.gif)
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Could easily have painted it silver.....but liking the Royal Mail utility look
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-2_7RsuKWnEnCFznRKNi6rXct.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-1_9psfUhsxFbWgMkkouhf84u.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
A few coats of wax around the gutters and some heat shrink on the mountain points
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-39_ckcueYSeLxfQ2ccWHtfTLN.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
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Another rack planned soon....Now need a road trip
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# 465
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”
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
Nice one Chris
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
looks good although shy on the rubber to protect your gutter pain ?
James
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1993 964 C2
2010 987 Spyder
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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Glad to see the screw heads lined up there Chris…..![😉](//twemoji.maxcdn.com/2/svg/1f609.svg)
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(full restoration. now as an RS Touring)
1963 3.8 E Type
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1952. XK120…the next one ……….……..)
Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Chris are you intending to still do the rear arches as per your draft drawings?
1967 912
1994 993
2006 987 S
Mini Cooper S
Cooper MK9
Lotus Elan Sprint
Alfa Romeo GTA-R
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2006 987 S
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Cooper MK9
Lotus Elan Sprint
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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
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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Chris
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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 :
![Image](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t226/punc01/Unknown-16_tZJo8P2pGp7tWF8FdMYqvJ.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
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Chris
# 465
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”
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
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![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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
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The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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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.
Mike
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
1967 912
1994 993
2006 987 S
Mini Cooper S
Cooper MK9
Lotus Elan Sprint
Alfa Romeo GTA-R
1994 993
2006 987 S
Mini Cooper S
Cooper MK9
Lotus Elan Sprint
Alfa Romeo GTA-R
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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Polopolus. Mmmmmmmmm
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
Not off topic at all Mike, nice dilemma to have. Personally, I want a GTA-R.....and I want a Polopolus engine even more912Flyer 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
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# 465
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”
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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- I need to get out more!
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- Joined: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:06 pm
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Re: 912 - Sympathetic refresh
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
# 465
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”
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”