Porsche 904 continuation car

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:46 am

Awsome work - nice welding

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:34 pm

Very interesting indeed.
I say this as I too have built a special around a 1978 Lola Sports racer, mid engine/915 box etc with home made parts where needed.

I found the manifolds are hard to do and get access to the cylinder studs but keep the primaries right. Too nearly 2 weeks to do them!

Your chassis is unusual as the Porsche design is very boxy in the main but has almost production car parts for the front rear bulkhead frames.

Lovely job with some v nice welds.
Keep it coming!

ed · Post by ed » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:29 pm

@911 hillclimber , nice job and a nice car.
I don,t know what engine spec you have but don,t you have a flat spot around the 5000 rpm ?

Ed

ed · Post by ed » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:36 pm

Your chassis is unusual as the Porsche design is very boxy in the main but has almost production car parts for the front rear bulkhead frames.

These are pictures of a orginal 904 chassis.

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:18 pm

Yes, flat from about 4K, hope to have found the solution last weekend. Busy doing some welding (again...)

It is the rear cross membr is all curves and presswork, while the main 'ladder frame' is straight forward construction.

904 is a lovely car shape.

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:41 pm

It's a wonderful thing you are building!

The use of pressed parts on a racing car is unusual, but the end result looks fabulous

Repairs by Suggs, on Flickr

michel · Post by **michel** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:23 am

Ed do you have any pics of the pressing fabrication stages of the respective frame components. Would be most interesting.

JB-L · Post by **JB-L** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:56 pm

I may be missing something, but what exactly is the story on the chassis? Is it a repro, if so by whom?

ed · Post by ed » Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:56 pm

JB-L wrote:I may be missing something, but what exactly is the story on the chassis? Is it a repro, if so by whom?

We made all the moulds to press the chassis ourself , they where taken from a original chassis.

JB-L · Post by **JB-L** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:58 pm

Wow that is some serious commitment.

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:56 pm

Very nice work all round.

I just figured out why "Ed" + "Netherlands" sounded familiar.
Dual classic motorsports, as featured in Classic Porsche.

Looking forward to more project stories from yourselves in the future

michel · Post by **michel** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:59 am

update? what is the smilie for hands wringing?

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:03 am

Fantastic / amazing project, and again, very interested in the chassis member forming methods.

Truly fabulous stuff

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michel · Post by **michel** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:00 pm

Has there been any progress on this?
Still interested to see some of the chassis pressing

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