I'll take the yellow. ;-)
I'll take the yellow. ;-)
Tyler Evans :: Framebuilder :: Firefly Bicycles :: Boston, Mass
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I'm almost done with my 73 RS backdate. Spent yesterday dumping this puppy on the ground.
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Sean Hendrix
Tempe, AZ
Boy that came out nice. Favorite front end ever.
Dat azzz! How much longer is that going to be there? I may have to drive up there next week; I will bring a microfiber bib..
Hubba Hubba. You guys....
Josh Simonds
www.nixfrixshun.com
www.facebook.com/NFSspeedshop
www.bicycle-coach.com
Vsalon Fromage De Tête
About done with this polished turd, we've been all hands on deck getting her ready for the Monterey Historics. Should be a quick one... The 3.3 turbo motor is set up very conservative and is still pushing 550 hp with only .9 bar.IMG_3653.jpgIMG_3654.jpg
Sean Hendrix
Tempe, AZ
Porsche Club of America: Southern California Section monthly breakfast meet. colour of the month? No idea.
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Ethan Yotter
former wrench
Well that would suck; you buy a "look at me yellow" car and then all these other guys show up and confuse your audience..
Well, our 930 project finished and over the last two weekends it raced at the Monterey Historics (along with our IMSA 914-6). Started with this:
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and some shots of the cars at Laguna:
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Sean Hendrix
Tempe, AZ
Wow; very nice! 914's have always appealed to me and that one looks great.
Jalopnik fame!
Lay Blessings Upon My Eyes, Almighty Photos From The Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Please just remember that we knew you before fame set in..
Yeah man!
Josh Simonds
www.nixfrixshun.com
www.facebook.com/NFSspeedshop
www.bicycle-coach.com
Vsalon Fromage De Tête
On to the next 2 cars.. We have a client who purchased this Euro 911 with some rally history across the pond and is looking to have us put it back to RSR spec. I was told it had some rust and might need a new pan. Sooooo we started tearing into it.
What we started with:
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Some of what we found:
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This was a non-sunroof car...that they sunroofed....then un-sunroofed. The roof weighs 47 lbs and has probably a gallon of bondo spread with some areas 12mm deep. Both inner and outer rockers are swiss cheese and the rear fenders are basically garbage from the door jamb back. The previous owners built up poor weld beads and spread bondo up to that bead on both sides. There will be lots of work on this puppy once it gets back from media blasting. We did a rough rear end fit with the weight of the motor in and pulled a couple pieces of body work from molds.
Sean Hendrix
Tempe, AZ
Picture dump of the Euro 75 911. Lots of rust, lots of really bad repairs. So far I've found roof siding, house plaster, roofing nails/drywall screws, roofing tar, expanding foam, and a t-shirt that was stuffed inside a rotted out rocker.
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Sean Hendrix
Tempe, AZ
There ought to be a law...said the guy who used chicken wire and bondo to make my 62' Nova fenders legal. I was 18, looks like the previous owner was 18.
Josh Simonds
www.nixfrixshun.com
www.facebook.com/NFSspeedshop
www.bicycle-coach.com
Vsalon Fromage De Tête
Do you ever get into one of these projects and decide to give up or is everything eventually fixable with enough time, money and effort?
I'm going to hug my 911 when I get home and promise to never let *that* happen to her.
Sean Hendrix
Tempe, AZ
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