And so it begins.....the 904 project!

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Ok, holidays done, back to work. Meaning it took me several weeks to get a day to work on my own stuff. I welded in the plates all the way in anticipation of cutting out the rollbar and the outer longs. I got the rollbar out, as well as the driver's side long. So you can know see why I had to really really reinforce the longs, because there is nothing left!

I think I have to jump back on a 911 tomorrow, but I might split the day, or come in this weekend, so be on the lookout for more updates.

Happy New Year!
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No new work, but I recently did a buying trip through VA and stopped off to see my friend Bob Garretson to get him to sign the dash. He had some great stories of racing 935's and the like. Bob and Bruce Anderson originally built this car for IMSA racing.
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Ironically it is 6 years to the day when I dry-fitted the body to the test bed chassis because today I started to fit the body to the real chassis. Guess we will find out this week if I cut and welded in the right places. Stay tuned.
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Progress! 👍

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Ok, so it fits! Fine tuning it now but everything is lining up just as I had hoped. Like Hannibal Smith used to say,
"I love it when a plan comes together!"
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Projects move either at warp speed or turtle speed. Today was turtle time. Lots of measurements, comparing to 904's (none of which are the same!) and trying to find a happy middleground. Before I start attaching the body I need to have it in the right spot, which means two inches back, one inch forward, rinse/repeat.
Not a bad way to spend the day though, so I'm not complaining, just no fireworks today.
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More progress! 👍

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#128 Post by Martin Benade »

Where do you get a windshield for it? Is it the same as for a real 904?
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Martin Benade wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 10:18 am Where do you get a windshield for it? Is it the same as for a real 904?
I got the windshield from BECK.
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Is it a fairly normal price? Or extra cost because it’s special?
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Martin Benade wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 10:40 am Is it a fairly normal price? Or extra cost because it’s special?
It was normal, it worked out that my next door neighbor had a business trip in Indiana so he picked it up for me, so no shipping worries.
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