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PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2015 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got all the holes tapped on the body, and more wet sanding and buffing.
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PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2015 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2015 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2015 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Between yours and Envious's bug.. love the depth and shine in both!! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2015 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got the fenders and hood mounted. I put some temporary fender beading in. The black beading and black running boards are just not doing it for me. I am sending them out to have them professionally colored. Also mounted the rear decklid but it's not the one I am running, I have a vert lid that still needs to be painted, when thats done I will swap them out.
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PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2015 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That thing is looking killer!
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PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2015 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ConcreteAce wrote:
Got the fenders and hood mounted. I put some temporary fender beading in. The black beading and black running boards are just not doing it for me. I am sending them out to have them professionally colored.

What color are you changing them to?

Looks great.
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PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2015 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Envious wrote:
ConcreteAce wrote:
The black beading and black running boards are just not doing it for me. I am sending them out to have them professionally colored.

What color are you changing them to?


I did a spray out card for the interior shop so they could color match them to the car. I already got them lighter than the body color but did not like them, so I am thinking of trying the same color as body color but in a satin finish, then if I don't like that I am going to a slightly darker color than body color.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well I have not worked much on the 61 the past few months due to it being the busy season at work. I did get some parts painted today.
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That is pretty much the last of it. I'll start making the pan a roller.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 8:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Love that color!

Coming along nicely...
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well been slow going these past few months but my Dad came into town and we got a few things done on the pan.

Started out by installing one piece axle boots.
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As I assembled the tranny Dad tackled the installation of the brass shift rod bushing.
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that thing was a nightmare to install.

I also cleaned all the rust off of the shift rod while it was out.
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got all the solid mounts installed..
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I still have a torque/kafer bar to install but it will go on after the body has been mated.
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The spring plates gave us hell to get on correctly. We started out by fabbing our own loader tool. Jeremy, Dad, and I spent about an hour making this beauty..
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It worked like a charm and only cost me 11 bucks.
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new brakes installed out back..
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Front leaf springs narrowed and dimpled
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checked shocks to make sure they cleared everything
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Ryan and I went in halves on a reamer for the delrin bushings.
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I ran into a major issue when installing my new german king pins into the new set of Airkewld dropped spindles. The hole was way undersized and egg shaped.
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I stopped by Joe's shop and he honed them to proper spec.
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but I lost one of the thrust washers and I am stalled until I get one.
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Started the plumbing on the brake lines,
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I'll post another update soon.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice work. Are you running Socal rear shocks? I'm running them and I really like them. They look good too.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Envious wrote:
Very nice work. Are you running Socal rear shocks? I'm running them and I really like them. They look good too.


I had planned on it but I was not sure what size to order for the rear, what size did you order?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 1:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looking nice!
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 1:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got my kingpins in and have started on the front beam. I didn't catch that I had an early and a late control arm. I had two sets and didn't pay attention, I just picked out the best four. So I had to take care of that. Joe gave me an extra set of carriers so I was able to replace the carrier that got messed up due to the new dropped spindles being undersized and egged.

Late:
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kingpin rebuild:
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finished installing the driver side brakes before I called it a night..
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:53 am    Post subject: Re: ConcreteAce's 61 build Reply with quote

Love this car so far!!
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:43 pm    Post subject: Re: ConcreteAce's 61 build Reply with quote

tiz a thing of beauty.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 6:11 pm    Post subject: Re: ConcreteAce's 61 build Reply with quote

WOW, that's amazing dude. I love Anthracite grey Smile

Here's my old '63, unfortunately I don't own it anymore Sad

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:16 pm    Post subject: Re: ConcreteAce's 61 build Reply with quote

Love your attention to detail, the build is awesome. Reassembling the car without scratching anything with hand tools, etc. will truly be a challenge, so stay focused!

I know your checkbook must be on fire at this point. Have you entertained restoring a tired late 60's or early 70's air-cooled Porsche 911 to this level of detail in the future? You would do well financially if you flipped one, air-cooled 911's are fetching top dollar.

Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see it finished.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:19 pm    Post subject: Re: ConcreteAce's 61 build Reply with quote

Wow, loving the attention to detail. I can't wait to see more updates on this build. Really looking forward to seeing the final product in person in the near future. Quality workmanship at its finest.
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