Final assembly.
 

Some pics. I painted the interior, jambs, and front and rear compartments Porsche Iris blue (L39V) here at home, then dropped the body back onto the pan for the last time. After assembling the front suspension, I hauled it to a friend's shop for the exterior paint. I've been working on wiring for 2 weeks, and finally got it sorted, gauges working, and lights burning. I still have to add a fuse holder for the driving lights, and fuel pump.

Made the muffler mounting today from BMW tranny mounts, and aluminum straps.

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One more... This shows the aluminum mounting plate for the coil, ballast resistor, and fuel pressure regulator, and a pic from the front.

nice work man :) :agree:

Thanks. It feels good to finally see how it's going to really look with the color.
Makes me feel stoked about building this car again.

I'm waiting for my friend at the body shop to fix a couple of maximum flow indicators that ended up on the drivers side fenders, but other than that, the finish is done. :D

I'm still a ways out from being finished. I think the car needs to be about an inch lower in the rear, and a half inch in front. I also have to open the engine back up and install the right oil pump pickup tube for a GE case.

Yeti,
Thanks for the updates. Your car looks great, I am looking forward to seeing it.

how nice is that gonna look! what are these maximum flow indicators? good job

Runs in the clear coat.

I ended up with some maximum depth indicators (trash under the clearcoat) under the front decklid, but I'm not worried. :laugh:

Nice work. I love the dash.:agree:

Should be the crowning component of the interior 'cause I don't think there'll be much else besides the seats, shifter, pedals, and that. :laugh:

Wiring all those dash lights, and gauges was a bonafide nightmare because I retained all the factory vent and defrost ductwork. :rolleyes: Made it pretty tight back in there. I also had to lengthen a few wires, which I soldered, and insulated with heat shrink tubing.

If I'm done by Sept, I'll drive it to Taccoa fer sure.

very cool to see you getting in the stretch. i think we are all looking forward to seeing it. one more GL on the road.

Sweet mercy, can't you just see my genuine excitement over all this...:D http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/355683.jpg

Really though, I can't stop working on it. The only reason I posted this is cause I had to come inside and eat a sammich before I passed out! :laugh:

That shot belongs on a CD cover.:laugh:

I know, right? Too bad Joe's Garage was taken. :laugh:

I posted a better one on The Samba...

hey Yetibone, your car looks great, well done!

those are early aluminium rear trailing arms, right? and Boxster wheels? The offset on those rear wheels is ET50mm right? How much wider than stock are the rear wings (fenders) you have on?

thanks and best of luck with the finish :)

That's right.

I have 38mm spacers, and the fenders are 76mm wider on each side. With the late 951 arms, you would have very close to the same look, without the spacers.

why did you use spacers?

Wheels would have been 1.5" ('bout 76mm) too far in under those CCC rear fenders. I wanted the car wider at both ends. I really wanted it 3" total in front, and 6" total in the rear, but Had to settle for 4" wider in front because CCC didn't make a 1.5" wider front fender.

Now I need about 7/8" (22mm) front spacers to make me happy.

It's been awfully long since I'd posted anything about my car. I'd been working on it during the evenings and weekends that I could, but haven't actually posted anything about it since there's been no real news to report. Over the holidays I've had enough time to really work on it, so I re-assembled the engine after replacing the pick-up tube, and the bearings, installed it in the car, made some corrections to how the engine sat in the compartment, and a few minutes ago, drove it (without a windshield :lmao: ) out to the pavement to break the rings in.

What a drive. :cool: First time I've driven it...I wish I had a windshield so I could drive it some more.:D

I'll post pics after I paint the back bumper, and install the windshield.

Sweet. Good to hear it is on the road. I have some goggles I can send up so you can give it a good thrashing.:lmao:

I can send you a tooth pick for the bugs in the teeth.:lmao:

Thx guys. I'd take you both up on the offers because the glass co. said they chipped the edge of my windshield, and can't get me another 'till Monday (which pi$$es me off :angry: ), so I took to driving some more today with safety glasses to see how hot the engine would get.

So far, the heads were 320 (L) and 330 (R) and the oil was about 210 after a 5 minute warm-up, and 20 minute drive back and fourth on 3/4 mile of asphalt. The inlet side of the front cooler just started to warm up.

What exh system you got in there? That dual outlet out of the drivers kotflugel is gonna look COOL!
:)

Don

I'm not sure who made the muffler Don, but it's a single 2.25" inlet, dual 2.25" outlet stainless steel open silencer. I took it, and a pair of stainless steel tailpipes off of an '04 Toyota Tundra about a year ago. The owner bought it used, and thought it was too loud, so I ended up with about 12' of 2.25" diameter pipe and a lot of nice 40 to 45 degree bends. I made the entire exhaust, minus the header, out of what I scavenged from that job, and it sounds good and DEEP!

I also managed to get 4' of 1.5" diameter 33% perforated tubing to make a pair of ANSA style resonators, which I haven't done yet. I have to use the remaining 3' to make a muffler that'll last more than a year for my neighbor's Kubota Diesel. :lmao:

I was playin wif Sue's Nikon. :D

nice ride :thumbup: