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Old May 24th 2011, 13:43
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Floorpan stripped and etch primed , rear of shell fillered and smoothed , should get the shell in primer very soon doing all this around work so not much time to spend on it......



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Old May 25th 2011, 03:12
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Keep up the good work Lee
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Old May 25th 2011, 06:07
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Lee...

What seats are going on that pan?

I have the later mounts too but I'm worried that it will mean a seat (bucket/porkie/or similar) will be too high. I'm considering removing the "hump" and welding in a couple of crossbars to bolt a seat runner to.

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Old May 25th 2011, 13:02
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Lee...

What seats are going on that pan?

I have the later mounts too but I'm worried that it will mean a seat (bucket/porkie/or similar) will be too high. I'm considering removing the "hump" and welding in a couple of crossbars to bolt a seat runner to.

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Hi Bruce , same as the white 1303 car, but in a different colour, we make them, here are some orange ones ,at the trimmers at the moment for my New Beetle 1.8t GL style car iam building done in porsche gt3rs orange (same colour iam doing the car)just about the right height with original 03 runners, the pan in the pic is an 03 pan shell is an 02.......
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Old May 26th 2011, 05:22
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Thx Lee.

My brother used 924 seats on 3-point bases and had to cut'n'shut a lot to mount them low enough. I guess a bucket is a bit easier (bolts to the side on yours?)

I'd appreciate a photo of the adapted bases/runners if you have one.

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Old May 26th 2011, 07:22
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Thx Lee.

My brother used 924 seats on 3-point bases and had to cut'n'shut a lot to mount them low enough. I guess a bucket is a bit easier (bolts to the side on yours?)

I'd appreciate a photo of the adapted bases/runners if you have one.

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I made up some ally plates that bolt to the seat and then bolted them to the 03 runner ,simples.you could always cut and shut the runners so they sit lower ?
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Old May 26th 2011, 08:10
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That's perfect, just what I was looking for.
Gives me some confidence that I can make the stock runners work.

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On our '03 I welded an inverted channel (n) down onto the seat hump and bolted the standard Alfa seat rails to that. The height with Alfa 116 seats is perfect for me but my wife has to use the spring seat raiser to lift it up for her comfy position - she's 5'4".

I take the view that anything used on the road should have a comfy seating position for the driver but the passenger can be down on thye floor if necessary. the driver needs maximum visibility to his instruments and the roads around him as well as being close enough to the wheel and gear lever for maximum control.

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Lee do you have any updates with the 02?
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Lee do you have any updates with the 02?
No , no 02 updates been working on the typ2 split and getting the 51 split bug/03 ready for the cage and front end transplant........



and nice to see drive shafts/irs poking out
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I love this model 51 split bug/03
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Cant wait to see this thing finished, sort of squeemish cutting up the split, but the results will be amazing I'm sure.

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Cant wait to see this thing finished, sort of squeemish cutting up the split, but the results will be amazing I'm sure.

Jason
We hav'nt cut any thing yet, just unpicked the factory spot welds on the front valance and the spare wheel well and they will go back in after the front is finished, also only moved the rear body to shock tower mounts, so its hardly been touched for the match up.Like i said this shell was modified years ago by the Scandinavian drag racer, hardly an og split bug ,any way who cares what year they are, I,am only interested in modifying vws, stockers are for buffers.
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I really like your projects so far, very well done and with your own individual touch.However, I think the split will be the best one.The 03 floorpan with the shorter wheelbase is something I had always thought about.I don't have the fab skills to make it happen though.Good luck and I'm really looking forward to following your updates!
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Old June 12th 2011, 11:39
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I really like your projects so far, very well done and with your own individual touch.However, I think the split will be the best one.The 03 floorpan with the shorter wheelbase is something I had always thought about.I don't have the fab skills to make it happen though.Good luck and I'm really looking forward to following your updates!
Cheers , just fabbing the cage mounts, waiting for the Cromo/t45 steel to turn up and then its all go on the cage and front end strut mounts, going to be using our slimline L.A.P struts and a new product we are bringing out, cro-mo bottom drop arms with rose joint/uniball inner mounts off the pan, might make some shorter ones for this car so we can get FAT porsche wheels and rubber under the front end.

Cage boxes under construction.......

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