Hi,
I have been looking around this forum for awhile now and am amazed at the wealth of knowledge and support people give. I thought it was about time I shared my project, it is along way from being finished but this is the story so far...
I picked up the rolling shell last year but 2weeks later went under the knife for a second major knee surgery so progress has been slow so far, not fun, on both levels!
The shell is a '68 (912)and on the face of it looked like it was in ok condition. However the obvious stuff would need replacing, floors and front pan etc but I wanted to learn to weld and do bodywork etc so it looks like the perfect candidate.
The basic idea is to create a road legal lightweight special, similar in vein to the Emory 356's...we'll see
Picked it up from a guy who had a trailer and offered to bring it to my house for no extra charge, bonus
Got it home and started to strip it down, it took longer than I thought as I tried to take a picture at every stage.
Started to cut out floor and added some budget bracing between a and b pillars
The rear seat section and parcel shelf were pretty gone, so removed it...
I got hold of an entire rear interior section but I found this solution from Rennline, I think it is from a 935 track car? The plan is to brace across the back section then fabricate the removable panels. I know its not stock and will probably be pretty loud but I think it could look pretty cool and go with the 'lightweight special' idea I have for the car.
After all the cutting and grinding, the first power wash
I managed to get hold of a rotisserie. After fabricating some brackets and with the help of 3 friends, we managed to lift it on
