What happened to the Mulholland "King of the Hill" RSR?

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Originally Posted by crimson ghost

Glad to see you put a roof on that thing. I hope you still have the Type 34 project around as well ???

Funny you should mention that.
I recently brought it back up from the downhill carport to clean up so that I can work on it.





It was full of Deer Mice droppings, and related filth, yuk.
After vacuuming, I mixed bleach with water in a pail, and poured it into the car.
Poured into the engine compartment, interior, front compartment, spare area to destroy any bad bacteria.
Don't want to breathe that stuff while working on the car.

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When I got this car it was not running. It came with doorpanels, backpanels, new carpet, bumpers, lenses, and all trim.
Almost like someone was getting ready to paint it, like the grey 911 we have been talking about.


You can see I have cut the roll bar off.
To look better, I intend to shorten it by 2 inches.
Then make two new back braces to the wheelwells.





The Engine in the car is a built VW with dual Webers.

I was going to put my spare-parts 911 engine into this car.

Now I'm not so sure. The grey 911 car could use that engine instead.
I thought of putting the Chevy V8 on the stand into the 911, but....

It will be happier with a 2.4 MFI Motor I believe.

So the old VW motor may have to be rebuilt to make this Type 34 drive again.

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Found an inexpensive deck lid grille for the car.
Looks like a early silver one that someone painted flat black.
Chipped up a little but can be restored to silver or repainted black.




A deck lid looks better with it's grille.



Using wood to prop up the lid, the underside was sanded and painted like the topside.



We are getting to the point soon where a color for the car has to be chosen.
It was originally a bright green, some spots remain on the car that shows this.

It has been sugested to paint the car flat dark grey like it is right now. Like an Outlaw Car.
Others have said to paint it the original color.
Still more suggestions to paint the classic white or silver with Martini stripes.

I am leaning toward Slate Grey, the color the Carrera was originally before I bought it.

Any other suggestions?

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We are going to be using polished Fuchs on the car so the color has to enhance the wheels and vica-verca.

This is a pair of polished 9x15 Fuchs alloys that will be used on the car.
We'll have to use wheel spacers on the rear for these like we did for the 8's on the front.

[Mrmerlin]

looks like some cool projects your working on,
here is a link to a 928 rebuild thats going outlaw and getting Gulf Blue paint

928 RS Concept Sketch

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Originally Posted by Mrmerlin

looks like some cool projects your working on,
here is a link to a 928 rebuild thats going outlaw and getting Gulf Blue paint

928 RS Concept Sketch

Very nice, handmade wind-spoiler.
I really like the side pipes, reminicent of classic Corvette.

Color works well for this 928.

This is an example of a fun project for sure.

Thanks for showing.

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While we are adjusting the roof to fit properly it's important to hold it in position.
These "Temporary Stays" will be used to hold the C pillars for now.
I cut them out of aluminum sheet and used 3 screws so that it can be pivoted while adjusting.




These will be removed when it comes time to weld in the patch for each side.



Driver's side, same treatment.

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I'm using a thick aluminum sheet piece to shim up the B Pillar.



You can see our alignment is near perfect for the A pillar on the Driver's side.



Some surface rust will have to be removed on the roof underside before primering.
The fit of the A Pillar on the passenger side can be seen in this photo, just a little more adjustment and it will be great.

I noticed that the Coupe A Pillar is slightly different from the Targa A Pillar.
The Targa Pillar appears beefier.
Some slight modification will be needed to graft the two together to look great.

[Rockyrat]

Follow the link at the end of the article to see the actual pics.

Picture This: The eerie auto graveyard below Mulholland Drive's 'Dead Man's Curve' | Take Two | 89.3 KPCC

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Originally Posted by Rockyrat

Follow the link at the end of the article to see the actual pics.

Picture This: The eerie auto graveyard below Mulholland Drive's 'Dead Man's Curve' | Take Two | 89.3 KPCC

I liked the reference to the turn with all the wrecked cars at the bottom,

The REAL treasure is a turn called 'sweeper' , off of Mulholland. I remember when a off duty cop spun out (at Carl's jr, . for the M.I.R. fans, hehe) in his Porche. His only injury was a ripped ear from trying to climb back up the hill and he slipped and got hung up on something. So many cars were piled up at 'Sweeper' that the city finally had to come in and take most of them out. Ah the good old days!

Of course this person means to say Carls, not The Sweeper.

I remember some off-duty cops coming up also.
The best story is of the set-up Camaro Z28 the cops brought up on a flatbed to the Racecourse.
Unfortunatly the car was wrecked after a couple of runs and went back on the flatbed.

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We need to convert to Coupe Doors now because this will faciltate the fitting of the roof better.
The roof line must line up with the window frames.

The Targa door glass is more straight across than the curved coupe glass is.
Also Targa door glass has a non-framed structure above the door sill.
The glass is not framed in completely like in coupe doors.



First we want to remove the Targa door glass frames.



Here are the frames out of the car, the door glass slides in these rails.



These are the electric motors for the window lifts. I had to remove them first before I can remove the window regulators.
Probably converted from manual lifts.
I am converting back to manual lifts to save weight.

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This is the passenger side regulator with the door glass removed and in the backround.



Here is the driver's side regulator.
These regulators don't have the gear for rolling the window up.
Have to see if they can be converted to manual lifts by adding the gear.



Both doors are now stripped like this, empty shells.

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I found these black anodized Coupe door frames on Ebay priced very reasonably.



They slip right in.



On Targa doors, this notch has to be removed to slide in the Coupe door frames.
This faciltates the forward part of the frame to sit flush with the inner door.
Using a Sawzall and finishing with a file, the frames fit perfectly.



The car looks so much like a Coupe now, when a friend came over last weekend, he said, "nice Coupe", LOL.

Still much to do.

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Since we are getting ready to paint, two important things remain.
Finishing the roof assembly and getting the car's floor, front trunk, and engine bay prepped.
We are painting the whole car, floor, cieling, and inside the front and rear.

There is this sound deadening rubbery crapp on the floor of Porsches.
Difficult to remove but worth the effort in my opinion.
Makes the car lighter and makes for a clean look.

On the left side, see how it looks before insulation removal. Yuk!



It should look good when complete. Watch this process of prep coming.

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This rubbery stuff can be chipped off using hammer and wood chisel.



Due to the car's age, it is probably easier to chip off. This old junk is brittle.



Lot's of work, however it still has to be prepped for paint afterwards.



This job took several days to completely remove the tarry rubber from the floor.

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I met Chris Hurst thru this thread, he is a Mulholland Highway Racer.
He helped me while Ruben was home in Stuttgart.

This is Chris chipping away at the floor.
I'm glad I didn't have to do this alone, not my idea of a good time. lol



Passenger side almost complete.



Gooey glue abounds near the kick panels, and more rubbery crapp.



I am first using the scraper on this stuff.
Had to follow up with a laquer thinner bath to remove the rest, fun.

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This is the right side inner rocker panel. Some of the original green paint is visible.



Closer up you can see the surface has already been ground off somewhat.



After sanding the entire surface smooth, we are ready for primer.



After the area has been coated with primer, it looks great. What an improvement.

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Left side of car rocker panel gets the same treatment.



This looks good but before we can paint, the entire floor has to be coated in Primer also.

The car is getting no interior except for door panels and seats.

[ronin RS211]

Originally Posted by kcassady

Yes.. the Lotus is bad ass!
But Ronin drives way over his head, and braggs about it.

Banning is a legend! Mulholland is his....End of story!

I have never met a "Fast Driver" that had to tell me he was fast. The more bragging the less talent.... I.M.H.O

I met Ayrton Senna in 1990. Funny that during our conversation he never had to tell me how fast he was or what a good driver he was....lol

Personally i could careless, How Ronin drives on Mul.
But, it's only a matter of time before he goes off the mountain, takes a life or loses his own.. That is just the reality of running the mountain.

There is a long list of guys that thought they were fast up there, and their only legacy on Mul is how much Blood, Paint and car parts they have left on the Mountain...

Mul claims "FAST GUYS" on a regular basis....
If your lucky you'll just get a trip to the hospital, If not a "free" toe tag.

I wish Ronin nothing but luck, because the odds are in Mul's favor.

Hi guys it's me... It's funny how every time my name or car is brought up the story is always way out there...
First off I don't race Mulholland or any other canyon, I just take a drive nothing more. The only time I ever called a chump out was a TT Lambo owner after his verbal abuse on another forum... It wasn't a race but a let's see if you can stay in your own lane at a quick pace by mounting cameras on the drivers door. That got blown way out and I became the most hated guy on the road for calling out a TT Lambo to try and follow what he called a Pep Boys Special... He wimped out. I have nothing to "brag" about.

I never drive at or above my limit because I never cross the centerline period. I don't drive in groups or do I care about who's faster but I do step up when someone talks crap about my car.... I've been driving the canyons for the last 45 yrs and have never had an off, spin or wreck due to driver error. As a matter of fact the accident that took out my Exige was due to being clipped in the left rear by another driver following me on to the fwy was the only accident I've ever had. Oh yeah I have zero tickets on my license.

As for my use of the "C" word from time to time I grew up in NYC and that says it all.

Have a look at any of my videos and point out the reckless out of control moments if you can.... Oh yeah I shuffle steer deal with it
Ronin RS 211 Lotus Cool Canyon Run - YouTube


This is what I've turned the Elise/Exige into..

World's Fastest Lotus - Redux - YouTube

I'm a car guy and love driving safely if ya see me up there say hi and we can shoot the breeze..

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Originally Posted by ronin RS211

This is what I've turned the Elise/Exige into..

World's Fastest Lotus - Redux - YouTube

I'm a car guy and love driving safely if ya see me up there say hi and we can shoot the breeze..

Pretty car.