My 2in1 Porsche-Sleek Hotrod to Rallye look in 45min

[Sway Bar]

So, I haven’t been able to convince my wife to allow me another car (working on it) and winter can last a little too long and I fall easily to the adage that ‘idle hands are the devils workshop’. That being said, I had an extra hood hanging in my garage and thought I should do something with it so I figure I could make my car look like another car with the idea that it could be changed back and forth easily and readily.

I figure changing just a hood wasn’t enough so I got carried away but I think it turned out good (obviously I'm not a purist). I can complete the change around the 45 min mark with a couple of quick tricks I built in.

Whatcha think?

Here is my current Hotrod 73’








Couple of wrenches, and 45min later I can drive out of the garage with this…








It's also has to be functional..fuel filler is also legit



and the final vintage glamour shot

[Justin@Athens]

Love it!

[Rich Gas]

From sweats to lingerie...Sassy!

[911kiwi]

Nice work, Swaybar! I have a similar plan for my 72S - for the occasions where I feel rebellious - ducktail, TTG lights, wheels. But I really like your "extra hood" and stripes concept. Very creative.

[Sway Bar]

Forgot to give a big thanks and kudos to Don (Pelican: Haycait911) for teaching me and allowing me to use his shop to learn body work.

If you have have a good body 'guy' and ever want to question the rates: don't, it's unbelievable how much work goes into 'real' body work prep before paint. My arms and shoulders still hurt.

So trick number one for the hoods...it can take a long time to properly align/fit a hood. My original was all done so the trick is this:



Each lid was aligned and has it's own latch etc. So all I have to do is align the pins and tighten and I'm done. The 2 hoods are faster than changing the 4 wheels.

[donporfi]

Can you post pictures of your rear view mirror?
Are you using acrylic vent windows ?

[Sway Bar]

Normal Glass...here's the original thread about the mirror...for all the naysayers it's been 3 years, hard driving, rain, washes, etc and it's still there.

Same stuff they now glue windshields in with I believe.

[Josh D]

Originally Posted by Rich Gas

From sweats to lingerie...Sassy!

More like tight yoga pants to lingerie, but I got where you're coming from.

Nice job SB. Beautiful car in either configuration.

[donporfi]

Thanks.

[LagunaSeca911]

very cool - great idea

[Simon_R]

Great idea, can you tell us a bit more about the pins? How you set them up etc. I've got a spare deck lid for mine, but keen to do the hood as well.

[Sway Bar]

Simple little piece of home engineering...your second hood needs to be a good one since you don't want to have to adjust any part of the hinge that is mounted to the body.


1) need to have 2 pins in each hinge. If you ever have had your hood off you'll see how sloppy they can be and the forever amount of aligning you can do.
2) find a suitable pin, preferable with a small flat head or shoulder that will fit in behind the hinge. (piece of mild steel rod or linch pin)
3)Drill small pilot hole through hing and hood...make sure you are square so pins will be straight
4) remove hood and place/fit second hood...spend 2 hours aligning etc.
5)Follow pilot hole and drill into second hood
6)Resize holes to pin size on hinges and hoods
7)Fasten pins (only stick up approx. 1/8 or slightly more)...in my case I gave a quick couple of zaps with the mig welder. I betcha even a good epoxy would work since these are only for alignment and do nothing structural

Simple...patent pending

I suggest also getting the hood latch part as well for the second hood so you never have to touch or align that as well. I also have hood shocks on both hinges (I can't remember if that's standard) to keep the hinges up when changing...however, they won't hold up the hood with the cibies...hence the through the hood filler

May be other more exotic ways but who looks at the hinges? Takes me 10min to do each deck lid.

[juanbenae]

bravo! love that car!

[Taxi!]

Both versions look great, but I really like the rallye version! If I ever backdated my short hood, yours is exactly what I would make mine look like.

[stf996]

Beautiful!


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[911kiwi]

Thanks for sharing, Swaybar. I like the pin idea for the hood. On my engine lid I bought a spare set of hinges so each lid has a pair to enable easy install and alignment. What did you do?

[donporfi]

How does the fuel filler fit in the stock hood ?

[Simon_R]

Brilliant, thanks for the explanation. Now onto tracking down a good good!

[Sway Bar]

Originally Posted by 911kiwi

Thanks for sharing, Swaybar. I like the pin idea for the hood. On my engine lid I bought a spare set of hinges so each lid has a pair to enable easy install and alignment. What did you do?

I figured since the front worked so well I pinned the rear too. I gather extra hinges would be just as simple for the rear but since I have all the MFI goodies on top of the engine this works out easier and I don't have to reach into the engine compartment.

[Sway Bar]

Originally Posted by donporfi

How does the fuel filler fit in the stock hood ?

Custom trick #2...I left my laptop at work with the pics. I'll post tomorrow the quick change fuel filler and dog bowl...made with a real dog bowl