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Originally posted by Zeke
Dont' be angry, I'm not necessarily being that critical. I didn't see the car in person (and you know that), so you have a point. Pictures are always kinder than the actual object.
I thought the longitudinals on a 911 were made up from 3 pieces: the outer rocker, the inner rocker and the sill portion of the floor pan. In fact, I know that is the case. So, when you listed inner and outer rockers AND longitudinals, to me, that is the same thing. That is unless the WHOLE floor pan needed to be replaced. Since I couldn't see any daylight through any of the pieces except at a few corners, I assumed the floors would have been kept in the event of restoration. Also, you only listed rear pans. Floors, therefore, were assumed to be good.
BTW, the hot air tube is not a continuous metal tube. It is at either end of the longitudinal, but connected by a hose in the middle door area. That soft portion has a mesh in it.
In the end, you posted that you cut up a 911 Porsche; I did the same in March. Funny, mine was totally rust free, but hit on 3 sides and repaired very poorly. The car was not worthy of a demolition derby. Yours looked better. When we post things like this, expect criticism.
I apologize for the beer remark. I think you wanted the thing out of the way more than anything else. It didn't appear to be hopeless. You had to be the final judge of that and I did not have to agree.
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Hey Milt, no offense taken, just a long day yesterday. In fact, it's so easy to see why we differ so much in reasoning why it needed to go.
My understanding is that the rear longitudinal (L and R) is all the sheet metal that holds in the torsion bar tube. If it only needed rockers, I'd have saved this car all day long. Replacing longitudinals, properly, is a big, big job and some say the car needs to be on a bench to really make it worthwhile. Restoration Design has these at $475 each side and they plainly state that they are not happy with the quality. It was the this job alone that really made the decision.
I think these healthy discussions are what makes the Pelican board great. Frustrating at times, but all you learn... it's great.
klaucke: send me pics or descriptions of what you need and I will see what I can do for you.