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Originally Posted by Danglerb
Any chance you took some pictures of the cut up parts?
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No, I didn't take any photos as I cut it up. I considered doing so, but many things I find interesting are not of interest to others......
My excuse:It was a lot of very hard work in the hot Tejas sun and I lost interest quickly.
It only cost me $92 in abrasive disks (4), and 14" cut off saw rental, as well as a couple of hours of plasma torch time and $35 in those consumables, and nearly a full tank of acetylene and oxy at who knows what price?
And I got almost $80 back in salvage! Whopee!
Not to mention the several days worth of work....these cars are complex, robust, and resist easy solutions, be it repair work, or salvage work. But, I bet you already knew that.....
Much of the structure is 3 or 4 layers of steel with voids in between, In a couple of areas like the frame where the front control arms attach end up being 5 or 6 layers, depending on where you cut into it. Even the roof supports both front and rear, are phenomenally strong, being several formed lawyers bonded together. To weigh as little as it does, and to be as complex as it is, speaks very well of the design work done by the Porsche design team. It is a shame they didn't also seriously consider serviceablity.....in the master design....