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Originally Posted by Daves911L
Kristoph,
Sorry to be out of touch for so long. Things are pretty crazy around the District. You'd be proud of me though. I brought up the subject of DSS at the Board meeting last night.....and lived to tell the tale.
Been following your welding progress. The pans look great. I'd say you have considerable natural ability as a welder. Need to get you playing with the TIG sometime soon! And next time for real fun you can form your own replacement parts from flat sheet.
I'm not positive about the circular depressions being used for alignment. Just a theory I've heard ventured. But I've also heard it said they were to allow paint to drain, during a dipping process used to coat the chassis. I guess we need a book about 911's like the Reutter book to detail what actually happened during construction.
Absolutely no progress on the roadster the last 3 weeks. House and Garden only, as directed by Charlotte!
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No worries! I have been swamped at work with final exams this week and the grim end of semester grading load. Glad to hear that you made it out of the meeting alive
Thanks for the compliments on the welding. I think they look better in the pictures than in real life and I still have a long way to go until I am truly happy with them. I though about forming the panels from flat sheets but decided against it due to time constraints. Thanks again for the Reutter book. I am actually reading it for the second time!! A similar book for the 911 would answer the debate about the holes in the pan and rear seat bottoms. Hopefully I can come out to the Obi Wan Porsche Paradise this summer and play with the TIG and help with garage construction. If no garage is in the plans then maybe engine rebuilding in late June or early July? Being the nerdy engineering professor that I am I have simplfied your conundrum (and that of many other Porsche enthusiasts) into a simple equation
(happy wife = happy life) ≠ (working on roadster = happy Obi Wan)
The solution to the conundrum is to have your wife do a Ph.D., which gives you plenty of time to work on cars
The only problem is that doing a Ph.D. can be miserable!
Cheers,
Kristoph