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rebuilding the 959

Hello Guys.
Happy you all like it. Im also quite happy that we manage to get this car up and running, a lot of people have said it is/was not possible... There is still a long way to go on other areas, but as far as the chassis goes we are getting very close to get it complete.

A great thanks to Wayne, a good guy in Canada and several helpers in Germany

Most people would have been happy with the products repaired as they are now, but we will make molds of the roof and rear left quarter and lay it up again with new kevlar/fiberglass to get it 100% in accordance with Porsche specs.. The whole idea from Porsche with the kevlar was to drop weight and maintain the strength using the Kevlar, and therefor we are not repairing bits, making new and cutting away damaged areas.

Here are the pictures before the mold taken:
Notice the joining area where the roof meets the quarters, this is the way it is done originally to be able to join the parts with blind rivets in addition to gluing the bits together. After is is filled with a Kevlar strip and primed and filled.








Next step as the mold is complete, will be to lay up the new bits and prep for painting.

That was all for now.

Regards,

Roar
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