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karl h
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« Reply #90 on: March 05, 2018, 08:30:05 am »
in front
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« Reply #91 on: March 05, 2018, 08:30:44 am »
fuel pump mount (left)
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karl h
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« Reply #92 on: March 05, 2018, 08:32:20 am »
mounted my trusty Bilsteins (i had these on a couple of cars). also got some red Konis for the rear, but they seem to be a little bit short
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karl h
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« Reply #93 on: March 05, 2018, 08:33:12 am »
and the CSP bar with the 901 in
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vwhelmot
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« Reply #94 on: March 05, 2018, 09:37:47 am »
Great progress Karl.
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brewsy
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« Reply #95 on: March 05, 2018, 22:20:14 pm »
Looks great Karl.

One suggestion:
If you're going to this much trouble then definitely swap out the rubber flexible brake lines for braided steel ones.
The feel on the pedal will be WAY better.

Cheers
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karl h
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« Reply #96 on: March 07, 2018, 08:24:22 am »
thanx guys. thinking about the brake lines, we will see
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karl h
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« Reply #97 on: March 14, 2018, 08:04:13 am »
porsche steelies for making it a roller (if i finally managed to press in the new balljoints for the front beam)
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karl h
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« Reply #98 on: April 03, 2018, 06:47:00 am »
still more babysteps, front beam is in
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karl h
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« Reply #99 on: April 09, 2018, 08:27:01 am »
finally  managed the new balljoints
brakes are 993 Brembo aluminum calipers
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karl h
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« Reply #100 on: June 13, 2018, 07:18:46 am »
some work on the house stopped me dead in my tracks, so i didnt have the time to work on the car Angry on top of that i will get a knee replacement in a couple of weeks  Undecided so that doesnt help either...
oh well, lets see if i can get this thing in primer untill the end of july
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karl h
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« Reply #101 on: July 05, 2018, 09:36:26 am »
putty/sand/putty/sand/putty/sand/repeat and lotsa honey-dos inbetween
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« Reply #102 on: July 05, 2018, 21:27:01 pm »
Quote from: karl h on July 05, 2018, 09:36:26 am
putty/sand/putty/sand/putty/sand/repeat and lotsa honey-dos inbetween

I know both of those well! Honey-dos done in advance gain brownie points though...
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« Reply #103 on: July 06, 2018, 06:57:14 am »
thats right, but i would never make it to the garage.... Grin
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« Reply #104 on: September 18, 2018, 11:35:03 am »
after weeks of recovering i finally have some progress. one more epoxycoat before the highbuild primer
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« Reply #105 on: September 18, 2018, 11:36:14 am »
 Grin
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vwhelmot
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« Reply #106 on: September 18, 2018, 12:56:44 pm »
Good stuff Karl 👍
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« Reply #107 on: September 19, 2018, 06:05:36 am »
Great project
I follow u now hahaha Grin
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« Reply #108 on: November 30, 2018, 21:26:28 pm »
got the body yesterday! paint looks nice Cool
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« Reply #109 on: November 30, 2018, 21:27:32 pm »
 Grin
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karl h
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« Reply #110 on: November 30, 2018, 21:29:10 pm »
 Grin
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« Reply #111 on: December 01, 2018, 00:41:25 am »
That does look nice  Cool
Great work!

Yannick
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« Reply #112 on: December 02, 2018, 17:33:45 pm »
Sweet! I am supposed to get mine in January....

Larry
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« Reply #113 on: December 02, 2018, 17:39:10 pm »
Looking great!!
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karl h
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« Reply #114 on: December 07, 2018, 08:10:52 am »
thanx guys!
burning midnight oil....
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karl h
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« Reply #115 on: December 07, 2018, 08:12:13 am »
then disaster struck....
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vwhelmot
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« Reply #116 on: December 07, 2018, 11:49:26 am »
Whats wrong?
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leec
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« Reply #117 on: December 07, 2018, 14:14:52 pm »
Beam hit inner wing?
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karl h
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« Reply #118 on: December 07, 2018, 18:15:51 pm »
no........this followed me home  Tongue (lotus white steelsunroof 67)
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« Reply #119 on: December 11, 2018, 04:56:17 am »
Oh my....
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