AssHull's '67 project

[LuftsickTero]

Great work guys, now where's the rest of the photos 

[Eric Justus]

Car looks great guys. Color looked good under the sun yesterday

[Zach Gomulka]

Thanks all! It was all worth it to have it at Nick's!!

I'll post up some photos soon. I really didn't take as many as I should have, and most of them are cell shots, but you'll get the idea

[Diederick/DVK]

still waiting for the pics, pal!
mark's pics have gone offline and we all known this car's ended up very much photo-worthy

[Rick Meredith]

Here's one I took

[Nico86]

Nice ! I like the color combo wheels/car.

[Zach Gomulka]

Thanks guys! Here is how I modified a 65-66 decklid latch to prop the bottom of the '67 lid slightly. Looks like a factory piece because it is

[Zach Gomulka]

After all this I had it powdercoated to match the rest of the small bits on the car.

[Zach Gomulka]

Here's when we decided the center of the dash was a bit too bare with only the 3 gauges. A friend was cutting up a '72 911 (same guy who traded us the 7" cookie cutters for his 6's), so I asked him nicely for the clock section, and he cut it out for us.

[Zach Gomulka]

I borrowed the combi gauge to fill the hole and make sure nothing distorted while welding. We of course have a clock in there now, from another friend with another '72 911. He unfortunatly didn't live to see this project finished

[Zach Gomulka]

Fast forward a bit. To keep the Porsche theme going, we sourced a Durant side mirror. They were fitted to 356C's and early 911/912's.

[Zach Gomulka]

One day in the shop there was an '86 911 that was backdated to look like a '73 Carrera RS. Sweet car. It would have been great if I knew how to take a good picture!

[Zach Gomulka]

Door panels. They look simple but were very time consuming!

[Zach Gomulka]

The rear "luggage deposit". In the late 60's, early 70's, an option was available for 911's that deleted the rear seat with a box. This started out like that, but ended up as you see it here. To look "correct" it should also have a hinged door on each side, but I screwed up so I ended up skipping them for now After this pic was taken I added the Porsche footman loops to the front side of the box for luggage straps (which still need to be made ) And yes, that's an EMPI door pull on the top, there's another one on the underside

[Zach Gomulka]

The seats. I didn't like how the other 914 seats I've seen without headrests looked. They looked like someone chopped off the headrests! So, after I lopped the tops off, I continued the roll from the sides up and around the top. Now they look like they came that way, and they look almost nothing like a 914 seat, which I love because those things are ugly!

[Zach Gomulka]

Up to this point I handled the entire interior myself. But the seats were a little beyond my skill level, so my boss helped out by telling me what to do

[Zach Gomulka]

And the finished seats I added some lumbar to the backrest inserts. Quite comfy

[Zach Gomulka]

The steering wheel!! The wheel we started with would have been perfect for the car we originally planned; a "bolt on" Cal Looker. But as the project progressed, it really wasn't doing it for me anymore. I wanted to do something Porsche, but I really don't like those butterfly 4 spoke wheels! I happened to be looking through an issue of Excellence over a year ago, and saw something that stopped me dead in my tracks. A late 60's Porsche 911R wheel. Now the hard part: convincing AssHull that this is a great idea, especially difficult since it was my idea he purchase the last wheel! Not to mention it isn't exactly cheap! Then one day my window of opportunity opened He said the steering wheel wasn't really doing it for him anymore, either A big, expensive, smile came to my face and I showed him what I had found. He agreed, and a year later I finally had him totally convinced It is an exact reproduction, and uses an actual 3 prong center cap as a horn push, which of course I had the top polished to match the center caps on the wheels, as well as the silver button gauges. I LOVE IT!

[Zach Gomulka]

Tired of Porsche stuff yet? Me niether
In 1970, Porsche expanded the 2.0 engine into 2.2 liters. Porsche was so proud of this fact that they came up with a decal that proclaimed this displacement on the rear window. I took that, and made it Volkswagen. I had a friend draw up a VW engine, another friend clean up the image on a computer, and yet another friend to make the decal. This one is just a prototype, the real one will stick to the inside, and be available in any displacement figure you'd like (yes, I'm selling them).

That's it for now, I'll try and get some real (not cell!) pictures up soon

[Rennsurfer]

still waiting for the pics, pal!
mark's pics have gone offline and we all known this car's ended up very much photo-worthy

Sorry, man... after reading this post, I'm gonna get 'em back on a new account. Been busy with graduations, parties, and other stuff. Zach, car looks great, man.

(edit) Done deal and the pics are back up.




 

[Wout]

OMG what a car 


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[volkskris]

that's an awesome car. I love the work that's been done to it.

[Diederick/DVK]

The car came out and about real nice, Zach!
Now, get someone with a proper camera to take some sweet pics of your hard work

Good job!!

P.s. the decklid prop doesn't look like it'll open the decklid much, or did you mount it on some tubes?

[Zach Gomulka]

Thanks guys!

AssHull's wife is an aspiring photographer, so I'm sure she will step up and fill the void for quality pictures.

No the decklid prop doesn't open it up much, just a little bit At the OCTO show last weekend we scored an original '67 'vert lid, it's at the body shop now and will hopefully be on the car soon. Although I do like the clean look of the non vented sedan lid, the motor will need the extra cooling. I do have another idea I'd like to implement for the decklid in the future, but I'll ned an expert metal man for the task.


I've gotta say, one of my favorite features on this car is the twin rocker style dome lights. At night with the sunroof open and both lights on, the interior just GLOWS

[Zach Gomulka]

[Diederick/DVK]

cool, dutch photography

what do you mean with twin rocker style dome lights?

[Nico86]

Thanks for the infos Zack, the seats are perfect.

[Zach Gomulka]

what do you mean with twin rocker style dome lights?

It uses type 3 style dome lights (one on each side), coincidentally the same that Porsche used

[Rennsurfer]

It uses type 3 style dome lights (one on each side), coincidentally the same that Porsche used

Nice touch, Zach. Always dug on the rocker Type 3 dome lights. Never thought to use 'em on a Type 1.

[71CALRIPPER]

Dude top class work !!