There appears to be a green movement .......... Flunder's, Chris Nielsen's and Paul Kramer's :cool:
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There appears to be a green movement .......... Flunder's, Chris Nielsen's and Paul Kramer's :cool:
love that olive color.
Soterik, Macroni, OliveR, boba, Chris (love your Olive RS), John Z, obrut, growlinduck, LA964R, RickS and tennster: thanks for the positive feedback on the color.
The result surpassed all my expectations, I must admit.
The '71 color chart shows plenty of exciting colors from which to choose but Olive is by no means an obvious choice.
The owner of the shop pushed me a bit to go with the original color and I am pleased that he did.
An authentic looking ST oil cooling system requires many unique parts and a fair amount of intestinal fortitude as it requires cutting holes in the beloved.
On top of that, a feeling of dread came over me when Chuck posted information earlier in this thread relating to the fact that the E series MY 72 oil coolers had larger fittings than the B, C and D series 911S oil coolers. Expecting the worst, I fully expected to have the "wrong" coolers for the project.
As the Behr coolers for the project have '72 dates on them it was with some trepidation that we measured the male fittings on the coolers to confirm that they were the B, C and D series versions and did in fact have the same diameter and thread pitch as the hard and soft lines that were sourced for the project.
Happily, the fitting size and thread on the hard lines that mount atop the coolers and the cross over lines that run across the fuel bay are identical to the 2.2S fittings on the lines through the sills. A feeling of relief flooded the room when the uncertainty was cleared from the mind.
Here you see the array of the hard and soft lines used to plumb a 2.3 ST system. The two longest lines are the standard lines that run through the sills on all 911S for MY '69, '70 and '71. The two next longest U shaped lines are the cross over lines that run through the fuel bay. The four small hard lines mount atop the coolers and direct the oil through holes cut in the inner fenders. The soft lines run through the holes in the inner fenders and connect the hard lines on the coolers to the cross over lines in the fuel bay.
Stunning Tom... Stunning.
We sourced the proper grp factory 2.3 ST front bumper from a fellow board member (thanks Frank), but its extreme light weight and vulnerablility out front on the nose convinced us that for street duty we should consider making up a duplicate in steel.
Luckily, the donor car that contributed the fenders and rear flares came with a modified steel front bumper that was suitable for this purpose. However, its lower valance did not have the proper frontal aspect or side contours to match the factory ST grp part, as clearly shown in the first two images below.
The donor's steel bumper was otherwise solid, undamaged and its top half contour matched up well with the leading edge of the front fender flares.
The metal work involved to get a proper looking front bumper is now in process and our objective is to get the bumper ends to appear like the oem grp 2.3 ST example shown in the third image.
911.505.905.00 Bumper, front materia artificiale
Here you can see that we have shaved the mounting brackets inside the fog lamp cavities. The inside of the bumper was finished to remove all evidence of their having been there.
The function of removing the fog lamp mounting brackets is that they restrict airlflow to the fender mounted oil coolers. If this step proves insufficient to maintain reasonable oil temperatures, then we will cut vertical slots in the relevant locations as seen on the front bumper on Gib's 2.5 car to provide still more air to the coolers.
A bit time consuming making bumpers fit let alone, "making bumpers"...
Geez, the creativity and workmanship around here never ceases to amaze me. :D
Tom,Quote:
Originally Posted by LA964R
I don't normally like to post pictures of, and discuss other peoples cars without their permission or knowledge, but in this case I think the owner would forgive my breech of etiquette since it's all positive.
The silver 911 in the attached photo belongs a local early 911 owner, who is a frequent visitor to Infineon track events. I think it's easy to agree that his machine is a stunner....and very well done. One day I was commenting on the rear bumpers and the exquisite fit, only to be told by the owner that a local builder ( with a national reputation for innovative, quality work) had fabricated the rear bumpers and the bumper guards from aluminum. He went on to mention that the price was reasonable and it was done on a timely basis. If it's not too late & if you are not totqally committed to another solution.....??
PM or e-mail me for additional info if you'd like.
JZG
Brilliant!