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  1. 07-16-2023, 02:53 PM #191
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    Quote Originally Posted by bob joyce View Post
    the real bonus of RD metal is that it is galvanized
    I did the front gas tank/suspension pan on my 912 years ago and to my surprise it was rusting just a few years afterword that was about 25 years ago
    True. Don’t want to revisit this area anytime soon or maybe ever!
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  2. 07-17-2023, 02:41 AM #192
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    Bob - any more pictures of the Targa before you started restoration? We're reading the final chapter now, but love to see chapter 1.
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  3. 07-17-2023, 05:21 PM #193
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    OK.....
    I will start with just asking to look at the car as i knew it had been parked in the back yard for 40 years.
    As i dug it out of the bushes i saw that it was a 1968 911L Targa.
    Spent a couple of days digging it out just for the pleasure of seeing it.
    Out of the blue I was asked if i wanted it.
    I said the only way it could possibly be saved is if it had a donner rear torsion bar clip.
    It so happened that there was a wrecked but non rusty 1968 Name: 100_0389.jpg Views: 161 Size: 127.7 KB911L coupe rear clip that could come with the car
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  4. 07-17-2023, 05:39 PM #194
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    So the first part of the project was to repair the rear piece.
    The process I chose was to remove all spot welds on the rear wheelhouse (both sides) and remove the rear cross member
    I would turn the car upside down and had a couple of steel plates cut so that I could mount the large plate on the transmission mounting points and elevate the other end back at the rear engine mounts such that it was on the Design Datum Plane at the transmissions elevation.
    I then installed 3/4" turnbuckle stations .One at the rear engine mount and one at the shock tower.
    With the spot welds removed it was easy to straighten the wheelhouse associated parts.
    I installed the engine mounting hardware to keep the rear dimension in place.Name: 100_0402 (1).jpg Views: 146 Size: 98.5 KB
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  5. 07-17-2023, 05:46 PM #195
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    so now that I got the wheelhouse and associated parts straightened.
    I carefully prepared and installed the torsion bar and wheelhouse areas using my Datum Plane Plate for reference and measurement.


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  6. 07-17-2023, 05:51 PM #196
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    then installed the rear crossmemberName: 100_0454 (3).jpg Views: 145 Size: 77.1 KB

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  7. 07-17-2023, 06:22 PM #197
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    removed DatumPlate and epoxy primedName: 100_0499 (1).jpg Views: 132 Size: 71.6 KB

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  8. 07-17-2023, 06:32 PM #198
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    Cleaned up and epoxy rear seatName: 100_0503 (2).jpg Views: 130 Size: 47.2 KB and partial bulkhead
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  9. 07-17-2023, 06:34 PM #199
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    installed rear seat area and rear parcel trayName: 100_0548.jpg Views: 132 Size: 74.7 KB

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  10. 07-17-2023, 06:40 PM #200
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    Mocked up the rear quarter panels and engine lid to assure correctness.Name: 100_0552.jpg Views: 130 Size: 67.6 KB.

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