tperazzo

I've been working on changing the look of my 1974 911 and making it lightweight. Although I'm sticking with steel fenders and hood, the fiberglass bumper offers a big weight savings.

I fabricated all the metal brackets and extension pieces to convert the short hood parts to longhood stuff. Instead of buying new parts I invested my time to make everything myself making this a true budget build. Less than $250 including the parts!
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tperazzo

This week I dance with an English Wheel and perform metal fab at the beach. The inner skin and outer skin are complete on this Porsche 911 longhood backdate conversion.

Here's the link to the video, please subscribe to the channel if you like it.
Thanks,
Tom

tperazzo

Short hood to long hood backdate almost complete. I still need to add the seals and align the turn signals.



I'm happy with the strength of the inner latch panel extension.



This shiny extension was tig welded on.



Watch the latest video here:

tperazzo

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onboost

Hey Tom,

Paul here.. bought your rotisserie a few months back, what an adventure eh? Much thanks!

That should be a nice project as the 74 offers quite the mix of previous year and new G-body components. Sticking with steel fenders and hood and using the glass bumper is really the way to go.. nice wheel-work btw!
We completed 74 Carrera Targa about a year and-a half ago. It was pretty much a nut & bolt resto on the body, and I was surprised at the number of odd-ball an specific items currently available new from Porsche. Of course I had to really work with the parts guys to make sure I was getting what I needed.

Enjoy..

Clive Jameson

Definitely want to see this going forward. Thanks for the effort!

tperazzo

Hi Paul,
Do you have pics of your 356 anywhere on the web? I would love to see it in a familiar rotisserie.

My 74 was bought as a rolling shell for $4000 in 2017....maybe a record for cheapest 911 that has a chance of seeing the road again soon. Many of the unique parts are missing already, so I'm just cobbling together the necessary bits to make it drive again. It's lightweight be default, ha ha. If it was a carrera like yours I wouldn't be modifying it.
Thanks for your comments!
Cheers,
Tom

tperazzo

Thanks Clive, I'm striving to make progress one week at a time. Actually sometimes it's only an hour or two per day, but it will get there.
Thanks for watching.
Tom

tperazzo

It was a bit tricky to get the bumper to body seals installed on this backdate, but in true hotrod fashion this is what I came up with. I made this closeout panel and curly-Q retainer channel to captivate the seal. I also made seal channels for the fender seals to keep them in place for good.




Testing the seal contact.


Here's a link to the youtube video

DanielJ

Have subscribed to your You Tube channel. Enjoying watching your skills with metal and your desire to make it the best you can.

Thank you!

DJ.

tperazzo

Thanks DJ! I'm trying NOT to make it look like a thrown together kit car.

tperazzo

This week I caught my Porsche on fire and struggled getting the rear fiberglass bumper to fit. I'm not sure who made this bumper or what it came from as I bought it used.




You can watch all the drama here in the youtube video link below:

tperazzo

This week I modified and installed an OEM license plate panel on my backdate project.

I decided to try a hybrid bumper approach where the center is steel and the sides are fiberglass. This allows me the best chance to align everything well and keep the costs down. An added benefit is the steel panel is actually lighter than the Fiberglass one.

I plan to make my own custom bumperettes sometime soon.

Here's the video link:

DanielJ

cairo94507

Wow - just watched these videos and really enjoyed your work and attention to detail. Very cool and talented work. Cheers.