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I have recreated the rear structure in a car that had it removed for other reasons.
So far, I have this:
I have had this car for a long time. Out of the 18 928s I have owned, this is the one that received the most identities and work. It is only fitting that it would go to my son.
Yeah, you're showing something pretty big on the Bell Curve of 928 owners' levels of hands-on executing a task...was the trunk rotted? Are there no replacement sheet metal parts available? Battery box rotted?
This project has evolved and transformed over the years but I think he at one time was planning on fitting a fuel cell and wished to also eliminate the weight of the battery box. Now as a street car having the stock tank and sending unit is far more user friendly.
A strategically timed trip to Mark's (when the next stripped shell is headed to the recycler) with a sawzall should yield the needed bits to have it welded in. Since it started as a '78 you can 'upgrade' to an integrated battery box.
Sorry, lost track of this thread, and with the lack of chronological pictures, I should sit at a computer and redo it.
Yes, I cut out the rear floor previously and installed a fuel cell with a metal frame and brackets for BIG fuel pumps. All of that is gone now, and I am basically taking the car back to stock. But it was a 78, and I have modified the areas that the original sheet metal would sit.
So what I have done so far is to create a very strong main beam that has the small off-shoot for the 4th bolt hole for the tank straps. That part is done now. And I have added sheet metal (SS) - to protect that area if there is any sort of "push" from the back.
Now I have to create an area for the battery box, and then finally cover it all over like it would normally look. I want to try and do it to add more area under the car on the driver's side for better exhaust space and piping, but that is not primary. Just a good stockish place for the battery.
And yes, the 16 year old is getting this car, but he has to put it together.
Yeah, you're showing something pretty big on the Bell Curve of 928 owners' levels of hands-on executing a task...was the trunk rotted? Are there no replacement sheet metal parts available? Battery box rotted?
Removed for a different idea that, while executed, did not get used. And I realized, it would be better if it was stock for its (now) intended purpose.
08-08-2018, 05:00 PM
Recreating rear structure
