PorKen

I did the hatch and back seats in an afternoon with a heat gun (oversized hair dryer) and paint scraper. 10lbs/4.5kg of tar!

Still have to clean up the residue though.

Pierre Martins

Geir, I'm pretty much in Gavin's hands as far as the bodywork goes. Not looking for any excuses, but Gavin and his wife had a 3-month premature baby with extreme complications in November last year, and it's been touch and go on a few occasions. (Thankfully, the child is coming out of hospital next week). Don't know whether I should even be posting private info like this, all I can say is there is more important stuff in life than cars, but Gavin has worked his backside off on my car in between dealing with a very traumatic experience.

Besides that, his doing this at cost for me in view of developing molds for future 928 projects. I take my hat off to the man. Sorry, didn't wanna get heavy, but now you know why it's taking so long.

Cheers,
Pierre.

Pierre Martins

Porken & Rob Roy - thanks for that heatgun tip, Im definately gonna try that out come Monday!

bcdavis

Yeah... It gets kind of lame when people start asking why someone is taking a long time to do something, not realizing they may be having family problems, babies, strokes, divorces, etc, not all of which people want to discuss on the internet. So have patience... The 928 will continue to evolve... We will see twin turbos, more superchargers, better body kits, and much more in years to come...

Best wishes to Gavin, and we all look forward to seeing your car when it gets done!

Hoyo

I tell You what Mr. bcdavis.....If I had Known The circustances I would NOT have have asked that question.
Do You really think I was aware of his situation?

You can spare me your ****ty coments.

I feel bad for Gavin and his situation and I really hope everything is going to work out to the best for him and his family.

Geir

Pierre Martins

Let it be now. Let's play nice fellas.

Please.

G Man

To each his own I say. It will look nice when done. That car looked perfect before you started. Why would you do that to a perfect car. I could see if the car were wrecked, but....

Benton

Why does it matter? There are plenty of 928's out there; who cares if he makes a race car out of it? You guys are getting all personal in a race car build thread. Keep it to the topic.

Pierre,
Looking AWESOME. I am hoping to have my car done by the end of May... I passed up on doing the widebody. That might be later down the road. The worst part about the build is the interior.

bcdavis

Sorry about that.... I wasn't meaning it as a personal attack on anyone...

Just a general comment about how people sometimes get impatient about Andy's supercharger kits, or when John is going to build a twin turbo s4, and then later, we find out they have had a lot of personal issues. So all I am saying is that everyone ought to chill a little... It was not directed at any one person directly... It was a general comment to the list overall...

Pierre Martins

Well... Geir did mention he was well into a bottle of red when he typed that, perhaps he just woke up with a "head" and saw your reponse...

Hoyo

That could ofcourse explain it...but The head was ok.

I'm also sorry for the way I reacted.

Geir

bcdavis

No problem...

E-mail and internet communications are always bad for showing how you are feeling about the words you are writing.
Mine may not have been clear.
Yours were however!

Hahahaha!

But I was not trying to criticize anyone at all. Not you, or anyone else, in a personal way.
Just pointing out that several people on the board have revealed that behind the scenes,
there are dramas, families, babies, divorces, medical problems, etc...

And to keep those things in mind, when we get all irritable online...
Sometimes people have a good reason to be absent, slow, or a little grumpy...

Even you...



No hard feelings.

Hoyo

Even me.

No hard felings.

Geir

Pierre Martins

Okay now that we have peace, I have a bone to pick - YOU BASTARDS have been pretty silent and shy with pics about your projects!

Common, let's see 'em!

Pierre Martins

Update - A big THANK YOU for the heatgun tip. It works real quick. I'll post some pics in the next day or two on the progress. We're moving ahead in leaps n bounds now. All of the bodywork is installed, primed, sanded and ready for painting. In fact, Gavin is doing the first coat of black as I'm typing this. I'll get stuck in tomorrow again, removing the rest of the tar crap from the interior.

2 issues -

I'm gonna remove the thick sound proofing on the inside of the bulkhead, behind the pedals etc - (firewall, as we call it) - are there any surprises waiting for me? anything I should know?

Can anybody give me a tip to remove the underfelt-like stuff from the roof and the top part of the bulkhead under the dash? We pulled most of the stuff down and put the heatgun to it, but it just melts the loose fibres - it still sticks like hell.

Thanks in advance,
Pierre.

ps - I just hope Gavin's wife don't find the baseball bat! (just kidding)