Dang, my favorite project sidelined.
Hope this turns out to be a positive change for you :thumbsup: .

one of my favorites too... I'm sure things will work out for you.... :thumbsup:

Or, take some time off, put the AMEX card to work, finish your "Porschette," THEN find a job. I know my wife would love that idea if I was in your situation :lol:

the car name is on the house if you decide to use it :rolleyes: :cool:

Hey man, soory about you loosing your job.
I dont know how it works over there but when it happened to me I started working on finding a new job and found a new job after a few weeks, then we agreed that I was to start after three months (to have some garage time.)

I sure would like to see this one started up again. Anyone heard anything?

Now that you mention it, I have been talking to Jim about his project, and I am in the process of taking his sketches and producing SolidWorks files so he can have brackets cut on a water-jet machine.

Stay tuned....... Jim should chime in soon!!

I'm glad he is working on it again. I was lucky enough to hang out with him at the Goodguys Columbus Show this year (and last year). He even joined Rodger (Ironworks) and I for a visit to Rad Rides!


--Eric

Very nice build you've got going here! Looking forward to updates.

Thanks for the continued interest in the project everyone !

Not much action to report. Most of the work I'm doing right now is design stuff. Little work on the actual car to report that's worth anything. Mostly just designing out stuff in my head like the rest of you.

Eric is doing the chassis brackets for me in solidworks and I've been working with Chad to design out the fuel system. Built the body to chassis mounts that weld into the sill plate panel and are hidden by the sill rubber - just not welded to the car yet. Chem stripped the hood and trunk panels here at home - then had them media blasted so I can start my fiberglass molds. I plan to make a temp widened Fglass hood - then make another mold and do the final one in CF that I have here at the house in the freezer. Redesigned the shifter from a rod to a porsche 997 cable actuated setup so I can move the stock shifter assy to the middle of the car (stock is left) and sink it down between the chassis tubes.

Just lots of design drawings and excel spreadsheets to get costs. Still don't have a job... Hoping the first quarter thaw brings some employers back out.

Jim

Jim, Once you get things rolling again may I suggest you move this to the ongoing project section. I seem to follow those more often.

Hey Jim,

Awesome project!!!....Im doing a 356 with a midmounted Audi V8.

http://www.kustomcoachwerks.com/foru...a42cb12c7bb4c1

Ive sent you a PM.

Awesome project Grant ! LOVE it !!

Looking forward to watching your buildup when you get the body over to your country !!!

Thanks for checking out this project !

Jim

Jim! You find that dream job yet buddy??

I sure hope so!!

:thumbsup:

Hi Greg ! Hope you're doing well !

Been at my new job now for about 5 months. I manage a composites engineering company here in indianapolis called Applied Composites Engineering. Very cool place and I'm working my tail off trying to get settled in. Learning a ton of stuff about composite manufacturing and repair, design, cnc, cmm, etc - and I can't wait to put some of this awesome technology into the the 356G !!

Here's some links to my new home away from home where I spend all my time.

http://www.appliedcomposites.com/

http://www.appliedcomposites.com/tour/

Good to hear!!

That line of work looks awesome! We have lots of composite places in Seattle area because of Boeing I think. Good to stay ahead of the curve! So many people I know stay in jobs that are "dying industries" -- and then can't figure out why they have no work. Best to push that envelope a bit huh!

Anyway - hadn't seen a post for awhile so just thought I'd rattle your cage. :D

I don't get to drop in here much, but don't give up on me !

I'll be back.

Jim

Update?

He looks at it a lot! Sometimes he even rubs on it. :D

I saw it last week. It's still in his garage. In 2 pieces, not quite welded back together again. Not much has changed. :D :D :D

Did a little work on the Porsche
 

Needed to widen the rear of the fenders to square them up to get the rear of the opening the same distance from the tire/wheel as the front of the opening is. Cut out the rear tail lights. Found the flattest spot on the fender to widen the fender at the back 2.5 inches. Taped it out and cut the fender all the way to the door jam. Measured and set both sides to the same width – then inserted metal strips and held them in place with clecos.

http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender01.jpg
http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender02.jpg
http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender03.jpg
http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender04.jpg
http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender05.jpg
http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender06.jpg
http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender07.jpg
http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender08.jpg
http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender09.jpg
http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender11.jpg
http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Fender12.jpg

Jim

I don't understand why you cut the light out - why not leave it where it was and simply cut around it on the fender side you wished to move out leaving the original location - and then making a fill panel between it and the moved section. Did it look 'funny'??

Nice work by the way - and my question is not being critical - I'm simply trying to understand and learn the "thought process"... without a rendering etc to see the changes you're making.

Cool! glad to see your still playing with the car. Keep up the nice work!

Robert

Don't worry Greg, it's just photoshop. He didn't "actually" get some work done. If it is real, love it!

Hey Greg !

I plan to move the light assy into the new center of the fender to balance it. But, I could have left it where it was and just cut around it as you suggested - and then moved it later if I didn't like the finished look. Honestly didn't think about it at the time. I guess it's a good thing I'm not a surgeon huh ... :wow:

And, don't ever worry about something coming across as critical. I'm always looking for other opinions, viewpoints and guidance. Any and all feedback are always appreciated !! :thumbsup:

Jim

Just additional info on why I'm doing this mod. It's hard to tell from the pictures - but if you look closely you'll see there is about 4 inches of space between the front of the fender opening and the rear tire - while the rear part of the fender is actually rubbing on the tire sidewall. So adding a 3 inch 'pie' insert at the rear of the fender - equals out the distance between the front sidewall to fender and rear sidewall to fender clearances. Clear as mud huh ... I'm just sayin. :P

Jim

AH HA! Went back and looked at the photos after the explanation. Now I see what you're trying to correct. The photos just don't really show that... unless you've been clued in.

It's always fascinated me when I see "layouts" of top chops - fender extensions - or other body mods like this.... as to where why and how the lines are figured out. I wanted to chop the top on my '36 Ford.... it's a multiple cut attack... and I look at the lines but I never "understand" why or how they came about. Thus the cut line question concerning the tail light. The pie cut was obvious... but the light cut was a puzzle for me.

I give anyone credit that chops on the "curvy" cars. Takes a lot of thought and work. I like the pie cuts, it will be subtle when done. The lights will tell you where they need to be. Does that make sense? Great work.

Jim,

Just checking in. Are you burning the midnight oil???

It's great to see your awesome project pics!!!



--Eric

Hi Eric !

Yeah, after a year and a half at my new job - I'm just starting to know enough about our company processes and stuff so that I can come home at a regular time not completely exhausted. So It's time to get this project back in gear and get it done ! (I've built it a couple hundred times in my mind...)

Hope work is going well and you landed a couple of those important contracts !!

Jim

When I saw the cut on the quarter, I knew exactly what you were fixing! Same thing has always bugged me about the 356s.
Glad to see you are back at it! (now if I could just get motivated)
Jeff-

Here it is finished welded and sanded.... Is that what you were thinking Jeff ?? Didn't really come out like I had envisioned it in my mind. :rofl:

http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...sis/JetMod.jpg

Jim

Jim,

Now you've done it!!...... Greg won't know what to think with this one.



--Eric

:wow: :faint:

Man you get going on that english wheel and you just can't stop yourself !!!

:yes:

Jim

Well.... he totally screwed the tail light move!



:D

Uhhhmmm.... ok Jim, maybe we are on different levels here. I was thinking slightly less taper in the rear :rofl:

Jeff-

I'm thinking a jet turbine, small light car = huge fun factor....:D

It's been several days now..... Any updates?


--Eric

If there are any I'm sure they are small....Because I doubt you can have a big update on a small project.

Not much to report on the car, sorry. Started a deck for my neighbor while I was un-employed – and then when I started my new job I stopped working on it. I had most of it done except for the 2 stair cases and some of the railings. Worked on it a couple weekends. Now I have the week off and I’m trying to get it done for them. I have been working on the car a bit the past couple weeks in the evenings. I’m also starting to pick the colors and some of the design concepts. I’ll update later tomorrow with those. I’ll share some deck pics so you don’t think I’m a total slacker….

http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a...ck/Deck-01.jpg

http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Deck-02-1.jpg

http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Deck-03-1.jpg

http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Deck-04-1.jpg

Jim

I've got some work for you in Seattle!

That's nice work!

Great meeting you at Indy... Subscribed!!!