906-001
January 23, 2004
In the
following pictures you will see certain areas that need attention,
even if it's just sanding and painting.
The paint
is missing because we steam cleaned it off.
This is
the original brake duct that was actually glassed to the front
and rear air openings on the nose and in the fender.
The old
ducting will be replaced with new, which is still available
from Germany.
The construction
in the trunk area is still really sound,
so we will do some small repair work and then repaint it.
You can
see that the hardware has rusted. We will remove these wire
tabs and latch hardware
and re plate them black phosphate.
The wire
tabs have numbers on them, which will make it easy for us
to re-install in the original rivet holes. When the tabs are
removed, we will mark the back side with an electric buzz
pencil.
There
are many tabs and for originality, we want to replace them
where they came from.
The steering
yoke mount has been wire wheeled and will be primered with
the rest of the trunk.
We use
gray urethane primer to seal the fiberglass. Just before re-assembly,
we will hand paint the dark gray in the front trunk area.
Remember, most 904s are black, but this 906 prototype was
painted gray in the trunk area and in the engine bay.
This is
the cockpit. The metal has to be de-rusted and the fiberglass
has to be free from paint before we can do any repair.
The picture
on the left shows a new mat patch that we replaced because
the old patch had delaminated (the shiny area). The other
picture is the shifter opening that has been cut open to re-weld
the shift mount. This was a common problem with 904s.
We made
sure that the mount was secure (nicely welded) and then we
repaired and re-shaped the opening.
There
are other areas where there are holes and cracks.
These were repaired so the finish will look original.
Jack has
stripped the paint off the pedal mount and is doing some of
the repair work around the seat area.
There
was another de-laminated joint that we repaired behind the
right front fender (inside the cockpit). Now I'm priming the
cockpit with gray duratech. Most of the cockpit gets a textured
surface.
The side
pod area was weak from the tail hitting it, so we strengthened
this area with two layers of mat.
While
the bodywork is being done, Andy and Co. are finishing up
the last of the mechanical parts. This is the steering coupler
and yoke that will be disassembled and repainted.
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