1952 GL update thread

[Xellex]

everything on your bug looks amazing! I could stare at your pics for hours...
Maybe you could anodise the clips a dark grey colour, to go with both the carbon fiber and the paint

[Humble]

Pete, I just saw your spring plate question and since I'm working on mine I'll fill you in. The 2 left holes are for bolts to tie the spring place and trailing arm together. The center hole is for the factory porsche camber/toe adjustment tool and stays open. The right hole is for a third securing bolt or the eccentric adjuster and drop link mount for the rear sway bar.

As for the trim and panel mounts, brilliant idea. For the finish though it depends on the rest of the interior. If there are going to be polished bits here and there, polish the retainers and like wise if there's brushed aluminum. But you don't want them to be polished if there's only one or two trim pieces in the interior that are polished. I'd say go with the black anodizing but keep the hardware in silver stainless.

[petevw]

By unanimous decision i'll be anodizing the plates black.

I have stainless button heads, and have ordered some polished/chromed button head fastners too. The stainless button heads i have look dull. Should have it all together by the end of the week. We'll see how she looks.

Dave, i like the rubber u-channel idea for around the panel. I'll see if i can find some locally.

Post pics of your uniball setup Alex. Don't think we've seen them.

Pete

[chug_A_bug]

nice job...
I'd say go with the black anodizing but keep the hardware in silver stainless.

[Bug@5speed(US)]

Pete,

Wow, very nice ride.... I especially like the LM's beautiful.

Any thoughts on making a run of our style uniball setup? Food for thought.

Can't wait to see the finished product.
VR
Alex

[Bug@5speed(US)]

Pete,

I was typing too fast, OUR should have been YOUR..

I only have the GWD, spring plates, on 944 alum arms.

My mistake.. truely sorry for confusion
Alex

[petevw]

Headlights: Made some adapter plates to get the FX45 projectors in the H4 hole. Tons of trial and error, that lead to this:





The Carbon backing plates, bezels, and adapter rings are done for the projectors. Adapter rings for the bezel to projector i made out of UHMW. The Bezels were ground down to sit flush with the backing plate. I need to fit/trim the thin carbon sheet i have for the inner headlight housing(where the turn signal light goes).



Have the Slim ballasts and modified D2S bulbs so everything can fit in the bucket. When mocking it up, found the fender buckets have been smoothed out. Went over to my friends house to check out his '61 rag headlights. Ahh......the fenders need mounting tabs! Bent up some thick shim stock and was starting to get it radius'd and figured it would be too much time/work. So do we cut them out a set of other fenders? Couldn't find a decent early pair as donors, so ordered a pair of replacement buckets. Should be here in a couple weeks.



I had bought speedster headlight grills, figuring it would fit over the glass as i've seen pics of this done before. It doesn't. I may grind the flange down to try and make it work, doubt it will. Went to a stained glass workshop to enquire about grinding down the lens to fit inside the grill. The glass shop foreman gave me the "go-away" price of $250 a lens.
Got in touch with a guy in Norway that has done this. He spaced out the lens into the fender from the headlight ring, using a fan belt as a spacer. I don't have room to do that. The projector is so close to the rear of the fender bucket, that i had to get custom ended D2S HID bulbs from a Taiwanese manufacturer to get it all to fit.

What should i use for a lens? Early VW fluted, VW clear, 911 glass?
I've also seen yellow 911 lenses from France. Pretty cool.....

Pete

[Wally]

Pete,

Don't forget that you (big) wheels need room inside the fender as well. They may touch anything that protrudes too much out of the headlight bucket..?

Personally I like 911 lights/glass in an early style fender

Walter

[petevw]

Originally Posted by petevw

When mocking it up, found the fender buckets have been smoothed out. Ahh......the fenders need mounting tabs! Bent up some thick shim stock and was starting to get it radius'd and figured it would be too much time/work. So do we cut them out a set of other fenders? Couldn't find a decent early pair as donors, so ordered a pair of replacement buckets. Should be here in a couple weeks.

Got the replacement headlight buckets. I hacked out the top mounting tabs. Used some more of the other bucket to make plates that will be used to sandwich the carbon fender with the mounting tabs. Tab and inside support plate are in the middle of the pic.



Did the carbon treatment to the inside headlight bucket:



Need to install the headlight wire conduit, drains, wire the ballasts/high beam solenoid, and trim up the tabs/plates above for final install.

Here it is mocked up, ignore the reflections:





Pete

[chug_A_bug]

nice work with the CF...
I love the way the yellow looks on the 911's go that way it's something really
Different

Chris.

[Xellex]

I guess those projectors are going to be used with xenon (HID) bulbs, so as far as I know the only recommended lens is the "clearglass" one.

[NO_H2O]

911 glass.

[petevw]

Originally Posted by Xellex

I guess those projectors are going to be used with xenon (HID) bulbs, so as far as I know the only recommended lens is the "clearglass" one.

The projector will be very close to the lens. So the fluted lens should not affect the light beam.

Using the fluted, will make my details hard to see.

911 headlight glass looks like this:



OEM yellow French lenses:

[petevw]

The trans issues with the super, took me away from the split for a couple weeks. That's all sorted, so back to the '52.

Got the "clips" back from the anodize shop. Did them satin black with chrome fastners. Picked them up before work on Thursday, and assembled them afterwards getting both doors done. Here's the 4am, sleepy, blurry phone pic:



Pete

[NO_H2O]

That came out looking very nice.
Is that 5 bar treadplate you have on the floor? I have been looking for a sorce for some 5 bar. Need to make some interior door panels and other stuff for my wifes Pinzgauer.