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Re: Trimming the car-fat 13 years, 8 months ago #9701

You may gut the doors with any style door bar. I prefer to keep the factory door bar for a little extra impact protection.
Joe Paluch
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2006 Az Champion - 944 Spec Racer Since 2002

Re: Trimming the car-fat 13 years, 8 months ago #9743

  • B1BFlyer
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I fully plan to keep the door bars, but thet rest of the assemblies (Window guides, wiring, inner door shell) are on their way out.

Today I tried to replace this:


The aluminum cracked when the radiator froze. Unfortunately I tried to use a 944 cooler housing because I didn't know they were different. The hunt begins for a 951 housing.

Not wanting to ruin a day, I put a tow hook in my front bumper, and drilled and set my headlight covers and hood pins:





If anyone knows where I can source a 951 housing for less than 200 bones please let me know.

Ryan
Ryan Peterson
Abilene, TX
924s, #21

Oversteer scares passengers, understeer scares drivers.

Re: Trimming the car-fat 13 years, 8 months ago #9745

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B1BFlyer wrote:
a 951 housing for less than 200 bones please let me know.

Ryan


I picked one up one eBay for $85. I will keep my eyes open for one.
Curt King
Flying Penguin Racing
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Rockwall, TX
#14 1987 944 Spec - in work (and getting closer)
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Lake Pointe Church
Upper Room Dallas
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Re: Trimming the car-fat 13 years, 8 months ago #9746

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cgktexas wrote:
I picked one up one eBay for $85. I will keep my eyes open for one.


Thanks for the help on this.

I'm trying the shotgun approach with this since I NEED one to get my friggin engine running so I can check the compression.
Ryan Peterson
Abilene, TX
924s, #21

Oversteer scares passengers, understeer scares drivers.

Re: Trimming the car-fat 13 years, 8 months ago #9748

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I went back and checked my records...the one I picked up was cleaned/bead blasted for $100
I picked it up from Adalbert Picas email: parts AT picasporsches.com
You might check with him. At the time he said a non cleaned/bead blasted one would be 85
Curt King
Flying Penguin Racing
an OtterHouseProduction (www.otterhouseproductions.com)
Rockwall, TX
#14 1987 944 Spec - in work (and getting closer)
For His Glory Ministry
Lake Pointe Church
Upper Room Dallas
TJT
Autism Speaks

Re: Trimming the car-fat 13 years, 8 months ago #9764

  • B1BFlyer
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Looks like I found one on the pelican forums for 90 shipped. Thanks for the help and hopefully I can get it in time to work on it this weekend.

Curt, here's the pics of the aluminum headlight cover brackets I made.
These are all on the passenger side

Fender side:

Front center with spacers:

Nose attachement:
Ryan Peterson
Abilene, TX
924s, #21

Oversteer scares passengers, understeer scares drivers.
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