917 restoration - post #15 - gluing in tail supports

Kevin is glassing in the support for the tail hinge beam.

Team work...
Kevin & Bret gluing in the aluminum support for the geze clamps.

Bret is attaching the geze clamps with clecos.

Now he's trimming the fiberglass.

More team work.

Now the tail goes back to the chassis.

Attaching the tail for final fit.

Upside down to start repairs on the bottom.

To get more details and commentary by Kevin,
watch the latest youtube video:
917 Restoration - Part 16

917 restoration - post #14 - from sandblasting to the frame table

The chassis is now sitting on the frame table,
but before it got here...

Kevin had to do a lot of sandblasting...he used
32 fifty-five pound bags of 65 grade silica sand.

And then some more grinding.
Here he is grinding away all the old repairs
on the apron between the doors and the tail.

See him in there...
still grinding!

The car is upside down & this is what the underside of the roof
looked like just before the car was flipped back over.

Bret and Kevin carry it to...

the frame table where Bret gets to work on it.

Frame air pressure gauge
to check the chassis tubing for leaks.

Bret has started to repair the left side
of the frame for the luggage tray.

The level is laying on the tail so we can make
sure the tail is level to the chassis.

Click on our latest youtube link to see:

917 Restoration - Part 15

917 restoration - post #13 - the nose comes off

YouTube video #14 has now been uploaded.
Thanks to Lawrence Stoen for your
"Indianapolis Motor Speedway" hat.
Have fun at your 38th Indy 500 this month!
If you want to follow the race at home,
you can go to: http://www.indy500.com/

Kevin is getting the car ready for nose removal.

Here is a pile of original parts that Kevin will have to repair
& make "like new" before they're put back on the car.

The car has been flipped, nose has been cut away...

and now Bill and Bret are about to take it off the car.

The front of the chassis is now revealed.

Don't forget to watch the latest youtube
to get complete commentary by Kevin.

YouTube link: 917 Restoration - Part #14

917 restoration - post #12 - the belly of the beast

The boys have turned the car upside down
so that Kevin can start working on the bottom.
Thanks to Taylor Schomann for the CCNY hat.
(City College of New York)

To get the full explanation of these photos,
please watch Part #13 of our youtube videos.
The link is at the bottom of this post.

Kevin is lifting up the fiberglass on the underside of the nose
to reveal the work that has to be done.

As he lifts up the honeycomb panel,
you can see the original chassis.

The ink marks on the firewall show
where the patches went to hold it to the chassis.

In this photo, you can see on the chassis
where these patches were to hold the firewall.

Here is the link to the latest youtube video:
917 Restoration - Part #13