ELEPHANT RACING Rgruppe Monterey Project

20 hours of work since the last update. The progress is considerable even if the car looks about the same.

There are exactly two types of early 911s; those with rust and those with owners who haven't found the rust yet. These early cars rust in plenty of places that aren't visible until the car is disassembled. This one is no exception. The good news is that the found rust is limited and easily dealt with. The brown stuff in the pictures is primer. In this case some rot was discovered on the rear shelf and in the rear window channel. Both sections have been cut and out and new metal welded in.

Additional welding was done to fill holes left by the rocker panel covers (which won't be going back on) and long removed air conditioning hoses.

The devil is in the details. A lot of time was spent prepping the door jambs and window channels. Lot's of spray-can undercoating had to be painstakingly removed. Window channels are notorious for rusting so they've been thoroughly stripped and rust inhibitor.

The entire shell has been block sanded and is ready for a bit of polyester filler to address some minor issues.

	This area and the door jams were covered with spray on rust proofing. Removal was a painful process using heat gun, chemical stripping, and sandpaper. I curse the bastard that sprayed it in!
	All window frames have been stripped largely to bare metal and treated with rust inhibitor. The good news is that limited rust was found.
	Rear quarter windows and rear window received the same treatment.
	Notice the corner of the rear window channel is cut out. It had some cancer and will be replaced.
	The patch panel tacked in place.
	Here is that same corner after welding and cleanup with a grinder. Almost perfect.
	The rear shelf also had a spot of cancer.
	A bit of work with a cutoff wheel and the cancer is gone.
	The patch welded in place. This one was much harder to do since the area is barely accessible.
	Here is our enthusiastic welder working on the rocker panels.
	Holes in the rockers and wheel wells are welded up. This picture is prior to grinding. The holes are from rocker panel trim that will remain off and removed AC hoses.