Paul Eddleston Elite Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 563 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
I wish I could tell you that Daniel but I can't, sorry. Well, we could probably make a forged monoblock replica of the Speedlines but it would be thousands of Dollars for just four.
The nearest we have are the 15" versions I have on our 85. Those can be ordered with hidden screws just like these 16". 
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would these work for you? Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
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Paul Eddleston Elite Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 563 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Scattered progress since our last update but progress non-the-less.
We started to attack the drive shaft last week. The CV joints seem a bit stiff so we are going to clean them out and see if we can save them. If not we think we can replace them. The universal joint in the center seems fine but we might have to destroy it removing the center support bearing which is also fine but whose rubber bushing is decidedly squishy. 
We also started refurbishing the fuel tanks. Initial inspection revealed only surface rust so we cleaned it out with some dish washer detergent. 
We had a visit from the guys who run DIYAUTO.com https://www.diyauto.com/ last week, Nick and Steve Balistreri. DIYAUTO.com’s goal is to collate all the cool information in the various forum build threads on the web so the information is easy to search and the knowledge is not lost to us auto enthusiasts. We are proud they have both our quattro builds and our 911 build on their site. 
We continued to dismantle parts that are being sent out for refinishing. This week it was the turn of the suspension components. These did not want to come apart and the students learnt a great deal about persistence and the use of heat wrenches. 
We’re not even sure we can get replacement ball joints and bushings for this stuff and may have to fabricate our own. We optimistically mocked up the rear calipers again to see if we can make them work. Both the handbrake cable and the brake fluid line want to go through the rear axles but as we intend using a hydraulic handbrake we wanted to see if we could make a banjo fitting attach. Think not: 
Next update we hope to share some news about the shell. Stay tuned.  Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
Paul Eddleston Elite Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 563 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Been working on a few things but nothing too exciting. we finally found some proper UR quattro rear brake calipers
You can see how the handbrake cable and brake line come in from the back instead of the side therefor avoiding the axle. 
Amanda made some more incremental progress on the model. She says she's going to paint the stripes next. 
Then we started on resealing the rear differential. 
No wear groove on the input flange 
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Paul Eddleston Elite Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 563 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Rear diff is back together with new seals. Now we need to decide what color to paint it.
Amanda has started painting stripes on the model. 
We borrowed an OE refinished rear caliper and decided this is the way to go with ours. 
In anticipation of panels showing up Thompson Racing Fabrication took the car out of storage and delivered it to Cherry Classic Cars. We must admit it's nice to get re-acquainted. 
Now we just need our wide body kit. Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
Paul Eddleston Elite Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 563 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Panels did indeed show up from Europe from Cool Wheels in Latvia. Cherry Classic Cars wasted no time in offering them up to the body. As expected with composite reproduction panels it's going to take quite a bit if fettling to get a good fit.
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Before applying primer. 
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Paul Eddleston Elite Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 563 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
The shell is still at the body shop: Cherry Classic Cars in Michigan but we recently went to visit it and to make some decisions about how to put it together.
We also found a kevlar composite trunk lid in Canada 
and received some vintage gauges and switches from another quattro aficionado. 
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Paul Eddleston Elite Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 563 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
More wide body progress on the rally build. Front and rear fenders are being wrestled into place by the guys at Cherry Classic Cars:
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Starting to look like a car again. Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
Paul Eddleston Elite Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 563 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
Quick photo update of progress on the wide body build by Cherry Classic Cars.
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Paul Eddleston Elite Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 563 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
The rally Quattro is still up north at Cherry Classic Cars but it's coming along nicely. We might get it back as early as this month! Meanwhile here are some more updates.
A few weeks ago we were summoned up to CCC to help figure out how to deal with this poor bumper fitment issue: 
Should the bumper go behind the quarter panel or should it butt up and why is the quarter panel so far out or the bumper so not wide enough? We feel we have a solution. More later. While we were up there we discovered that our car has manual, wind up windows! These must have been changed by a previous owner as no Quattros had these from the factory. Gues we don't have to find a spot for the window switches now but, because of the cage, we may only be able to wind down the windows with the doors open! 
While we away in the frozen north our fab guy got a little creative with our engine. As a result we now have the world's only five cyclinder, turbo charged shopping cart! 
The catalyst for this creativity was the Quattro Squad separating the transmission and giving it a good clean in preparation for either a rebuild or, hopefully, just a reseal. 
We also pulled the seats down from the parts shelf and cleaned them up in preparation for selling them. Not so much to generate funds but to create some space. They cleaned up very nicely and are in excellent shape. No tears at all; just a little wear on the driver's seat. I think they would restore quite well but we want to sell them as they are rather than cover things up. We think we could reasonably ask $1000 for them.  
Subscribe for more updates soon and to see if the car makes it back here this month.  Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
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Duh...
Everybody knows Audi's only had sliding Lexan windows... 
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Paul Eddleston Elite Moderator Location: Birmingham, Michigan Join Date: 09/06/2012 Age: Ancient Posts: 563 Rally Car: Subaru Outback Wagon EG33, 911 Carrera |
QUATTRO RALLY HOMECOMING
It was a big day last Saturday. We dragged the car home from Cherry Classic Cars where it has lived for the last twelve months. It was almost 15 months to the day that we dragged it up there with its first layover being at Thompson Racing Fabrication where it received its ARA legal cage and other modifications. 
Finally home. We think this is where we'll build it; in the showroom! 
So yes, the car is in primer. This is because we still have quite a bit of cutting, welding and grinding to do. The front bumper bar needs various tabs welding to it and there are lots of brackets and tabs we probably wont use so to protect the shny paint we left it in the can for now. The plan is to almost completely build the car before striping it again and finally painting the shell. This will allow us to make any required modifications as we go and not ruin the paint. As the primer will get dirty easily one rule we are implementing is that nothing gets bolted to the car that is in its final refurbished condition especially anything containing oil. We will see how long that lasts. There's lots to do and lot's to buy. Mostly an engine. More on that later but for now we are on the quest for one of these 1/18 models that Sunstar just released. 
Brace yourselves for an onslaught of updates.  Paul Eddleston BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com |
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