kurt M

After wire wheeling and heat gun cleaning paint and goo off tubs as I went while installing tubing or making repairs in the past I wanted to try the easy way out on this one. Started with a 77 911 with no dings and almost no rust and it came out looking like a NOS part. Not a spec of anything left anywhere. Cooked and washed out from ever nook and seam with no dust, shells or grit anywhere. The lead melted out too, ready for light weight filler now. You can see the original dip lines from when the tub was galvanized by Porsche. Not cheap but I will never again strip a car any other way. Sheet metal is smooth with no distortion of any kind. They heat to about 700 in a no OX oven, cool and pressure wash the ash off, give it weak acid dip and pressure wash again then wash down with a phosphate rinse. No disturbance to existing galvanizing or metal.

The TIG welder sprayed some coolant when it saw the project roll in the shop.

kurt M

Even got the 100 pounds of slobber that is gunned into the fender wells.

Larry Herman

That is really nice Kurt. Definitely agree about it being the best way to go. Hope that you're planning on putting something a little stronger than a 912 motor into it! BTW, where did you get it done?

genikz

WOW!!

Russ Murphy

Out of curiousity, what does the tub weigh now?

Geoffrey

Can you talk more about the heat stripping process. When I built my racecar, I had it acid dipped which is a process where the chassis is baked at 600 degrees to turn paint, seam sealer, undercoating, etc. to ash and then dipped in acid to clean the chassis. It looks just like your and I'm wondering the details of your process.

rdstemler

Talk about a clean slate!!!!! That looks great!!

}{arlequin

that is awesome. looks even better than what you described. my 'next one' will get that kind of a beginning

TD in DC

Something tells me that DEs are going to be even less fun for me in the '44. I may have to go shopping . . .

}{arlequin

don't worry, terry's daughter in the white 44 will be giving you enough problems on the track soon enough LOL

Mark in Baltimore

Very, very cool, Kurt.

500

That looks marvelous!

How hot is the process? Is the zinc coating still present afterwards?

Thanks for sharing!!

tinman944

Where did you get that done??

earlyapex

Great looking job!

I wish my car looked that good with paint.

tinman944

I would travel to VA to have that done to my 77 911