Car body
Even if it is as time-consuming as it is sweaty: we love working with sheet metal professionally.
This is demonstrated not least by our elaborate backdating projects such as the F3.6 and the F4.3 for Dubai. First of all, we restore the front and rear of the 964 generation nine-eleven to the condition of the F model - including the corresponding carriers. In addition, we modify the original sheet steel bumpers of the F model so that we can place enlarged oil and air conditioning radiators behind the front air intakes.
The front fenders and rear side panels, carved by hand from sheet metal panels, emphasize the visual impression, as they pick up on the 1970 lines of the 911 S/T 2.3, which actually came with sheet steel fender extensions in 1971 due to a change in the technical regulations. An important feature is the replacement of the original center tunnel with the more authentic design in the look of the F model, in order to make the journey back in time perfect inside the car as well. Incidentally, this measure was carried out on the frame straightening bench without the addition of a temporary subframe.
This is just one of many episodes to show you why we're not just about bodywork: we love what we do - and we'd love to convince you of that too.
The old principle also applies to us: before setting up in a mobile rack, you need to take stock.
In cooperation with MH Klassik in the Westerwald and the managing director Moritz Hermann, perfect car bodies are created. Of course, every vehicle requires a precise examination and the checking of all relevant dimensions and fixed points on the straightening bench. Every vehicle has a life and a history that is not necessarily known in advance. Cathodic dip coating of the stripped sheet metal is not always effective for one particular reason: air bubbles can form with this method and where they do form, bare sheet metal is not protected against corrosion. In addition, restorations of the classic F model have repeatedly shown that spray sealant has always been used liberally in the area of the partition wall between the passenger and engine compartments. This is removed almost automatically by the high-pressure water jet."
The exposed sheet metal allows a very precise assessment of any previous damage on the straightening bench.
Water march! Because sustainable investments in tangible assets made of sheet steel do not - in our view - belong in an acid bath.
And one step further back: Before any welding work, the sheet metal must be inspected for previous damage caused by possible accidents or corrosion. To do this, the metal should be completely bare and exposed. Only then can sustainable, long-term top quality be ensured. A gentle high-pressure water jet method is usually used for paint stripping. By dispensing with a chemical immersion bath process, crystals cannot form and be deposited in cavities or under the doubled sheet metal resulting from spot welding. In the long term, crystal formation can lead to renewed corrosion, even in completely new sheet steel bodies. Bright sheet metal without chemicals, on the other hand, is a guarantee for clean, durable work - and an added value experience for our project customers.
