Shaving Vintage Porsche 911 Drip Rails Part 1 | 400 HP Subaru to Porsche Engine Swap Blasphemy Build

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Shaving Vintage Porsche 911 Drip Rails. Maybe the only video on KZbin about this old school method of shaving or deleting the drip rails, then using lead filler to smooth out the Porsche.
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[@briancaldwell1568]

My wife described the drip rail analogy as an automotive "pie crust" holding the top in place. Great video again!

[@rennch.]

Yea that’s spot on!

[@longsleevethong1457]

So I was watching another video which was talking about how difficult this process is but I didn’t understand. Thanks to this video I understand. Thanks. Very well done.

[@hieroglyph321]

This is really useful in understanding what's gone on with a car. Thanks. Can you do a video on reversing the process!!! Or, how to add drip Rails. Lol

[@WiksGarage]

Balls of steel to attempt this on your own. Kudos. I think it will turn out great.

[@rennch.]

Gotta send it!!!

[@uffeibsen8872]

Fantastic project and progress !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Truffel12]

I was sure your cap was going to catch fire 🤣 Have a great weekend!

[@rennch.]

That would have been the Hat Trick.

[@lewiseig5432]

Get some lead out...love it. Can’t wait.

[@rennch.]

yea man!

[@MarkRLePage]

Numbers are growing. Congrats on your success with the channel. Keep up the great work.

[@rennch.]

Slowly but surely...

[@cag4]

Awesome, hilarious, episode (watch that rag --> !). Must say I was freaking out a bit watching your electrical cable management as you were cutting, grinding and welding right by the cords from the power tools! Maybe the angle? Keep ‘em coming... really enjoying the vibe of this build!

[@rennch.]

Yea, I wasn’t THAT close to the electrical. :)

[@cdfloresnunez]

Looking sweet the more I watch these videos Awesome!

[@marcsimons135]

Very nice. Agree on the look sans drip rail.

[@rennch.]

Thanks Marc!

[@namtech425]

Yeah....so this happened to me as well, being a woodworking guy was welding a bracket and a small heap of sawdust caught fire under the bench - if goes quickly. Good job on that rail

[@flyryde]

I loved watchin you tear into this thing bro. You're a blasphemous badass :)

[@rennch.]

Ha ha! More to come this weekend!

[@stephenridley6252]

Motivating!

[@XiraArien]

Lead has no structural strength it is only a filller. Make sure your welds are solid as you do not want any cracks coming from vibrations when driving. The 911 body flexes quite a lot. Nice progress on your welding skills though. Tip: always keep the fire extinguisher close and a bucket of water with a rag in it.

[@rennch.]

Very good advice!

[@dimitristsalatsanis7912]

Awesome job

[@dominicmccartan8427]

Hi Micheal, Been toying for quite a while, with removing the drip rails on my 912E hot rod restoration. Glad to see it all went well for you and definitely going on my massive list of To Do’s 👍🏼. I’m just in the process of seem welding the entire shell and making gussets for all the shock towers.

[@rennch.]

When I’m fully finished, I will be more than happy to jump on the phone and share some of the pitfalls I have run into.

[@dominicmccartan8427]

@@rennch. That would be much appreciated, thank you. I’m keen to see how you finish off the drip rail at the bottom corner of the windscreen and where the fender and door meet up.

[@rodneynelson3862]

High Five! Another great video. Keep them coming.

[@rennch.]

Thanks sir Rodney!

[@isaiahwhitney8168]

You're really welding and grinding without gloves lmao. You're braver than me

[@davidgray5583]

More great content and extremely honest assessment of ability vs task. Takes some commitment to take a sawzall to vintage 911 !

[@rennch.]

Gotta send it!

[@davidgray9440]

Hmm...i might take the same plunge on the drip rails on my 71T! it is a salvage title car, so why not.

[@rennch.]

@@davidgray9440 SEND IT!

[@davidgray5583]

David Gray will the real David Gray please stand up :-) in case anyone has not worked this out, there must be two of us in the thread with the same name somehow as sadly I don’t have a 71T

[@davidgray9440]

David Gray Today was a strange coincidence for our household. First, my wife spoke with Jessica Gray (no relation) at the insurance company who informed her that James Gray (no relation to Jessica or us) would be performing an inspection! Then, after watching this video, I was compelled to post and after seeing a post by David Gray, new I had to attach it to this one!

[@macchristoffersen6997]

Take note. Cover your glass to protect from grinder sparks and weld splatter, I pitted both rear oval glass and custom chopped windshield in my car..

[@kingcal53]

Top work, as always!

[@rennch.]

Much appreciated

[@ylw944]

Nice job. Great series!

[@rennch.]

Thanks Bruce!

[@grantroberts4231]

lotta good tips in here. another great vid. I wanna do this to mine at some point. now I know how. ur car's gonna be sick.

[@rennch.]

Thanks!

[@kevinlast-name6082]

Big job! Good luck! Probably would be a good idea to cover your rear window glass if you plan on using it. All your grinding and stuff might shed some hot metal that pits the glass.

[@rennch.]

All glass getting replaced. :)

[@musclecarczarig4003]

I like the illustraion you did. I've been contemplation doing this on my car and this video really helped explain how to do it correctly. Keep up the great work!

[@rennch.]

Thanks bud.

[@angrygardener2430]

Scary. Fires, acetone, sparks, saw, grind, welding and gas. Yikes! Well done man, great content. I will NOT be doing this to my modified 911S.

[@rennch.]

All the things. :)

[@Kowalski401]

Great work!

[@rennch.]

Thanks thomas!

[@antoniomccoy6065]

Great content!

[@rennch.]

Thanks Tone. Can I call you tone? 😛

[@nicolasgimelli2737]

Excelent video

[@rennch.]

Thanks man!

[@johnnyairstream5092]

Is there anything this man cannot do? Props Mr. O’Neal!

[@rennch.]

Ha ha. Thanks!

[@FredLarracuente]

Looks very sano. Great job so far. Watch the sparks!

[@rennch.]

That man had a BMX action subscription.

[@FredLarracuente]

@@rennch. LOL yes and I come from he VW/Porsche cali look scene of the 80s-90s too.

[@rennch.]

@@FredLarracuente Was I right with BMXA?

[@FredLarracuente]

@@rennch. Well, kinda. Didn't had a BMX mag sub but did lots of BMX and skating during my teen yrs.

[@toddatstone_city_outlaw8714]

Love the DR delete! I know nothing about doing lead work, but would lead from a plumbing supply work? From "Body work for Dummies" LOL

[@rennch.]

I don’t know! Good suggestion!

[@JimSlaughterOC]

Thanks, very interesting video. Are you going to remove the front part of that interior cage?

[@rennch.]

I haven't decided yet. It's so integrated into the car that I have to get some consulting on that.

[@cag4]

I’d keep it if you can figure out how to work it into the interior aesthetic... maybe wrap it in leather? Hate to go backwards on safety if you can make it work...

[@buckeyebrickbros6328]

Did you try cleaning the weld areas with a wire brush? That's standard practice with welding, not sure about old sheet metal seams with filler in them. Keep up the great work, very interesting. Heard you on the smoking tire podcast.

[@rennch.]

There’s no real way around drip rails being one of the most challenging projects you can do on one of these cars. They are just a pain. :-)

[@pamacleod]

Quite an adventure this week mate, thanks for sharing the wins and losses 👍🙂 On the section welding, would it be possible to get a spot welder in there to just go “bam bam bam” ? I don’t know what is on the inside, but if it was possible you’d save quite a bit of time. T-shirt arrived very quickly BTW, looks and feels great 🙂

[@rennch.]

It’s a good question. I don’t know that. But I think you would need some overlap to pull that off.

[@notj5712]

Tire stores? Collect their old weights, melt down to sticks to use for your lead seams.

[@chrisstarke6240]

Unfortunately they don’t use lead anymore. The lead for filling is a special lead/tin alloy and relatively expensive.

[@dc2acuracy]

❤

[@ricardorodriguez7590]

👍

[@JoseMartins-wn2mg]

👍👍

[@liambrady9852]

Am thoroughly enjoying the series. But have to admit I cringe every time you go near a welder or fabricate something 😂😂😂! Still practice makes perfect so they say. Can’t wait to watch the complete series. Best of luck, keep it up

[@rennch.]

You're right...but the end result is good!

[@1966JCGG]

👏👏👏

[@rennch.]

👊👊👊

[@moose067]

👍🏽

[@rennch.]

👊👊

[@alastairwatson3201]

Lead’s as strong as welding? Really?? Please excuse my scepticism but it’s soft AND it won’t be penetrating the mated surfaces like a weld does. I’m unconvinced.

[@porsche4me2]

😄🐊

[@rennch.]

👊

[@hieroglyph321]

Thanks for the education. Giving me something to think about. A question, please. Considering you've gotten to the end of this one (looks fantastic btw), do you have any issues with paint cracking around the shaved gutters ? ... I want to do a programme of hobby work on a VW bug and want to keep filler and stuff to a minimum so the final paint job is a good as it can be and won't crack in a week! :-) ... thanks

[@andrejonker3260]

👍

[@rennch.]

👊👊👊