Boxer mishap and the journey to repair it

This thread is a first hand look at why a restoration at this level costs what it costs. An unbelievable eye for detail. Great work!

 

Like brand new!

 

better

 

that makes sense
but in germany ( may be all over in europe? every state cooks the own soup ) the basic paint has to be water paint, only the clear coat is solvent paint with hardener. so not even 1 hour the clear coat is hard. so much less heating in the paint booth. but why the basic has to be water paint I not know and also not my paint shop not know. makes no sense.

 

Seems to be about par for the course for these low-production models - "Sure, we'll take yer money, and make some parts that are close-ish, but we're not gonna try that hard, and we're certainly not addressing bad/damaged jigs".
On 42849, the new Tubi headers had the collectors exiting 2" lower on the left side vs the right side. Tubi wouldn't send out another 1/2 set, insisting that "they'll be the same way". Since Tubi never managed to convince us that the heads were mounted on the block incorrectly (yes, they tried that), we ended-up heating and "finessing" that side into place, rather than try to fight with Tubi for months.
OTOH, the Bell exhaust, from a much smaller company, required only a small tweak to an exhaust tip.

 

is it not possible to order just the muffler and the elbows from tubi and weld all together by yourself?

 

Why give Tubi anything? They don't like us (see previous post), but will take our money to deliver a half-assed product, with a "Tubi premium" charge.
Components like bends and collectors are available from Burns, among others, to fabricate an exhaust, perfectly-fitted to the car.
Many race shops also have mandrel bending machines, for the same purpose, whether for headers/exhaust, roll cages, or plumbing.

 

fwiw:

I have never tried the Boxer exhaust hardware from Superformance, but I installed the full stainless steel Dino exhaust system they supplied and was surprised / pleasantly impressed how well everything aligned (not 100%, but 99%+). I was really expecting that bank-to-bank variation, but they seemed to nail it. I would call it the 'segmented' construction approach as opposed to the original long complex formed tubes.

 

what nearly nobody sees

 

Is that calibrated?


Magnificent work! Nice touch on horns, grill condenser - Just stunning. Almost ready to roll.

 

Thanks for the memories Newman. You are doing a fabulous job of restoration!

Docf