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Alan's OCD '03 SM buid - Final Welding 24 Jun 2013 | 06:48 am
With the tray into place, the remaining cage can be tacked and welded into place an I can finally get the car off to paint. It's pretty straightforward as I had already cut and fit the pieces before t...
Alan's OCD '03 SM buid - Package Tray part II 24 Jun 2013 | 06:42 am
I skipped some fitment steps here. As the kit consists of two main pieces, you need to be pretty certain of their fitment before committing to the cover position. This is where clecos are a necessity ...
Alan's OCD '03 SM buid - Package Tray 24 Jun 2013 | 05:54 am
Several vendors sell an aluminum package tray cover kit like this: To my knowledge, the only company making these is AWR, and even they sub out the laser cutting and bending. I mention this because d...
Alan's OCD '03 SM buid - Body in White 16 Jun 2013 | 06:52 am
If you are fortunate enough to order a Porsche Cup car from the factory you have only one color option: White. It's called a body-in-white and there are good reasons for this. It allows more efficient...
Alan's OCD '03 SM buid - Working the body 16 Jun 2013 | 06:02 am
The underside of a 10 year old Miata is not pretty. Sure, most never see this unless you have a very unfortunate off, but I'll see it every time I'm under the car and there is no better time to do som...
Alan's OCD '03 SM buid - Miata Rotisserie 10 Jun 2013 | 02:51 am
I cannot weld overhead. Welding tubing is hard enough for me but I can't figure out the upside-down thing. I couldn't find anyone who was willing to weld overhead for beer, or who I was willing to pay...
Alan's OCD '03 SM buid - More cage, I've run out of cute titles 8 Jun 2013 | 10:30 pm
Triangulation is the key to construct stiffness. You can see several triangles forming and there are more to come. A top-bar is not required but it provides a means of triangulating the main cage so I...
Alan's OCD '03 SM buid - Measure twice, cut five or six 8 Jun 2013 | 06:13 pm
Step one is always the main hoop; everything else is based off this piece. I used to make an ironic statement about how this first step in building a cage was also the most difficult but I've since le...
Alan's OCD '03 SM buid - Cage ain't easy, but it's necessary 8 Jun 2013 | 03:34 am
Building a cage is much more stressful than I anticipated. In retrospect, it's nice to step back at the end of the day and admire what you've created from a bunch of straight tubes, but I found I need...
Alan's OCD '03 SM buid - Chassis #2 7 Jun 2013 | 08:10 pm
Fowler again contacted me with a lead on an '03 in the area. I drove out to look at it and decided that this one had reached the point in its life that being a SM donor was doing it a favor. A thorou...
