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gary71 said:
Yes this one survived the build process, the Revell model didn't!
Loving the numberplate, good work. When are you painting its (considerably) bigger brother bright green?
Nice car, BTW. Not a fan of modern 911s (although the 997 is the latest I've driven), they seem too sterile. Love the 70s models though.
BeirutTaxi said:
You were heading in the opposite direction to us 
Is the engine/exhaust on the 911 standard?
The exhaust is stainless, but is a regular Dansk part to the stock design. They are just quite loud! Is the engine/exhaust on the 911 standard?pthelazyjourno said:
When are you painting its (considerably) bigger brother bright green?
Nice car, BTW. Not a fan of modern 911s (although the 997 is the latest I've driven), they seem too sterile. Love the 70s models though.
Maybe next time the body gets done or then again maybe not! A large part of me loves the distinctive viper green, and it's original of course, the other part loves the silver. Nice car, BTW. Not a fan of modern 911s (although the 997 is the latest I've driven), they seem too sterile. Love the 70s models though.
Value wise it doesn't bother me as I have no intention of ever selling it, so I'll make the choice for me at the time. Hopefully I can stall it another 10 years before it needs another full going over, as it will be full on this time not patching and the panel cost alone will be crippling.
Small update!
No work done to the car as luckily it doesn't need anything! Which makes a change. So back to driving it
I went out today with some friends from work for a little drive over to Snowdonia and a visit to the Real Car Company to drool over some vintage Bentleys and Rolls Royces.
They gave us a run out in a 1937 Bentley which was tremendous! I was offered the chance to drive it, but discretion was the better part of valour and the thought of bending £150k of vintage Bentley down narrow Welsh lanes wasn't something I fancied.
Off to Oulton Park in the morning for the Gold Cup and a parade lap around the track to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 911
No work done to the car as luckily it doesn't need anything! Which makes a change. So back to driving it
I went out today with some friends from work for a little drive over to Snowdonia and a visit to the Real Car Company to drool over some vintage Bentleys and Rolls Royces.
They gave us a run out in a 1937 Bentley which was tremendous! I was offered the chance to drive it, but discretion was the better part of valour and the thought of bending £150k of vintage Bentley down narrow Welsh lanes wasn't something I fancied.
Off to Oulton Park in the morning for the Gold Cup and a parade lap around the track to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 911
Small update! As the car is hibernating this winter to avoid encouraging any more rust (I've had enough of that!) I finally decided to get the wheels refurbished, a job I've been putting off since I bought the car.
Of course being an old Porsche means this isn't a simple 'clean and spray silver' job. They have to be stripped, polished, machined, anodised and finally masked and painted. So somewhat outside the skill set of the average home restorer.
Originally the wheels were partially submerged in paint after anodising to achieve a black level line around the spokes. This time around they are masked and painted, but the results are good.
Work done by Early 911 down in Sussex:
Boxes of shiny things:
Nice detailing:
Oh and the cracked one:
Whilst I would not normally advocate welding of wheels I'm going to have to get over it as I can't source a replacement. So it's off to a man that knows of these things in the morning and then, as long as it goes OK, back down to Sussex to finish the refurb process which stopped half way when they found the crack.
Can't wait for the weather to turn (and the salt to go!) so I can get out in the car again.
Of course being an old Porsche means this isn't a simple 'clean and spray silver' job. They have to be stripped, polished, machined, anodised and finally masked and painted. So somewhat outside the skill set of the average home restorer.
Originally the wheels were partially submerged in paint after anodising to achieve a black level line around the spokes. This time around they are masked and painted, but the results are good.
Work done by Early 911 down in Sussex:
Boxes of shiny things:
Nice detailing:
Oh and the cracked one:
Whilst I would not normally advocate welding of wheels I'm going to have to get over it as I can't source a replacement. So it's off to a man that knows of these things in the morning and then, as long as it goes OK, back down to Sussex to finish the refurb process which stopped half way when they found the crack.
Can't wait for the weather to turn (and the salt to go!) so I can get out in the car again.
Minor update
Wheels now fully finished and back on the car, unfortunately they make the rest of it look a bit tatty!
Anyway had the MOT done last month; always a nervous time but a good result!
I'm off to Classic Le Mans next month so wanted to check the car over before hand and try and sort a squeaky brake. Whilst I had it up on stands I noticed one of the inner driveshaft boots had split, so not quite sure how it passed the MOT...
I hate driveshaft maintenance with a passion, always have since playing with many front drive VWs. The fixings never come off without at least one of them rounding, then you get covered in grease, fight with circlips, then fail to work out how all those little balls go back in the cage they so easily fell out of...
I only partially rounded one fixing this time, and managed to get that one out without resorting to a chisel!
Whilst I was at it I planned to do all four CV joints, not just the one that had split, as they have been one there about 10 years. Or at least I would have done if one of the CV boots wasn't in the wrong box... Still 3 out of 4 ain't bad!
Hopefully get it finished early this week when the replacement boot turns up. Then I can get it out in the sunshine for some new pictures.
Wheels now fully finished and back on the car, unfortunately they make the rest of it look a bit tatty!
Anyway had the MOT done last month; always a nervous time but a good result!
I'm off to Classic Le Mans next month so wanted to check the car over before hand and try and sort a squeaky brake. Whilst I had it up on stands I noticed one of the inner driveshaft boots had split, so not quite sure how it passed the MOT...
I hate driveshaft maintenance with a passion, always have since playing with many front drive VWs. The fixings never come off without at least one of them rounding, then you get covered in grease, fight with circlips, then fail to work out how all those little balls go back in the cage they so easily fell out of...
I only partially rounded one fixing this time, and managed to get that one out without resorting to a chisel!
Whilst I was at it I planned to do all four CV joints, not just the one that had split, as they have been one there about 10 years. Or at least I would have done if one of the CV boots wasn't in the wrong box... Still 3 out of 4 ain't bad!
Hopefully get it finished early this week when the replacement boot turns up. Then I can get it out in the sunshine for some new pictures.
olly22n said:
gary71 said:
Whilst I had it up on stands I noticed one of the inner driveshaft boots had split, so not quite sure how it passed the MOT...
They are just an advisory iirc, certainly not a fail.Car Is looking great
Car looks fantastic.
A fantastic 911, I'd love one one day. I really like that it gets used properly too. The Euro road trip looked fantastic! Myself and a couple of friends did the Furka Pass in 2010 in our Audi S2's, was a brilliant road although there was still lots of snow on it when we went through (even though it was June!).
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