Classic Porsches at Leicester OPC
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I was chatting to Richard Grout their DP a few weeks back and he was talking about being involved more with classic Porsches within the business. I think he mentioned that they have bought an old one for restoration. He seemed keen to get more classic stuff through the workshop. I hope they pull it off.
Yes they are restoring an old classic it was there today, it is currently a rolling shell and painted a lovely shade of blue, it really will be something special when done, I would imagine commanding big dollars when they finally get around to selling it.
They usually have a few older porsches in the workshop whenever I have been over there.
They usually have a few older porsches in the workshop whenever I have been over there.
Perec said:
I think he mentioned that they have bought an old one for restoration. He seemed keen to get more classic stuff through the workshop. I hope they pull it off.
Nice display, is the white car a Cup car? With regards to them buying one to restore there's some kind of event where I think most OPC's are doing this as aprt of the 50th....some of them have a section on their website to show progress. There's a thread on here somewhere about it.
If I had a classic Porsche I'd either use a specialist or send it back to the factory though....check out their labour rates at the factory
http://www.porsche.com/usa/accessoriesandservices/...
Euro 105 an hour at the factory! That's much less than an OPC would charge isn't it ?!
This Drive video is worth a watch about Porsche Classic restoration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmG9LwzyS2A love the fact they have guys from the production like working on the 959's.
I also went to the Porsche event at Leicester.....
I thought it was a fine way to spend an hour.
That white 930 is wonderful.
Went for a test drive in the new 911Carrera S- very nice,
but a bit too advanced for me- I prefer driving my 993 without all the gizmos.
The only thing that marred the event was the pastries provided by the coffee
machine- they were a bit dry and not particularly nice but I didn't let that ruin my day.
Perec said:
I was chatting to Richard Grout their DP a few weeks back and he was talking about being involved more with classic Porsches within the business. I think he mentioned that they have bought an old one for restoration. He seemed keen to get more classic stuff through the workshop. I hope they pull it off.
Then they need to have technicians that know how to maintain them. I gave up with OPCs on my 3.2 not because of costs but because they had to keep ringing the local indie to ask questions about how to fix the car .. I figured I would cut out the middleman. I know there are still some older guys in some OPCs but through the years we have moved from mechanics to diagnostic technicians. Fine for new cars but I want a proper mechanic who knows what he (or she) is talking about withe older cars and their peculiarities.A small case in point. The rubber seal on my 993 Targa roof split. I was quoted 5 hours work by OPC Porstmouth. Stunned I decoded to have a look at it myself and found that the seal costs £14 and is very easy to fit - in fact it took me about 3 minutes to replace it. Same when my 3.2 kept cutting out. It was with an OPC for 3 weeks and they could not diagnose it. My local indie did it in two hours.
Perec said:
I was chatting to Richard Grout their DP a few weeks back and he was talking about being involved more with classic Porsches within the business. I think he mentioned that they have bought an old one for restoration. He seemed keen to get more classic stuff through the workshop. I hope they pull it off.
Then they need to have technicians that know how to maintain them. I gave up with OPCs on my 3.2 not because of costs but because they had to keep ringing the local indie to ask questions about how to fix the car .. I figured I would cut out the middleman. I know there are still some older guys in some OPCs but through the years we have moved from mechanics to diagnostic technicians. Fine for new cars but I want a proper mechanic who knows what he (or she) is talking about withe older cars and their peculiarities.A small case in point. The rubber seal on my 993 Targa roof split. I was quoted 5 hours work by OPC Porstmouth. Stunned I decoded to have a look at it myself and found that the seal costs £14 and is very easy to fit - in fact it took me about 3 minutes to replace it. Same when my 3.2 kept cutting out. It was with an OPC for 3 weeks and they could not diagnose it. My local indie did it in two hours.
Wudee said:
So if opc can profitably service cars at 60 quid an hour why do we accept to pay more? On the parts they use there is already hugenmark ups. I had an oil change on my 991 for 280 quid...
Modern cars have an oil service, brake fluid and filters every 2 years - it takes 2 hours. Just think how many of these they would need to sell if the hourly rate was only 60 quid, bearing in mind they pay their staff, provide you a loan Porker, and pay a guy to wash your car (at least my local OPC does). Not to mention all of the special tools on wall racks I saw when I was last in their workshop. If the older kit is much more labour intensive then they can afford to cut the rate as they generate more hours, and also might be seeing your car EVERY year as opposed to every 2. Sort of makes sense to me.The white 4-speed low-mileage 930 turbo above belongs to a good friend of mine - it's had bags of money spent on it by it's previous owner, but just wasn't quite set-up correctly. Leicester OPC had it for a few days and put their tech (16 years OPC experience and also runs air-cooled himself) on it, and now it runs like it left the factory! The bill was surprisingly reasonable, no uber-expensive parts needed, and labour at less than a well known local indies rate.
Yes, some OPC's might not share the same passion as others when it comes to looking after anything but the current models, but there absolutely are a few bloody good techs with years and years of experience of working on the 'old-stuff' within the OPC network that shouldn't be ignored when it comes to deciding who is going to look after your P&J.
nice little vid of the restoration project -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsA5g76S7zg
MarkKo said:
The Lightweight Carrera 4 looked stunning,i think it was super low miles....??
Looking forward to seeing their 70s project completed,the shell looked epic!
i was in there today and its looking half done, apparently it needs to be finished tonight as its in a concourse competition tomorrow!Looking forward to seeing their 70s project completed,the shell looked epic!
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