Meet the Mintbird!

[AMG Merc]

cypriot said:

please tell me this is covered under the other guys insurance!!!

+1 Who cares what the parts cost. Surely covered

[Mintbird]

mm yes but I always try to repair original panels rather than new ones... call me a luddite

[stuart-b]

Mintbird said:

mm yes but I always try to repair original panels rather than new ones... call me a luddite

If you could get new, wouldn't it be better? More chance of a perfect finish?

Bloody crap way to start new ownership on such a rare car

[Mintbird]

if its one thing Ive come to realise with old porsches, it is that perfect finish is something you can forget about

watch the movies from the factory fitting the doors in the 80s, they are hanging and pulling them like crazy to make em fit!

and dont get me started on RUF, they slapped em together with some filler here and there and jobs`a good`un - its factory finish and this is coming from Meek who have worked on several on them - including CHOPPING off a roof because it was delivered with a sunroof.

This old myth about original cars being picture perfect must die , wasnt just the dagenham factory who left cheese sandwiches under the paint

[stuart-b]

Mintbird said:

if its one thing Ive come to realise with old porsches, it is that perfect finish is something you can forget about

watch the movies from the factory fitting the doors in the 80s, they are hanging and pulling them like crazy to make em fit!

and dont get me started on RUF, they slapped em together with some filler here and there and jobs`a good`un - its factory finish and this is coming from Meek who have worked on several on them - including CHOPPING off a roof because it was delivered with a sunroof.

This old myth about original cars being picture perfect must die , wasnt just the dagenham factory who left cheese sandwiches under the paint

Shame they demand those prices with shoddy workmanship - bit of a let down.

Things are a lot different these days with the likes of McLaren, Pagani, Koenigsegg, Tesla around, forcing the old guard to up their game ...

[Mintbird]

sure, different ballgame now. but also stloads of plastics and clips - oh well, as you say when in the bar - choose your poison!

[stuart-b]

Mintbird said:

sure, different ballgame now. but also stloads of plastics and clips - oh well, as you say when in the bar - choose your poison!

And plenty of carbon fibre tubs too

[Mintbird]

sure - things have moved on - some for the better, in other ways not.
I just like the old stuff best. Dont mind the new either though

[Slippydiff]

Mintbird said:

if its one thing Ive come to realise with old porsches, it is that perfect finish is something you can forget about

watch the movies from the factory fitting the doors in the 80s, they are hanging and pulling them like crazy to make em fit!

and dont get me started on RUF, they slapped em together with some filler here and there and jobs`a good`un - its factory finish and this is coming from Meek who have worked on several on them - including CHOPPING off a roof because it was delivered with a sunroof.

This old myth about original cars being picture perfect must die , wasnt just the dagenham factory who left cheese sandwiches under the paint

I remember many, many years ago reading In Car magazine how the 911 was built, and how all the panels were carefully aligned......












with one of these :

(it's a forging hammer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB18Dwv1rIQ

4 mins 32 secs - 4 mins 43 secs ....

[Mintbird]

[anonymous-user]

Shame but no dramas. IMO old Porsches should have intergalatic mileages and a little battle damage.

[Mintbird]

this is a battlescarred old dog , no minter

But all the better for it. Im hitting Spa this year! gonna undertake Walter under eau rouge in the rain..

[TB993tt]

skidmarks935 said:

My car had the Guadalupe tax disk still in the car.....
Did you sell to the Pullicino brothers?

They sold it on consignment for me but I don't remember a Guadalaupe tax disc.....carbon bonnet front wings and doors and no gutter delete made it quite unique ?

[Mintbird]

Hey toby how are you, any new cars on the horizon

[pattyg]

The banging of panels and doors with a heavy duty hammer to make them fit is still in operation today. I was in a mainstream car factory last year and the guy doing it at the end of the line wasn't holding back.