1983 Porsche 944 - Time for some restoration

[Evangelion]

Keep posting, I'm watching with interest!

Had a 944 myself from 2001 to 2004, have regretted it ever since. Yours is a great colour but if it were mine, would be tempted to change it back to the original black. Mine was black, when I considered changing it my service agents managed to talk me out of it!

[madrob6]

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I think I'm going to stick with the blue at least for a while as it just looks so good out in the sun and I'm a bit fed up of every car I see on the roads being a shade of black grey or silver so it's nice so have something to brighten things up a bit.

Getting more and more excited about getting her on the road now that the sun is out. Thinking of taking a week off work soon just so I can get the old Passat fixed up, back on the road and sold in order to fund some nice shiny Porsche parts.

[madrob6]

I've not done anything to the car lately so I thought I'd upload some pics I took recently of various bits of the car.












I've just replaced all the belts on my other car and will be painting the bumper tomorrow so then it's off to get an MOT and hopefully be sold freeing up some Porsche money!

Edited by madrob6 on Monday 13th July 21:05

[aposegil]

very nice colour.

at present I am restoring a 944 for track but saved it from the crusher

can I ask a favour. Can you take a pic of the back of the fuse box. well teh top part where the is single in connectors as I am changing the wiring loom due to the inside fire it hand and got a few wires that i don't know where they go

thank you in advance

[madrob6]

aposegil said:

very nice colour.

at present I am restoring a 944 for track but saved it from the crusher

can I ask a favour. Can you take a pic of the back of the fuse box. well teh top part where the is single in connectors as I am changing the wiring loom due to the inside fire it hand and got a few wires that i don't know where they go

thank you in advance

Haven't heard much about your 944 since seeing it on UKP. Not sure when I'll get the chance as getting the Passat back on the road and sold is going full steam ahead at the moment.

Do you mean the secondary fusebox or the main box? I've not yet figured how to get the main one out but the secondary one is nice and easy.

[Jon944S2]

I hope all goes well with your other car, so that more time and money can be put into the Porsche, it'll be worth it in the end.

[aposegil]

Hello mate

yeah the porsche has really just been sitting there has so much to do lately.

in the last week managed to get new loom in weld in the new bucket seats and get it started but not got about 5 wires that I know should be pluged into something but I have no idea where.

I can take pics of the wires and post it up?

see if you can find it at the back of your main one?

otherwise need to get new fuel lines mine are corroded.

[car.chic]

So happy to hear others are also saving '44s

[madrob6]

aposegil said:

otherwise need to get new fuel lines mine are corroded.

Yup same with mine, contact a company called Pirtek, they have provided a few members of TIPEC with replacement flexi pipes which they're very happy with at much cheaper than the originals.

Not sure when I'm going to pull the main fusebox off as now all the electrics are working I'm scared to touch it incase any of the things that sprung back to life die off again.

[madrob6]

This project is currently on hold which is annoying to say the least. Got my old VW up for sale at the moment so as soon as that is gone some nice new Porsche bits will be on order and the car will edge closer and closer to being road worthy.

And some shameless pics of the car I'm selling as I spent hours servicing and cleaning it.

[madrob6]

Not much to report but thought it was about time for an update anyway.

Firstly the old VW is gone and the new owner is very happy with it and I'm very happy to have some funds free for my little 944.

Secondly selling the old car coincided with my bank loan finishing which has freed up some extra cash to put towards this project.

So now I have had the money to tackle this project a bit more full on? Well not a lot to be honest, just been letting my bank account recover and buying a few bits and pieces I've been promising myself for a while now. On the Porsche front I have however bought some nice Chemical Guys carpet cleaner/stain remover which has removed an insane amount of dirt from the interior, the boot carpet however was so stained it was never going to become clean but luckily one in the same colour popped up on ebay and was purchased for the bargain amount of £15!

Luckily the carpet cleaner is also good at killing mould which is quite important as the car isn't exactly fresh inside after being sat unused for so long. It's still far from fresh smelling but the crap that came out was quite amazing.

Here's a pic of the interior now it's had some intense cleaning (still more required though).


There are still things to do inside including replacing the drivers seat belt, new gear knob, seat retrim and a new steering wheel.

Later on in the week I'm going to give Exeter OPC a ring about the price of some parts and book some time off work, after that I should hopefully have some brand new fuel hoses/pipes and a few other bits around the car.

Still not sure about the brake lines, have heard from some people that copper lines are fine and from others that kunifer are the way to go. What are your opinions?

[War Pig]

These sort of threads are great. Keep up the good work

[theironduke]

Good work mate.

I'm a fellow Porsche man, bought myseld a 928 earlier in the year, always wanted one so i took the plunge. I do like 944's too, good looking cars!! Great thread too keep the updates coming!!

[madrob6]

Thanks for the kind words.

Sent Exeter OPC an email yesterday enquiring about a list of parts figuring it would just be easier due to the length of the list and the fact I was in a room with no phone and no signal but no reply. Will have to give them a call tomorrow when I'm back in my usual office and hopefully I can make some progress on the mechanicals from there.

[randlemarcus]

Sounds like time to plug Bert

Bert Gear
www.PartsForPorsche.co.uk
01271 866818
You may also want to sign up to the 944 mailing list at http://mailman.orbitzero.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/lis...

No connection to Bert, or the list, except as an observer.

[madrob6]

I've heard of Bert, I also got all excited when I looked at his site and he's listed as being down the road from the estate agent I rent my flat from but I've since been informed that he's moved but not updated the site. Will have to give him a ring to comfirm that at some point.

[GreatGranny]

Just read the whole thread, fantastic, keep the updates and photos coming.

[Scho]

this is going to look so nice when it's done, can't wait...GET A MOVE ON ROB!

[madrob6]

Scho said:

this is going to look so nice when it's done, can't wait...GET A MOVE ON ROB!

It's hard to concentrate on doing my own car when you keep distracting me by buying more and more interesting ones.

On the subject of progress I've been exchanging various emails with Exeter OPC today and have myself a nice price list (although not of everything I need) which is sitting at around £400 at the mo and that doesn't include brake lines, windscreen or tyres.

I had a feeling it was going to be expensive and that is somewhere around the figure I was expecting, just need to juggle a few things about and should be able to get the fuel system replaced and then it's onto the brakes.

[Chris71]

Did you actually manage to find one without cracks in the dash? I didn't think they existed...

Looks to be going very well, good luck with the rest of the project.