damaged/repaired 959

[BIG GT2]

this is a project we did last year. a long time cutomer of ours brought this car and asked us to repair it. it had been rolled and hadnt been started for several years, so he has big balls in my opinion! it was 48k, some people who saw us repairing it said thats a lot of money but if you arent a millionaire and want a 959 then its about the only option. the rear spoiler was totalled but we pieced it back together as its 15k for the inner and 38 k for the outer, then you have to bond them together. we got a front bumper off our man in germany for 3k which is a bargain apparantly. ill put more details later of the repair, ive gotta go out now. the car is now living in australia, its probably the 1st and last 959 ill ever drive. it was a sight me with no windscreen a pair of goggles some trade plates and a big grin, checking to see if it boosted correctly after we had rebuilt 1 of the turbos

mark

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[BIG GT2]

[BIG GT2]

[BIG GT2]

[rix]

wow, big responsibility!

[churny]

Nice very NICE

[meteorgt2]

Subscribed!

Need more pics please, pretty please

[wildoliver]

Is that the one that was at Prestige Salvage some time ago?

If so the owner has my old man to thank that he owns it. He purposely didn't tell me it was there till it sold.

[graemel]

Thats one hell of a job Mark. Very nice

[BIG GT2]

not from prestige, this was down south mate. ill get some more pics tommorrow. our painter has them on his phone, i had loads but changed phones and lost them all

[deano12345]

what are the panels/ wings composed of?

Must have been a bit overwhelming when it was all stripped down and engine removed!

[madala]

....this is a "wow" thread for me....

[birdcage]

Bookmarked!

[stuttgartmetal]

Nice beating.

[BIG GT2]

the panels are all kevlar or fibreglass if i remember rightly. ill ask my dad tommorrow he will remember. it wasnt overwhelming once it was stripped, it was when it arrived everyone who was going to repair was pleased to see a 959. most of us were groaning and muttering about were to start, are you sure you know to a bumper/bonnet?etc. i didnt know the roof is kevlar on 1 until it arrived, then i put two and two together from when i saw a smashed 1 at freisingers in germany. the roof had a big crack across it and my dad said is that a replica? manfred snr said no all 959 polyester roof. i thought he doesnt understand the lingo lol.

it was nice too service the engine and rebuild one of the turbos, you never get too see the workings of one of these motors!
sorry no more pics until tommorow the painter wasnt in saturday and was too tight to message them to me off his phone. im gonna get him to take some of the cayman racer as well as his phone takes great pics and i havent apdated that thread for a while.

thanks mark

[AndyS2]

Did this come from Prestige Salvage at Leeds?

[stuttgartmetal]

stuttgartmetal said:

Nice beating.

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Nice glueing.
LOL.

[Steve Baker]

AndyS2 said:

Did this come from Prestige Salvage at Leeds?

BIG GT2 said:

not from prestige, this was down south mate. ill get some more pics tommorrow. our painter has them on his phone, i had loads but changed phones and lost them all

[BIG GT2]

[BIG GT2]

she looked beat up here, this is when the lads was moaning and groaning