My 1980 930 Project.

[dickyf]

this is where we are to date....
930 used to have a Dage fiberglass flat nose front end, steel rear vented arches, big side sills and an enormous rear spoiler. All that has now been removed with a view to putting the back to factory.
New front inner and outer wings quarters and new rear outer quarters bought from Porsche. Trying to obtain rear inner quarters but i am informed they are no longer made.....i only need the bottom 6 inches so they will have to be fabricated. Once the car is a shell state on a dolly we can have a proper look the rear end to see whats what.
I will try to do a weekly image update for those who are interested.
On a separate note i strongly suspect i may need a hand sourcing some parts so any assistance along the way will be much appreciated.

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RSVP911 said:

Interesting stuff - what's the original colour and are you planning to revert to this ? Good luck

color X4=casablanca beige metallic, going totally stock on everything, as it would have come out of the factory.

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g7jhp said:

If you're aiming for this it'll be stunning!

That looks like the colour, the front indicators are slightly different on a UK car and mine has gold wheels but yes i agree it does look stunning. I don't recall ever seeing a 911 in that colour. The shade of gold was wrong on my car after having being repainted when the kit went on.

[dickyf]

another one!!Could you pass the owners details over to me as i would like to see the car to check on a few details . thanks

Longman66 said:

Dave's Gold Turbo off of IB ..

Good luck with the project ..

[dickyf]

i sent you a mail. did you receive?
thanks

Raven 930 said:

Always open to temptation - drop me an email

[dickyf]

all the bits now sold.

[dickyf]

hi, Not much to report but now heading back to the fabricator to start on the body.

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some progress at last. Signs of corrosion in the front inner arches so two new inner and out wings. That is all for now!

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v8ksn said:

Always interested in these sorts of projects, watching one man's vision come to fruition

Have you got a final idea in your head of where you want to be with it?

The car will be totally original with brand new and or refurbished parts throughout. I'm in now so no turning back!

[dickyf]

Better pics to follow....

[dickyf]

Thanks for the concern, I have every confidence in the team undertaking the work. Exceptional experience in 911s.

SRT Hellcat said:

That is a stand. Not a proper jig. Ignore my advice and you will be disappointed. You do not want to be doing everything twice

[dickyf]

All done by hand!

[dickyf]

getting there....

[dickyf]

paying an hourly rate. It started out a a pair of front wings!! the car has no visible external rust when we started!!

POORCARDEALER said:

Going to be awesome when its done.


Did you get an estimate of cost or is it a "by the hour" rebuild?

[dickyf]

I understand when they were assembled at the factory there wasn't any rustproofing applied to the inner rear quarters prior to the outer wings going on. Any rust preventative applied afterwards wouldn't have reached the upper parts of the inner wings.
Mine looked perfectly OK on the outside, once the rear wings were off and the shell media blasted the inner quarters were found to resemble teabags, totally perforated with little or no integrity. Both sides, along with the rear panel between the rear lights. The outer panel was fine, the inner totally shot. The shell would have been useless in a side impact.
I now look at shiny, tidy cars and wonder what is lurking beneath.

[dickyf]

going into primer next week just to seal the shell. Then stage two begins.