Another of my 2013 projects: 1969 Porsche 911S restoration
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:15 am
With the 50th anniversary of the 911 rapidly approaching, and the price of early 911s (long bonnet: prior to 1973) going through the roof, and the prices of S models going nuts, I thought I should buy one, and bring it back to life for the anniversary.
My care was new in Spain, spent some time in the USA in the 80s, getting a respray, a crash, awful repairs, and 77 bucket loads of rust, It ended up in Carson City, and was then imported into New Zealand in late 1991, where it was refused a license due to rust. The car was stripped, sand blasted, and undercoated. And that's how it's stayed since then.
The car will eventually look like this:
This is what it looks like now.
I am still driving the old 928S, and I am looking for a 3.0-litre 944 Race Car right now, and shortly I am tearing off to the UK to pick up a 2005 997 Carerra S. Can you say "bitten by the Porsche bug"?
Life is good.
My care was new in Spain, spent some time in the USA in the 80s, getting a respray, a crash, awful repairs, and 77 bucket loads of rust, It ended up in Carson City, and was then imported into New Zealand in late 1991, where it was refused a license due to rust. The car was stripped, sand blasted, and undercoated. And that's how it's stayed since then.
The car will eventually look like this:
This is what it looks like now.
I am still driving the old 928S, and I am looking for a 3.0-litre 944 Race Car right now, and shortly I am tearing off to the UK to pick up a 2005 997 Carerra S. Can you say "bitten by the Porsche bug"?
Life is good.