Targa Backdate and Restoration - Completed !

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:11 am

Nige wrote:Good stuff Tim.

I think most people install the engine from the underneath and the right way around

That method is overrated. Time for something new

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:20 am

sorry, been think 914-6 ! I wandered why the exhaust seemed to point the wrong way !!

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:43 am

A good weekend resulted in the front brakes fitted up ready to take fluid.
Only Ooops was getting the wrong brake pad clips ! I needed "A" caliper ones !

TheEasyLife · Post by **TheEasyLife** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:52 pm

Thanks Bert. Scarily, I have already offered my tea making and gofering services. Shame I'm not that technical (with cars).

James

Bertroex wrote:Good luck Tim! If you need a coffee gopher, a spanner hander or generally someone to abuse, please call James! Only joking, call me if I can be of any help.

Bert

smallspeed · Post by **smallspeed** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:15 am

Tim your tinware is ready!

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:55 am

Thanks Ben, Look forward to seeing it Thursday

This weekend, it was finishing the front brakes (Pad clips) and re-attaching the ARB, now done.
The front wings came off and were re-fitted with seam sealant, the wing to scuttle seals (Yes Ben, there's two bolts accessed with the door open, and a long reach socket !!) With the wings on, I can now fit up the horn grills, head lamps, indicators and make it look like a car again !!
Trim wise, I've got the Targa top mostly re-covered, The internal webbing (The tricky bit as you have to ensure the top is square on the car), and foam padding at least. The Vinyl cover is set to go on this evening.
Still far too much to do !
Pictures ? Well, I could have taken a picture of the car with wings on, and a car with wings on ! You can guess which is before and after !!
.. and in my spare time I took part in a freestyle Kiteboard event, a Buggy race and went camping !!
Tim (Back at work for a rest !!)

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:08 am

can't wait to see you & the Targa sat in the car park @ St Bees

Have you booked the MOT yet ?

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:22 am

Mostly electrical work this weekend. Some dash board switches, but the main impact is at the front end. ...
From This...

To This

It's starting to look like a car !
Not long now though!!
Tim

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:39 pm

More electrickery !
From spaghetti like this ..

to some thing more like a car !!

A long weekend's work, but rewarding. Delightfully Porsche made some changes to the wiring between '69 and '79. A bit subtle too some of it !! The only way to get the horn to work was to short out the RH Indicator !!
But eventually I got it all sorted

I have not got rid of all of the birds nest, but at least all this goes back to somewhere !!

But it does seem that I need a Y piece to join the pipes under the bonnet !!
Any one ?

I still have a long way to go, but at least I feel like I'm getting somewhere.

Tim

jtparr · Post by **jtparr** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:48 pm

hi Tim

looking better every time

just been out to my car and there's no Y piece as such, I think you should have another connector on the inside face of the air box, so one flexi goes to the front on the one we can see in the picture and the other on the back

don't know if that makes sense !

Jp

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:26 pm

Getting serious now
Its insured

!
Spoke to the very nice people at Hagerty who seem to know an aweful lot of DDKers !!

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:45 pm

Good stuff Tim - stick with it!

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:46 pm

Go on Tim!

You know you can do it!

This is a shocking picture of my car during one of it's rebuilds:

Looks like you have an extra hose in there?

Is this part of the later car's face vent system?... and an early heater box?

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:45 pm

Gary71 wrote:Looks like you have an extra hose in there?

Is this part of the later car's face vent system?... and an early heater box?

Yes, the extra pipe goes to the centre vent
What I have is an early fan motor bolted to the later fan box. There is nowhere on the box to put the pipe as per JP's suggestion.
I think I'll just bypass the centre vent, just pipework direct from the heater box to the passenger footwell air control.
Tim

johnM · Post by **johnM** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:54 am

Tim

If you pull this off it will be great!!! keep beavering away and see you soon.

Kind Regards