Restoration of a RHD 67S

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:26 pm

Blimey Gary, nearly brought up my dinner.

Looking good.

Dave

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:35 pm

Looking forward to seeing Chesterton's work: certainly a bunch with a first-class reputation

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Liking the period pics though

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Dakota · Post by **Dakota** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:58 am

Wow
you must really want a '67S good luck, bearing in mind the amount of original material that will be left did you consider doing a "Seinfeld" with a very sound 912? What happened with the S you were after on Ebay as that looked like a reasonable project even down to its odd Nadella driveshafts, did the vendor decide it was suddenly worth a fortune, Bill.

jacko-67 · Post by **jacko-67** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:18 pm

Where did you source the full roof section from?

visualfx · Post by **visualfx** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:44 pm

Hi,

Porsche via Canford Classics

IanMcLeod · Post by **IanMcLeod** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:53 pm

Jacko.

You can still source a lot of the body panels from Porsche. Some are the correct panel for the year of car you are restoring and some are later panels and will have to be modified. Sills are a good example where the outer sills currently available from Porsche are 964 sills and have to be modified to be correct for an early Porsche.

The advantage of going through someone like a restoration specialist is that they have that knowledge.

Ian.

visualfx · Post by **visualfx** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:06 pm

Good point Ian,

What I would say is I did shop around with various suppliers for original Porsche parts before choosing a supplier, the prices do vary by 25% in some cases

visualfx · Post by **visualfx** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:13 pm

While things are away (body, engine etc.) I’ve been having various parts refurbished, these include the gauges and brake callipers. I'm particularly pleased with both the results below

The body is now living on a jig @ Chesterton so I’ll have some progress pictures by the weekend hopfully.

Thought I’d also have a go at zinc plating, so purchased a kit to deal with the vast amount of small mechanical brackets, custom springs, bolts, and anything else I can fit in the tank. Works really well if anyone wants the details. Examples below….

North Hollywood Speedo's

Brake Callipers

Electroplating

Pedal Box Parts

DeRRis · Post by **DeRRis** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:22 pm

The gauges look great. The zinc plating is supurb some details would be nice

Post by **Bootsy** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:24 pm

We're only two pages in and this has the making of a classic thread. Keep up the good work.

visualfx · Post by **visualfx** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:35 pm

Here's the link for the zinc plating kit I'm using, takes a little getting used to but as said works really well on all those small/med items for any resto.

It's great and the best bit is "it gets you involed"

http://www.gaterosplating.co.uk/Zinc-Plating-kit.php

Garry

roy mawbey · Post by **roy mawbey** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:53 pm

Gary,

In the end there will be no doubt you have invested in the right 911, a 67 "S" is the one. If they had galvanised back then there would be too many floating about, not many left now I reckon.

Keep the nice work going. I like the instruments

Roy

Classic · Post by **Classic** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:50 pm

Gary,

I've been plating my own parts also, very happy, i'm not sure if you are aware but you need to bake the springs etc to avoid hydrogen em-brittlement.

I've been sticking them in the oven, when the wife's not home on 200C for an hour or so.

Tony

visualfx · Post by **visualfx** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:27 pm

Yep similar thing Tony although not quite so hot

I find a Black & Decker hot air gun works well on really small items also

Garry

visualfx · Post by **visualfx** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:17 pm

Still continuing the previous owner theme, I managed to contact a wonderful owner from the late 70’s before it became an RSR.

As all Porsche owners past and present still retain the sparkle of interest in their previous vehicles, he kindly sent me the below for my resto file.

Yes that’s the original log book!

Torsion Tube problem (more to come on that)