This car will be for sale - i was going to keep the car but with other projects not to mention work! etc. I've decide to sell this car. I won't sell it untill it is finished so please don't ask! Please see the For Sale section on the forum for full details.
This posting is to show the considerable work that has gone into the car.
The story starts with the '65 shell and my decision not to make that car into an RSR. Having carefully saved the the front steel wings and steel rear flares it made sense to use them on another 911.
Having research this forum and others the choice was to use either a 911 SC or a 3.2 Carrera. I found a this 3.2 locally and had all the usual rust problems.
My thoughts for the car were very straightfoward from the onset. Build an RSR that could be driven at weekends and trackdays that didn't cost a fortune to build. This meant that a bear metal restoration was always going to be over the top. My theory is that if all the 25 year old rust in the 3.2 was all removed and replaced with new steel, that it should last another 25 years - or more?
Shell Specification
The plan is simple, remove all the rust, rebuild the shell with new parts and build it to an RSR specification. This means that the wings and flares had to be steel (which i have) and the front and rear bumpers, rear duck tail and luggage compartment to be fiberglass, i had already cpurchased all these parts prior to my change of plans on my '65 race car build. Therefore the bodywork would be as the '73 RSR's where made.
The following photos are just a small selection of over 100 taken so far in the rebuild.
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The usual areas all needed attention - inner an outer sills, kidney bowls, battery tray, windscreen scuttle, front inner wings and luckily the floors and front door pillars were in good condition. Doors were also perfectly good.
The photos that follow show mostly the repair of the LHS of the 3.2 - the RHS was repaired to the same specification.
Sills completly shot at front and.....rear.. inside and out!!!!
Kidney bowel & door slam panel removed as rotten - rear flare removed prior to fitting RSR steel flare.
Front inner wing was also poor - this photo taken after affected arear cut out and repaired
Same story for the battery compartment.
Sills and jacking point repaired and ready to fit the rear steel flares
Forward of the sill also needed a reapir done.
The bodyshop guys very neatly cut out the old flare and flanged the body to accept the steel flare - this also had the benefit of being able to spot weld the flare on rather than seam welding which can distort the flare beyon use. A small repair to the inner wing was required on this side also.
The rear flares are beatifully fitted.
Pic below shows the rear flare spot welded in place and starting to look very RSR!!
This pic shows the sills finished and seam sealed
This image shows the new bodywork all fitted and looking good.
Front RSR flare fitted and filled with a skim of filler to the correct profile.
Rear panel had to be modifed to accept the RSR rear bumper and the ducktail.
This shows the panel modifications and the flare now in primer.
The body work and the considerable time spent on making good all the rotten areas no starts to pay off and as we speak the car is in primer and ready to be painted. Sills and door panel now painted and looking good.
Same story for the front inner wing etc.
Other pics of the bodywork taking the RSR shape.
Rear right RSR flare in primer
pics of the right hand side of the car
More pics to follow...........
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