My 'new longer-term project' ...

[left4dead]

A truly wondrous thing, Andy.

Apologies if I missed any previous posting but what are your plans when complete?

Will it be your regular Fairmile vehicle? If so, might need to make more of an effort.

[Darren65]

Apologies if I missed any previous posting but what are your plans when complete?

He's selling it to me ..........













.......I wished

[DeRRis]

They'll be one of the last things to go on the car ...

Will these get the "curry" treatment?

[Lightweight_911]

The white plastic screws will ... although there's an update to come on the curry paste saga

[vicpolky]

This is a superb project, I wouldn't be able to sleep with the anticipation of driving it

[Barry]

My favourite ever DDK project: fabulous!

[Lightweight_911]

My favourite ever DDK project: fabulous!

Thanks Barry - coming from you that means a lot ...

[Lightweight_911]

OK, time for another update.

The car is now up & running - but not finished yet ... although the (initial) end is in sight !

The car has been MOT'd & is now insured & taxed - in case you haven't seen my posts from earlier today in the 'Porsche picture of the day' & 'Porsche video of the day' here is a screen capture picture taken from one of the short video clips taken of my first drive in the car yesterday:




- & here are a couple of short video clips (I've 'doctored' them in an attempt to make them look more 'in period' )


http://flic.kr/p/djcFB2

http://flic.kr/p/djcDm7


There are still several amendments to be made to the spec seen in those clips - fitting the headlamp covers, changing the windscreen seal to my 'white band' version, swapping the rear reflectors to the correct ones, adding the badges & graphics, etc but it shouldn't be too long now .

From my brief drive yesterday it's apparent that it's going to be fairly quick & responsive ...

Even though the ignition timing has only been set to the standard starting point suggested by Henry Schmidt @ Supertec (who supplied the twin-plug distributor) it starts immediately, idles perfectly at ~ 900rpm & responds to the slightest touch of the throttle - the 906-style lightweight flywheel & cluch obviously contributing significantly.

Incidentally on the way back from its MOT test, the car was put on the local weighbridge at Thruxton & gave a reading of just over 700 kg - not too far from the Factory's figure of 695 kg for the original 6 cylinder 904.

[Bootsy]

A milestone! Looking great Andy

[964RS]

Cool Andy nice to see it on the move.

Can we see the original colour one too though?

[210bhp]

Oh my, oh my.....


Regards
Mike

[brembo]

Absolutely tremendous Andy.Best of luck, and enjoy it.

[Gary71]

Wonderful. Truly wonderful.

Can't wait to see it in the flesh.

[ims101]

Absolutely fabulous Andy sounds amazing too

[Mike]

Fantastic Andy well done!