My 'new longer-term project' ...

[Mike]

Looking fantastic Andy, you sure you don't want my lad's to paint a rough looking 86 on it!
Imagine turning up to meet the Pucci family with the two of them, here's Antonio winning in 64.

[Darren65]

Speechless …..just glad I can type!

[haasad]

Brilliant Andy, so glad to hear its been driven. A civilized exhaust is a very good idea....the whole thing looks so "correct".

[Nige]

You're a lucky man!

[Darren65]

You're a lucky man!

Tends to come with hard work and dedication.

My thread of 2012!

Thanks for sharing.

[Lightweight_911]

Thanks for the comments guys !


So, working my way through my list of jobs, I'd been looking for a suitable interior rearview mirror.

Porsche had obviously raided the parts bins for the original cars & installed a 356A/B mirror so I set out to find a good used one with some 'patina' &, being a cheapskate, i didn't want to pay 'top dollar' ...

Since I knew I could buy a new reasonable quality repro version for ~ $100 + shipping (which, if it came to it, I could buy & 'distress' suitably) I used this as my ceiling when looking for a used mirror ...

After a number of false starts, I tracked a suitable one down in the US which had been laying in a box on a shelf for the past 30 yrs, having been removed from a crashed car in the late '70's ..... a 904 !

Obviously, I have no way of substantiating this (& what does it matter anyway) but the seller did have some more 904 parts & was well-known in Porsche racing circles back 'in the day' so I was happy to pay his asking price ............... $20 + $15 shipping !!!

I also bought a few more bits from him ...

Here's the mirror as received:






- & after a bit of a clean-up:






- once installed:




A pleasing result !

[sladey]

Great stuff

[ims101]

Andy I just love this project so much! The detail of everything is second to none! I can't wait to see your car and have a good look round it in April

[Lightweight_911]

The original 4-cylinder 904's used basic horizontally-sliding 2-piece plastic windows in their doors - the front portion was fixed & only the rear section slides to create quite a small opening.



There is no other form of cockpit ventilation so many of the cars have been fitted with 'bubble' vents to get a bit more cool air to the occupants.

Studying several original cars, it seemed as though there was no standard location for the vents - each car seems to have them placed slightly (or in some cases totally) differently, so I used '028' (which has been in the same ownership since 1970) as an approximate guide (but installing them slightly lower as Alex is taller than me) :



So I removed the fixed windows & made up a template to ensure that the left & right side windows had the vents symmetrical.

A 55mm hole was then drilled using a suitable diamond-tipped holesaw:






Then the 'bubble' vent was popped into place




- & the window re-installed




- &, for the benefit of DeRRis - the plastic screws have retained their 'patina'

[yoda]

Superb attention to detail and such a stunning looking car. Wonderful work!

[bjmullan]

Andy absolutely wonderful. Can't wait to see the car in the flesh one day.

Keep the updates and pics coming.

[964RS]

[DeRRis]

- &, for the benefit of DeRRis - the plastic screws have retained their 'patina'

And how good they look I'm just in awe to what lenghts you go to achieve your level of perfection. You sir have my respect.

[911hillclimber]

Smashing car to say the least, a credit to Andy and Barry too.

Does the car use a 911 screen or a 356?

[squirdan]

absolutely amazing andy

having said that I am slightly intrigued by that jumper or blanket that often appears in your photos and adverts!