1969 912

[911hillclimber]

That's new on me! Thanks for the details.

[Adrian3]

making the repair pieces is not that difficult, but getting them in the right place is!

[Adrian3]

painted the loose items and backs of bumpers in Epoxy Mastic, that way I got full coverage


next painted the vulnerable areas of the front wings in same stuff....wheelarch lips, flanges inside and out, headlamp bowl areas, petrol fill housing etc


I treated the double skinned areas with rust converter (fe 123), no point in trickling epoxy paint in there, it won't adhere to rust....neither wing needs any filler at all apart from my joint at bottom


that's the wing pickling in phosphoric acid prior to epoxy primer

[Adrian3]

meanwhile painted all doors bonnet, engine lid etc


I seem to have been painting this thing for weeks and weeks

now I have to trial fit the wings

[Adrian3]

bit of an update, had to repaint the doors again as coverage around the edges wasn't good enough.....decided to go for a painted dash, had to spray it 3 times before i got it (nearly) right...so many tight curves causing runs etc

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also got my dash top repaired and recovered in black leather by my local trimmer for £200

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there is a seam around the gauges, but that looks fine

[Adrian3]

then sound proofed the inside, using a combination of heavy vinyl and light acoustic foam

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in the meantime i had got the gauge bezels back from chroming and put all the instruments and switches back in, all with new LED lights, apart from charge lamp

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sorry about the crap pictures

then i made a new carpet set using Boxweave carpet from BAS in Biscuit to match the rear seats i had retrimmed in Jaguar Barley vinyl

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i've gone for a carpeted rear shelf and also painted the metal trims body colour ,as you can see (it looks better in real life!).... i like it, anyway

[Adrian3]

carpets are all removeable via press studs

front and rear screens also went in (not by me!) with new rubbers....i thought i had stuck the heated rear window connection back on well enough with some of that special glue (Permatex) but it came away as the guy was installing the screen...i'm gonna have to let that one go

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then i installed the pop-outs with new outer rubbers, which were a real struggle to fit,

i rebuilt pedal assy with bronze bushes and installed my throttle pedal complete with Screwfix brass hinge to replace the original rusted one

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meanwhile, my massively expensive Elephant Racing bushes arrived for front and rear suspension refurb....its fast becoming uneconomic to import stuff from the States, various otther bits arrived from Germany....new tank, as mine was holed

[Adrian3]

painted wings after trial fitting them, fit is reasonable


then fitted wings to body, didn't use any sealing strips between wing and body, as it would have made the gap to the bonnet too large....i will Tiger seal the joint, which will give a better seal anyway

drilled an extra hole near the petrol filler flap hinge so i can poke a rod through to release the flap, should the cable break



then onto mechanicals....installed my ER front buhes....why don't they tell you that their tools and instuctions dont really apply to early cars?....bought a really stout sash cramp and inclinometer to do the job, pretty straight forward, installed the turbo tie rods , installed the ball joints after making sure that i removed the paint where the b/j sits on the control arm, then installed the complete suspension onto the car.... that was the easiest job i've done on this car



i wrapped the large convoluted steering rack cover with Denso tape to stop water getting into top of rack....then connected up steering shaft to column...it can just be done without disturbing the upper column shaft, if all the u/j's are loosened and the rack shaft is in exactly the right orientation

fitted uprights onto b/j's....i used an extra locking nut on the b/j lock screw, as mine is the early (less safe) arrangement