DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

It's bare metal. Porsche are wrong

The '74 Carrera saw the arrival of the new lightweight aluminium trailing arms.
The original arms were still on the car but they needed some work.

Ferry Man wrote:new lightweight aluminium trailing arms.

Lighter and stiffer too.

The ball joint is for the anti-roll bar attachment (unique to '74-77 years I believe).

Ferry Man wrote:The original arms were still on the car

The arms are date stamped mid-'73.

Early911 worked their magic on them, stripped them and cleaned them.
Boy, they came up looking good. Just like new.

In the late 80's I did body hardware for Rover/Ford USA/GM USA/Chrysler and Body in White was defined as the Porsche description...
Some were better at it than others....

Do those bushes slip on the arm 'journals' or do you press the outers on in the right factory defined orientation because they do not slip after installation?

Do those bushes slip on the arm 'journals' or do you press the outers on in the right factory defined orientation because they do not slip after installation?

The front and rear housings around the bushes are set to particular angles after they are pressed on. They were fairly easy to twist at the time, 24 hours later the soapy water that I used to lube them will have dried off and the angles will be set. It's not something I have to worry about with Superpro bushes as they rotate on the A arms fairly freely.

Karmann supplied 'bodies in white' to Porsche – and they were primered.

Another enjoyable 8 pages. Thanks for all the photos and commentary Paul, it really is interesting.

I'm always amazed at what looks like knackered old parts always seem to come up like new...

lots of people wrote:'body-in-white' means unpainted

lots of other people wrote:'body-in-white' means primered

So, before the discussion gets any more animated we'll all agree that both explanations are valid.

Once cleaned up the casting marks were more visible.
The two sides were manufactured the same month but different dates (I'm assuming the first two numbers represent day & month).

964RS wrote:Another enjoyable 8 pages. Thanks for all the photos and commentary Paul, it really is interesting.

Thanks for the encouragement Jason, I appreciate the compliment.

Ferry Man wrote:

Great progress Paul.
In this photo, the rear arch shows quite clearly, the difference between the RS and SC profile.

964RS wrote:Thanks for all the photos and commentary Paul.

And thanks also to Nick Moss.
Many of the photos are supplied by Nick and I merely post them up here.
I can't make the trip down to Sussex that often so his assistance in keeping the thread rolling along is invaluable.

Thanks too for Early911 being prepared to open up all their work to the world, it can't be easy having your endeavours inspected so minutely.
True, their standards are high enough to deflect any criticism but it's a brave restorer who contributes so willingly to the trial by internet.
Thanks also to the other suppliers who happily allowed their efforts to be portrayed in the thread.