DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Yet more rust. This time the inner arches and evidence of earlier MoT 'patch' welding.
Slap a bit of metal over the rust and get a fresh ticket.
Hey, why not, it's only an old 911. You can understand the ecconomics of that era.

Not much of the sills survived the acid...

Inner front this time. Another couple of big patches. To help keep the bumpers on.
I think I'm going to be needing a new inner wing. Or four.

More places where the ground below is visible through the sheet metal.

The floor was rotten the other side too.
Some more welding & patches over the floor and plenty of holes around the pedals and in the foot wells.

Time to admit defeat Paul - it's not worth saving ... especially since it's of limited appeal (RHD) !

Sell off the engine & other mechanicals to someone wanting to build an RS replica ...













You know you love it really - seeing your project go from this neglected starting point to the the pristine finished car it will eventually become.

Reshell time!

Ferry Man wrote:Actually Darren, thinking about it, don't you offer quality paint jobs at much less than cost?

You're right Paul.......I do it for love!

BTW - I did actually think you've been teasing and was on the fitting up stage - I'm told (as you'd expect from a Mr Ferryman build) that it looks quite spectacular now!

And please don't go changing that colour!

Lightweight_911 wrote:Time to admit defeat Paul.

I came close Andy. It did get worse.


A few more photos of the shell:

More rot, more patches, more problems...

Holy Moses!!
I am now petrified to peel away the layers on my impending resto! (78SC)
Was thinking of acid dipping, but might look at media blasting now, as if I ended up with a sieve, like you say, it would be really demoralising (and wallet busting)! But I daresay, as we will no doubt see in future episodes you will have ended up with a lovely clean shell!!
Cheers
Dave

Scary! Just cut the vin plate out and start again!

Codfather wrote:Holy Moses!!

964RS wrote:Scary!

There was a little bit of good news....
Just a bit.
The bulkhead was clean as a whistle. No rust here.
No rust in the corners.

And the seat pans? Like new.
And the rear shelf? Really good.

It's all rather odd, I'd have expected a rotten rear shelf but it looked pretty good.
The window seals must have held up OK.