74 carrera restoration

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:09 pm

just been looking back through this thread ... I'd forgotten what you'd started with

The end result does look superb, its a credit to you & all those involved

silver911 · Post by **silver911** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:00 pm

Lightweight_911 wrote:So, now you've completed the car to this stage you'll be looking to sell it & start on a new project ?....

Looks great - how about a side-on shot ?

Don't tempt him.. he's already yakking on about a spyder.. or maybe a 356 cabrio... a faimly car you know, room for the kids and dog... afterall don't give him more ideas like a 74 IROC rep or maybe something laong rally car lines like a Safari rep (he needs the clearance on ' them rural roads in Surrey')...

jtparr · Post by **jtparr** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:45 pm

its now close on 2 years since the car was finished, in which time there has been a bit of tweaking but also CLM08 and Wales 08 and in 36 hours the start of C2C 09

first thing was to figure out the aluminium side cills, which actually were not so difficult....real ones are either nla or just plain daft money, so I bought a standard pair and worked them to the profile I needed. I think this was the best route as minor adjustments were made to the lengths and shape so they fit perfectly

soon after had a trip up to bob's, car made 190 bhp on the first run, and in fact the mfi pump probably does need a re-build, but after the man worked his magic it was up to 210 bhp, just running nicely rich

....pretty good I reckon for an engine that had been unused for 5 years and all I did was clean and detail it........probably will have that done over winter.......

after about 12 months I finally had the wheels done, which means a big thanks to Alan UK who did a great job of stripping, polishing and anodising, with me choosing to mask and spray which was straight forward assuming a bit of patience

(they are the original wheels, 7's and 8's date stamped october 73 and november 74)

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both well worth the effort as it makes all the difference

I also went for an early style L registration plate, the initials have no significance, I just wanted the number 1 and letter L and this took my fancy, pictures are from the May meeting we had up at Duxford

car is gorgeous (to me that is), love every minute of ownership, and am now seriously looking forward to the next project.....

see some of you soon

regards
Jonathan

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:46 am

Looks fantastic

Perfect in fact.

See you Saturday.

dragonfly · Post by **dragonfly** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:18 am

That is a stunning result! I just wish I had the garage space, plus your patience, dedication, etc, etc....

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:32 am

perfect

RichiRich · Post by **RichiRich** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:49 am

Very nice

You should put this picture forward for the DDK calendar:

I'd have it as my desktop wallpaper if the image was bigger

jtparr · Post by **jtparr** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:23 pm

thanks guys for the kind words

car worked just fine over the c2c weekend, but as I grounded out so much its on axle stands right now and I'm going to raise the front 10mm

current angle is close to 2 degrees, which is too much, the 10mm should bring it more like 1.5 degrees

richirich
if you'd like a bigger file, you more than welcome, send me your address, I'll email it over

regards
jonathan

RichiRich · Post by **RichiRich** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:08 pm

PM sent.

silver911 · Post by **silver911** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:23 pm

Good scheme JP....
I'd try to raise it a bit more than 10mm tho'...watching your spoiler sniff out every bump and you diligently try to avoid every one over the weekend was painful....

More ride height at the front would ease your mind and allow you to really enjoy every drive....

Mike's (210hp) car appeared to sit far flatter than yours although I don't think the measuring stick was ever deployed...and he didn't mention grounding at the time...

Hohum...still a stonkingly beautiful car....

Mike Usiskin · Post by **Mike Usiskin** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:40 pm

Hohum...still a stonkingly beautiful car....

now........ if it had a decent driver

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:49 pm

what tyres are you running up front as they look pretty low profile ?

I have 195/65 on 6" fuchs on the front of mine + a low ride height ... I was travelling pretty quickly over the C2C route on Saturday & the only time I ground out was on the road from Alston to Middleton where my tank always hits the ground

Even when I physically took off after passing a couple of DDK'ers I had no probs with the car grounding out.

silver911 · Post by **silver911** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:58 pm

Mike Usiskin wrote:
Hohum...still a stonkingly beautiful car....
now........ if it had a decent driver

Well....over a pint I could tell you how fast it can go.....

Mike Usiskin · Post by **Mike Usiskin** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:01 pm

your on, tonight at the fairmile !

silver911 · Post by **silver911** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:06 pm

Sadly not going to make it... pesky work stuff in the way...

but i think JP might be there...so extract as much of the Michael as you can...once he's raised it.. got the correct profile tyres on the car he'll be Mr Superfast....