924 Carrera GT

[Mike]

great responses guys thanks for that, thinking it might not go down to well here but it appears to have more fans than I thought!
I'll check on the rears Andy, pretty sure they're 8"s though.

[left4dead]

Great looking car, Mike - very purposeful.

I note that Russell Edmond is having quite a run on sales of the GTS version. Can't get enough of them in fact. Due to their eligibility perhaps? Or is that only for the GTR?

[Mike]

Hi Steve, lots of interesting GTR racing stuff here:
http://www.924gt.com/racing.html

[left4dead]

Thanks for the link, Mike.

Some interesting reading for later.

Cheers,

[Sam]

Ooooh. Lovely.

7" front and 8" rears methinks.

I have very happy memories of my lairy old turbo. Funny how the fact that I had to fit new pistons most years after melting them doesn't trouble me now and all I remember is the lovely balance and the way it went once eventually on boost.



A GT was always what I really wanted.

[Mike]

the view across the bonnet gets even busier when you put the lights on........

[left4dead]

When I look at the view across the bonnet I seem to get a sensation akin to vertigo.

I hope someone else does or else I need to see a doctor pretty quick.

[smallspeed]

fantastic car! i've always had a real soft-spot for the 924's and the gt/gtr variants are just awesome!

[Mike]

Thought I'd share some recent work on the CGT.

I wanted to do a few repairs and a little detailing to the paintwork, it was mainly the polyurethane plastic parts that were suffering
the most. The rear arches had the common problem of some of the stud heads having blown the surface and blistered the poly, and
the inter-cooler scoop had some stress fractures as did the rear bumper.

The front off-side wing also had a small badly done repair under the decal so I thought I'd take the opportunity to do that as well.
That meant replacing the decal and after no luck in sourcing a NOS pair for front and rear, decided instead of putting on aftermarket
version's I'd have them done in paint, well why not!











After the restoration and paintwork to the rear arches, refitting the edging strip was a bit of a pain to get a uniform finish all the way
along, but worth in the end. I've included a pic of the rear quarter before the arch extension goes on just to show how much of the
original panel is cut off for the wheel clearance.





Really pleased with the way it's all worked out, especially the edging strip. The painted decals while obviously not
original look great and the supposedly original paint on the rear quarters with it's Volkswagen paintshop orange
peel even adds a certain character!

I know it's not what we really like here but thought you might be interested.

[Lightweight_911]

Looks great Mike !

As a matter of interest, how do they get rid of the 'blisters' on the rear arch extensions ?

It bugged me so much when I had mine that I ordered a new pair from the Factory - but that created its own problems as they had been laying (flat) on the shelf in the Parts dept for ~ 12 years so when first fitted one appeared narrower than the other !

Technology has moved on a lot in the intervening 20 years !

[210bhp]

Very nice work Mike. Car looks fabulous. I think painting the decals is a good idea.

Do you think those guys work with fibreglass? I notice my ducktail has a few stress cracks and I was wondering if it is a similar repair process.

I wonder if one of those rear window gas struts, suitably mounted, would hold up a 911 bonnet looks like it is more up to the job than any of the normal ones I've tried. Even the so-called heavy duty type won't be as substantial as that bad boy.

Look forward to seeing the car someday.

Regards
Mike

[Mike]

As a matter of interest, how do they get rid of the 'blisters' on the rear arch extensions ?

I was dreading taking them apart thinking that the old studs would be rusted through which was why the polyurethane was blown, so I'd have to dig them out and fabricate
and bond in new stainless steel ones as of course all this stuff is NLA. Actually you can get some bits for one side but not both.

It turns out that the stud and plate it sits on are perfect, they are rock solid in there, it's just that when they put them in they left an air gap cavity which created a fine
surface rust on the plate which reacted with the poly. So just a minute or two with the small belt sander, etch prime and PU repair and away you go.

[Mike]

Do you think those guys work with fibreglass? I notice my ducktail has a few stress cracks and I was wondering if it is a similar repair process.

Mike it's the same guys who did my fibreglass bonnet and engine lid, Altamura Design here in Surrey.

http://www.altamura.co.uk/classiccars.php

Their core business is repair and painting fibreglass and plastic from motorbikes, they do fantastic detail work and recently they've been
doing more classic car work. Getting quite used to Porsche Schwarze as another certain DDK'er with a black 73/4RS was a customer recently!

Let me know if I can help at all.

[210bhp]

Mike

That's great info. Mike. Thanks very much. It's always good to have workmanship recommended. When the time comes I will give them a call.
They will obviously have plenty of black paint in stock

Regards
Mike

[The Minotaur]

What a beautiful car Mike. Quite a collection you are accumulating; I wonder what will be next..........a 911ST perhaps????

I down at Neil's 9th-11th July tearing down my engine. Will you be around then, would be good to see you if you are.

Tim