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912/6 Project - here we go again!
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:43 pm
by KS
Bit premature really, but getting all excited.
Just doing a deal to buy a '66 912 minus engine from a friend in the USA. It's a rot-free, never-hit, three-gauge car, with terrible paint, worse interior but, like I say, no rot, anywhere. Zilch.
(EDIT July 2013 – if only I had known...) Door gaps and panel alignment in general very good. Plan is to create a budget 'sport purpose' kinda deal, probably with 911SC motor on carbs, steel wheels or???, lightweight interior... We'll see. I already know the colour!
Already has Bilsteins all round, Weltemeister bars back and front and a decent set of flat sixes.
Beetle heading to a new home, it's engine to another. Here we go again. Not giving too much away at present until it's safely in my hands!
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Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:59 pm
by defianty
Looks good Keith, I'm sure we'll all be expecting a good build thread with plenty of pics
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You know how we all like pics
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Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:10 pm
by Bootsy
About time you got a classic Porsche again what with being the Editor of Classic Porsche
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Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:23 pm
by KS
Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:34 pm
by Bruce M
oooh good stuff....... I'll be watching this.
KS..... like our own Magnus Walker
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but with a bit more grey
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Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:00 pm
by KS
Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:59 pm
by Darren65
Exciting stuff, looking forward to the thread.
I'd love to build a Hot Rod, maybe this'll inspire me......
Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:39 pm
by KS
Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:42 pm
by Bootsy
Go go Uncle Keith, love the White one on steels but they do go faster with stripes!
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Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:03 pm
by Darren65
Very tempting, endless possibilities......
enjoy
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Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:41 pm
by nickT
Looks like a good starting point for a swb hotrod, watch with interest. Nick.
Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:02 pm
by Miggs
that red one has just done something to me
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Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:22 pm
by KS
Delivering
El Chucho to the shippers in LA…
The mid-engine conversion worked well!
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It's a 2.2 on carbs…
Nice floors…
Weltmeister a/r bars front and rear, plus new Bilsteins all round…
(it's a four-speed trans in the car at present, with the five-speed on the back seat!)
Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:16 pm
by Richard
Nice! look forward to hearing about developments
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Re: And so it begins... A new project
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:54 pm
by haasad
Sweet...looking forward to watching this happen...bet you don't know that your old black and red car was part of the inspiration behind my never ending project when I saw it at a Bulieue (do you spell that !!!) New Forest Porsche show.
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