After 16 years..............

[KS]

Fabulous! Gets better all the time!

[Ralph]

Thanks for the comments.

Looks great.

Would love to see photos of the whole car with the new pinstriping details now...

I didn't get chance to get the car outside to get some decent pictures - I will do asap as I too am keen to see what it looks like.

[Ralph]

Took a few snaps of the car yesterday.



















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[hot66]

that looks so cool

[Bootsy]

Love it - very fresh and with so man 'signature' touches

[911hillclimber]

The interior looks really good, all the carpet that covers all the front etc, really neat.
16 years is a real marathon, but it looks great.

[Lightweight_911]

So many individual elements - lovely

It's good to see someone using the correct period versions (with the chrome rims) of the '911R' Hella rear lamps too ...


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[Tosh]

Hubba Hubba - really great looking thing that. Amazing
What took you so long?

[PMNorris]

Hi Ralph,
Great build. Your car looks fantastic.

Can you let me know where you got the oil hose adaptor in your posting from Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:22 pm. I have the same problem with my 1970 oil tank and 1979 engine.

Many thanks
Paul

[Ralph]

Paul, I had the oil adapter made up from an end fitting off of a new hose welded to a machined up pipe. I still have the other unused end spare somewhere if you are interested in making one up yourself - or I could ask if the chap that made mine could make another? Jez maybe able to make you one up if he had the fitting?





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[Ralph]

After me having the special hose made up, Jez then discovered my original oil cooler was leaking and I had to buy a new cooler - if I had known earlier I could have bought an old style threaded fitting cooler and used a standard hose!

[PMNorris]

Thanks Ralph,
My car is with Jez and he's aware this is causing a problem. I'm sure he can sort it out. I did get a pipe made up but I took a guess as to the diameter of my oil cooler outlet. Mine is 30mm, whereas the one I had made up was 26mm. The guy who made the original took a couple of months to come back to me before finally refunding me.
I'll speak to Jez and see if he already has the relevant parts. If not, I will come back to you.

Regards

Paul

[Ralph]

I'd been reading another thread about fire extinguishers with interest as I have a bit of fire paranoia going on.

Initially I was going to fit a foam unit, but after reading about the cleanliness of the gas extinguishers thought I would fit one instead. I ended up fitting both as a firefighter posting on early s registry recommended having two fitted for proper effectiveness.

So I have a 1.75ltr MSA approved Lifeline foam unit mounted on an aluminium plate behind the passenger seat:



And a FEV 1kg gas unit mounted on a Brey Krause bar in front of the passenger seat:



Hopefully that's me sorted on the fire worries!

[sladey]

Your passengers are going to think you're trying to tell them something

[Ralph]

So I have owned it for nearly 21 years now and am pretty much finished at last!

If you pick up a copy of the latest Classic Porsche magazine you will see some great pictures taken by Andy Tipping - even if they do show some fat ba$tard driving it. Pro pictures certainly put my snaps to shame. Thanks to Alex and Keith for the feature.

















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