DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Some pics of my 71T this morning. Learnt a hard lesson about buying a car in primer this morning when taking it back to bare metal revealed a side impact that has been badly repaired and covered over.

It also looks like the car has sat in bare metal for a while previously and rust has sent in, pitted the metal and then been filled and primed. Sigh.

I've posted a wanted ad previously for a LHD door but it looks like I need a new wing, rear quarter panel, and engine lid. Love to hear your thoughts on his assessment... This is my personal car so obviously I am intending to do this properly - i.e. I am not going to bog it back up...

To all pics...
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To pics of the damaged areas...

...with better news I finally got my sporto back fully reconditioned by MB Engineering. Thanks Mike! Took a while but then there wasn't really a rush...

Mike did following:
- striped the box, replaced the torque converter seals, and support bearing, checked the clutch plate,
- replaced the syncros on 1st and 2nd gears
- turned the syncro bands on the 3rd and 4th gears
- re-set the diff pinion depth and the back lash on the Crown wheel

Parts list;

1X 1st/2nd slider
1X 1st gear dog teeth
1X 2nd gear dog teeth
2X syncro bands
1X support bearing for torque coverter clutch shaft
1X large converter seal
1X small converter seal
1X end case gasket
2X center plate gaskets
1X diff side plate gasket
2X diff seals
1X input shaft seal
1X selector shaft seal
4X diff bearing shims
1X Rev idler bearing
1X Rev idler thrust bearing
8X torque converter bolts to change seals
2X throttle shaft bushes
1X input shaft lock tabe

work carried out;
- change 2 dog teeth
- strip and inspect gearbox
- strip and replace seals in torque converter housing
- re-set selector forks
- re-set diff pinion shaft
- re-set crown wheel back lash
- have end case gasket made

Aerocoat sent these back last week as well...

Power coated chrome, could look at them all day

Thanks to the guys there as they had to redo them after ups damaged all five in transit. They sent them off to rim repair and turned it all around in a week, well done!





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Now with new panels...

Had to buy a replacement LHS door as well... Of course we didn't want to correct any imperfections with bog so a new door skin was applied...

Getting ready for primer...

In primer and some stuff rust proofed and protected...

Now with some colour

It would seem it's not just the VW world that suffers this problem of buying a car/ van from the states looking good only to find it's got plenty of Bondo, as they call it attached to the car.
Apart from that, nice job your doing, love the colour and its a sportomatic to boot.
I'm in the process of converting mine to 5 speed manual as my wife won't/can't drive an auto.
Looks like you have your work cut out, keep up the good work and the pictures too, love to,see what others are doing as I'm new to the Porsche ownership.

Ron

Looking good !

Burgundy is a lovely colour on an early 911 - especially with steel wheels.

Nice work... I have a 69 which was originally Burgundy, could I ask about the wheel finish, how does it compare with real chrome ?
Cheers.
Simon

Magic moments, great detailing!

Joelipol wrote:Aerocoat sent these back last week as well...

Power coated chrome, could look at them all day




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Big fan of Aerocoat - they are near my in-laws and powdercoated my Moulton frame. A high-tech shiny shed operation it is not (at least the one in St Olaves isn't!)

Really tried hard to get the panel gaps right. They aren't perfect perfect, but I am signing off on them.

Car being rubbed down before polishing...