Targa with a twist

[Flat 6]

Lovely work John. Hope to see it in the flesh at Le Mans Classic.

Al.

[DustyM]

With most of the electric and mechanical work that can be done with the car on the trolley completed, I turned to the interior.

Gauges have been fitted with early style needles and alloy "buttons"

Early style dash trim with some Pepita fabric. Early type handbrake with hand throttle, and an early dash top, although it's not in the condition I remembered so will probably have to be trimmed.



"Salt and pepper" carpets with seats, trim panels retrimmed in leather / pepita.



Not entirely sure how I will finish the luggage compartment but I trimmed the cover for now.



With the edition of door glass, handles and mirror that was about all I was going to achieve whilst on the trolley,



So back to the workshop for the heavy lifting.



However with life throwing us a curve ball in recent weeks this is a far as it's likely to get for the foreseeable future....

[DustyM]

Another quick update on this one.

As mentioned above I wasn't happy with the condition of the dashtop, door caps and some other interior parts given how the rest of the car was turning out. So had these retrimmed in leather.







The front seats are period Recaros albeit not items originally fitted to a Porsche, but suit the 'Touring' theme for the car. With heating elements of course!



I trimmed the roof in Mohair instead of the usual vinyl for a more quality look. (not sure why Porsche never did this, especially on the later cars)





And then finished off a few smaller but time consuming jobs, catches etc







Fitted a carbon canister (modern Mercedes item) to try to reduce the fuel smells that can effect the luggage compartment.



The next stage was to get ready for the engine install

[Bootsy]

Gorgeous, love the interior

[impmad2000]

The Mohair looks great I like that ...

[DustyM]

So the eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted that during the metalwork and paint I removed all holes and brackets etc from within the engine bay.

The idea being to have a completely clean engine bay with nothing but the engine itself on display.



I relocated the wiring to the rear lights to the other side of the inner rear wing, moved earth points, welded up the holes for the oil tank and oil filter, fuel filter etc

The oil filter has also been relocated under the wheel arch and the fuel filter below the seat pan, However electrical items I wasn't happy to move to the under side of the car so these have been kept against the fire wall



You may spot some none standard items there which we'll come to in a bit.

And a false fire wall fabricated, to hide all the untidiness, not the finished product yet of course.



More non-standard parts!



Ready for a trial fit.



And in. Without the false fire wall yet though, that's still a work in progress, I need to run the engine and set it up before hiding away parts I may need to access

[911hillclimber]

Simply fabulous.
Great unique colour, tasteful interior, and a trick engine.
Lovely combination.

[Lightweight_911]

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Stunning/innovative work as always Jon - looks fantastic !

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[DustyM]

Thanks chaps, it’s been a long time in the making! Over 4 years now


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[sladey]

That’s a great idea with the engine - you see that clean look with US hot rods and it really shows off the beauty of the engine. Not seen anyone do it with a 911 - going to look super-cool

[yoda]

That’s a great install!

[wadsworthi]

Lovely build with some great touches! I see that you have gone with the AT Power throttle bodies and Emerald K6 ecu which was the route I was going with my race engine build.

Ian

[neilbardsley]

Very nice

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[Sam]

Love it.

I was well into the cleaned engine bay look in my teenage VW years.

Hide *all* the wires.

[wadsworthi]

So the eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted that during the metalwork and paint I removed all holes and brackets etc from within the engine bay.

The idea being to have a completely clean engine bay with nothing but the engine itself on display.



I relocated the wiring to the rear lights to the other side of the inner rear wing, moved earth points, welded up the holes for the oil tank and oil filter, fuel filter etc

The oil filter has also been relocated under the wheel arch and the fuel filter below the seat pan, However electrical items I wasn't happy to move to the under side of the car so these have been kept against the fire wall



You may spot some none standard items there which we'll come to in a bit.

And a false fire wall fabricated, to hide all the untidiness, not the finished product yet of course.



More non-standard parts!



Ready for a trial fit.



And in. Without the false fire wall yet though, that's still a work in progress, I need to run the engine and set it up before hiding away parts I may need to access

Wonderful job Jon, have you made the mounting brackets for the coil packs or are they available to buy as I want to mount mine in a similar way? Ian