1967 912 Restoration. Light ivory

[Sam McMahon]

Cheers man, I got them from restoration design in the end.

[Sam McMahon]

So a mate of mine came round Thursday evening to help get the floors fitted, he restores classic cars for a living so knows what he's doing, unlike me

I think due to a combination of the new panels and where the cars been jacked up on the sills over the years and miss shaped them, they needed a little work to fit perfect, but luckily there was plenty of extra metal on the edges to work with.

So he started on the rear section, which went from this....





To this.....






Really pleased with the results, on to the fronts next which ill hopefully have cleaned up ready for the new one over the weekend, Then my mate will be taking both sections into work to be tig welded and metal finished into one complete floor for an invisible join, then they can be welded in place in one piece.

[Alfabug]

How’s this coming along Sam?


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[Sam McMahon]

Its coming on well, just noticed all my pictures have disappeared, thanks photo bucket

So its currently away having the metal work done, hoping to have it back by the end of January, Ill try and link some photos from facebook while i sort something else out.

Off it goes for a few months....


And managed to pick up a set of my dream wheels, been after a set for as long as i can remember.


Oh and also treated myself to another, smaller project


Arrived from the States on 17th of January, hoping to have the Ghia Ready to take to Ninove in March.

[chud]

Cool looking Ghia - is the 912 going back to Ivory or have you not decided yet?

[Sam McMahon]

Cheers man, yeah going back to light ivory, with black interior.

[Sam McMahon]

So its been a while since i came on here, noticed the pictures have come back from photo bucket, so thought i'd update my thread. Theres been plenty of progress so may take a while to get up to date, but here goes.

Dropped it off with Chris at Sublime Classic Restorations to get started....
A pillar repairs








Floors and seat buckets going in permanently


Parcel shelf in

[Sam McMahon]

Also decided to do the pedal panel and suspension pan/spare wheel area due to a previous bad repair

[Sam McMahon]

Started getting some of the panels bolted up, it needed a new door skin and outer sill, so wanted to make sure everything lined up correctly before anything was welded in place




New outer sill mocked into position.


Genuine Porsche door skin on and sill final fit, all lined in lovely.



Dialling the gaps in


Starting to look like a car again

[Bootsy]

Getting there!

[Sam McMahon]

I mentioned earlier about a poor repair to the front suspension pan whitch Chris has taken care of, but they had also damaged the bottom of the front apron so i decided to replace that.... Thought i would get away with using a Dansk panel, but when it arrived i wasn't happy with the shape of the pressings on top of the slam panel, so i asked Chris is we could modify it, using the top of the genuine one and the bottom of the dansk panel (Pressing was ok on that section, and its hidden behind the bumper)

So heres how it went











View from Behind





All done and bumper on





Well Happy with how that turned out

[Sam McMahon]

Few small repairs....





And hand made this little section




Loads more up dates to come, just waiting on the pictures to upload

[Sam McMahon]

Luggage area complete



Oh and while the 912 was away having the work done, i built the ghia up with a few upgrades... or should i say down





So that was new suspension, brakes, steering, wiring, wheels, and engine.
And made it to a couple of shows.....

Also picked this up while i was at it always wanted an early cabriolet, so couldn't resist.



Apart from the terrible black paint, its actually completely solid...



Anyway, back to the porsche......

[Sam McMahon]

Ive mentioned earlier in the thread about a poor repair on the rear quarter.... Well i bit the bullet and bought a complete Genuine Porsche quarter and rear cross member.

Heres heres the before....



And the replacement, genuine porsche goodness



No turning back









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Wrong Decklid i know, managed to source the correct SWB one now....

[Sam McMahon]

Not sure whats happening with the pictures, they seem to be coming up in different sizes and showing intermitently