Another new guy!

[Spit Nolan]

Hi, I’m new to the forum and new to aircooled Porsches although I’ve owned a couple of water cooled front engine ones. I have been an aircooled VW person for a long time though and have had way too many! Haha!

I have wanted a SWB Porsche for as long as I can remember, most of my toy cars as a kid were Porsches but owning a proper one had always been a bit out of reach with the other projects I had going on. But an opportunity fell into my lap this year and I now own a 67 912, ok I admit I wanted a 911 but my ability to fund one is none existent and I do love 912’s too!

It was a partially stripped project that only requires a very small bit of welding on each sill, and let’s just say it was affordable!! So I have been gathering the missing parts and other than a few miscellaneous small parts it is now complete but still disassembled to an extent.

I am still building a VW too at the same time but hope to have this car done soon, so can finally enjoy the car I’ve dreamt about for so many years.
Only thing now is I have to somehow figure out how to get my daughter in it safely, it seems an impossible task!!

I am planning on leaving it a bit rough and ready but will be lowered and running torque thrusts. I’ve got to do something with paint but a full respray is out of the question!

[Bootsy]

Welcome to DDK

Cool looking car

[Spit Nolan]

Cheers, I’m very happy with it!

[Gary71]

It’s got some great company in the workshop as well

Torque Thrusts and lowered will really suit it.

Getting child seats in (guess that’s what you want?) can be challenging. There’s a couple of threads on here somewhere. The original front seats are too flat and squishy to get any child seat to fit properly, and the back seat needs one with a very narrow base. I’ve used a Britax seat in the back of my ‘72 but that has a slightly different seat back to the earlier cars. You’ll also need to add belts to the parcel shelf.

If you daughter is a bit younger then rear facing is next to impossible, best let her grow up a bit whilst you get the car sorted

Welcome to DDK!

[yoda]

Nice car, looks like a decent project. Welcome to the forum.

[Spit Nolan]

Haha Cheers guys, my daughter is 2 so a front facing seat is what I need, trying to find one that will actually fit into the rear seat. I have to add belts anyway somehow, as doesn’t appear to be any mounts at all in the back currently. I have front belts but not the clasp so I’m going to have to replace the front belts too.

I will probably be De trimming the car and going a bit more hot rod with it, have been very tempted to paint some R inspired stripes over it but I really can’t decide. Will just get it together and working on the road then worry about what to do with the paint probably.

[Spit Nolan]

Oh and yes, we have a few interesting things in the workshop :D

[hot66]

welcome to ddk .. youve managed to pass the first test of being bale to post pics

I'm ex VW fan. Yo've got special stuff in that shed We all love resto / build threads so be great if you keep the build updated here

[anglophone1]

Welcome to the “house of fun”

[Gary71]

We all love resto / build threads so be great if you keep the build updated here

This.
Keep it updated in a readers car thread.

[cubist]

Hi!

Fat Merc pics too please when you do a workshop round up?

[Spit Nolan]

I’ll try to keep a build thread going, I’ll be sticking a wanted ad up for some of the bits and pieces I still need to find soon.

The workshop is our man cave, not a business. Me and two mates share it. The one room you can see in the photo above is the main room, there is a 2 post lift just out of sight with my friends 68 912 on, and an oval window beetle underneath, then another split bus and a sit up and beg Ford pop the other side. Then we have a room at the back full of pin ball machines for when not working on cars haha!

The Merc is a 72 W108 on full air ride, I’m selling that one soon.

[inaglasshouse]

The workshop is our man cave, not a business.

Living the dream!
Welcome to DDK.

[Bootsy]

Great set up

[Spit Nolan]

Got the engine fired up on the pallet last night so that’s a big weight off my mind! Few things to source then it can all go together