Back in beige

[964RS]

Just get it to a state where someone with a proper booth can paint it for you and get it off to them.

Stress over.

Then just sit back and wait for a shiny new car to come back to you and you can enjoy it again doing the refit and seeing it all come back to life

I don't want to say I repeatedly told you so, but.....

Enjoy the refit mate, looks great

[jury]

Looks great Jaime...top top top work by Rich and Darrens invoice work is first rate Though as Darren said, ALOT of prep went into this by you

Look forward to seeing it go back together, and really looking forward to seeing the engine....I am already jealous of that NickT exhaust. I keep reminding myself that I have a little red 912 in desperate need of an engine rebuild.

Keep it up, the fun stuff is about to begin

[jamie]

Darren dropped the car off to me first thing this morning. I spent the day fitting the headliner. I heard that it was really difficult - it's not, it just takes ages. I'm happy with the result - it really makes the car look more like a car again.

I've started making new interior bits using vinyl picked up from Garry Hall (visualfx on here). My door cards will be basketweave, and everything else will be plain black vinyl. I've made the door card backs already using Foamex - stiff, but easy to cut and sand, and takes a staple well. I covered one, the screwed up the other, so I'm waiting for some more basketweave to arrive.

I spent the evening making a new parcelshelf also from Foamex. My old one was OK, but very wrinkled from water ingress. The new one is nice and flat and sits well in the car. Looks smart!

I was thinking about going to Hedingham for the show tomorrow, but I want to crack on with the car instead.

[Robind]

had the same feeling Jamie, do I crack on with the build or spend the day at the castle, glad to say went to the castle which has given me more inspriation to complete the build right, some stunning cars and nice to have a route through the spares bins on the trade stalls

[jamie]

I wish I had gone - could have done with monstering the spares bins. I thought I had everything ready for reassembly, but on inspection there are lots of bits that are missing or need replacing. In particular rubber bits - things you don't notice, like the grommets that sit on the wiper shafts etc.

I also need a dash pad. Anyone got one of those for a 1968 car? Mine is obliterated - it fell into two pieces when I removed it from the car!

[Ferry Man]

Jamie, apologies, I've missed all the drama in this thread. But what a wonderful outcome.
The car is looking great. Certainly worth buying fresh rubbers for...
And - genuinely - if you need any help at all think of me. Should you welcome a second pair of hands at any time, give me a call, I'll be delighted to help out. OK?

[911SE]

Absolutely stunning result, great workmanship and gorgeous colour!

[jamie]

Thanks Magnus, thanks Paul - I appreciate the kind offer. Things going OK at the moment, but I may require manpower to get the engine on board.

[jamie]

Spent an hour this evening searching for the little strip of rubber that goes in the forwardmost lip of the front trunk bay, before realising that it's part of the bumper seal.

I thought I had everything I needed to finish the car, but there are some more bits I need to buy - mostly rubber stuff, weird nuts for the wipers (where did they go?), rear brake pad pins (ditto), door seals (err, ditto), etc.

So I made a list. It comes to £1800.

FARGHHHHUCCKKKKK.

[jamie]

Actually, whilst I'm here I may as well add the list in case anyone reading this can help me out...

Fuel filler gaiter
3x Bolts for CV joint
1968 LHD dash pad
Rear window latch white plastic spacers
Bumper deco trim rubber, front and rear
16x Speed nuts for rear lettering
Door window scrapers inner and outer, both sides
Door glass inner felt scraper, both sides
Door handle seals
Sealing strip rear 901529100
Engine lid seal 90151290100
Wiper parts -1x big nut for shaft, rubber grommets inner and outer x2, plastic caps, wiper arm nuts
Blower motor cover for front trunk
Battery retaining strap
2x Metal internals for B-pillar coat hooks
1x interior light
Rear brake pad retaining pins and spring plates, both sides.

I'm sure there will be more to add to this...

[jamie]

Can anyone help me with my locks? My ignition lock doesn't match my door locks or glove box lock. I don't care about the glove box too much, but I'd like to get the others sorted.

I presume you can buy the slidey things that go in the barrels, and rebuild your own. Any how-tos or recommendation on where to get the bits?

[tim78]

There's an article on pelican showing how to do it but I'm not sure on a UK supplier

[inaglasshouse]

Hi Jamie,
Hopefully useful:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=47690

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticle ... -Rekey.htm

BTW if you're still at Goodwood tomorrow and have time to visit Porsche Classic (near retro Tesco) they will sell you the speed nuts you need.... Further, if you go in with a small child they will shower you with freebies - we got a Porsche flag and some sweets in the shape of 356s. Obviously I won't allow my child to eat the sweets, will put them away for 20 years then sell (on early s) as NOS glovebox sweets.

Cheers, Richard.

[AndrewSlater]

Hi Jamie,

with regards to the tumbler kits, I sourced mine from this guy in the States.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-914-and ... 3ce9d7eecc

If you don't manage to source a kit then depending upon the combination of your locks you may be able to rearrange your tumbler order ( and the option to file the longer ones shorter ) to get the locks to work.

Keep up the good work.
Andrew

[jamie]

Thanks guys. I wish I had read this earlier - I was at Goodwood today and didn't realise Porsche Classic had stock on site.

Great idea about re-configuring the locks with a file - thanks Andrew. Will take the barrels apart and see what the situation is...