Me & my rustbucket 2.45

[profblue]

Hello,

Another new member to this great resource.
I have recently acquired 400kg of rust dating from Sept 72, signal yellow.
The (US-based) PO has the brilliant idea to cover rust with bondo and transform it into a 993 !!!!
So, I am on journey to get it back to this:


The goal is not concours state (too late for that anyway, as non-matching block), but rather to have a fun and reliable driver's car. Not for track use, but rather Sunday cruising.

Engine work is progressing, with a move from a basic T to an S
- 86mm JE pistons with increased compression (technically to 2.45l)
- Heads updated to S
- 40 Weber's IDTPs adapted to match S-spec
- Have E cams, but contemplating S-mod cams
- plus all efforts for reliability, "while in there": oil bypass & carrera pump, chain tensioners, dilavar studs, re-enforced intermediate gear, turbo valve covers.

cheers,
Martin

[Gary71]

Welcome to DDK, good luck with your project and don't be scared to post up the 'before' photos!

[hot66]

welcome Martin

Sounds like a project if it currenlty looks like a 993

An S-Spec engine is superb .. lots of character and always makes you smile when it comes on cam screeming beyond 7K

[Bootsy]

Welcome - love to see some pics of the 993 creation!

[sladey]

Yep - what they said - welcome and lets have some bondo pics

[Bootsy]

Yep - what they said

Hey, that's my line

[profblue]

wow, I'm overwhelmed! it is indeed a B I G project. Basically bought a title and later style doors
Judge by yourself...
http://s40.photobucket.com/user/profblaumann/library/

fiberglass stuff went to the dumpster first day it arrived. Needs pretty much every exterior body part....
Fuchs are older 8.5" copies, so they'll go as well.

[Bootsy]

Wow!

[majordad]

Welcome !

Your yellow photo shows an earlier S, not a 72 S, the front bumper/spoiler is different. Owning a 72 S myself I'd recommend rebuilding the engine as a correct 72 S with MFi not carbs. Good luck with the project and keep the faith.

Dave

[profblue]

Dave, I'm all for preserving originality if this would be a highly rare car, such like yours - but, not sure where you read the 'S' - this is/was only a simple T with a comfort package, so it will indeed have the S front bumper. Given that it is not a matching #, I might go as well as make the engine an S. (I also struggle with putting on the original color...)

btw - read your amazing "Sepia brown" thread - very inspiring!!

[hot66]

Dave, I'm all for preserving originality if this would be a highly rare car, such like yours - but, not sure where you read the 'S' - this is/was only a simple T with a comfort package, so it will indeed have the S front bumper. Given that it is not a matching #, I might go as well as make the engine an S. (I also struggle with putting on the original color...)

btw - read your amazing "Sepia brown" thread - very inspiring!!

That's what I would do

[Joelipol]

Nice to meet you today Martin - looking at the photos you certainly do have some work ahead of you! Good luck and if I can help with any of the people I've used please do let me know.

[inaglasshouse]

Welcome. That 993 forward-date is quite something.
Time to start a restoration thread, I think. Post lots of pics...

Here are the body parts that came off my 70 S, which had been turned into an eighties special in obligatory Guards Red:

Quite satisfying (if a fair bit of work) to get them back to their original state...

Good luck, have fun!

Cheers, Richard.

[sladey]

Here's one of your pics properly displayed. (If you go to quote my post you'lol see how the link should be formatted)

[yoda]

Wow ..... great project.