1973 Porsche 911E RHD – Silver

[MarkIII]

Lovely gaps, Roy and John certainly produce top quality work, I am sure your V happy with the how the shell has turned out. Good luck with the next stage, Graham at Limn historika is another one of those guys who's end product is as good as Chestertons.

[Bigfoot]

Oh wow Gitesh that's absolutely awesome!!! All that hard work has resulted in a truly amazing shell!! Onto the next step!! Who's painting the car?? They certainly good a lovely shell to show off their workmanship

[inaglasshouse]

Hi Gitesh,
That looks fabulous, you must be really pleased. Proper job.
Re indicator lenses and repainting the trim - do you (or anyone) know the type of plastic from which the indicators are made? Polycarbonate?
Cheers, Richard.

[911GP]

Thank you for your kind comments.

Hi Richard, I believe the lenses are polycarbonate. Any ideas on painting them?
Thanks
Gitesh

[inaglasshouse]

Thank you for your kind comments.
Hi Richard, I believe the lenses are polycarbonate. Any ideas on painting them?
Thanks
Gitesh

I'd say if the silvering is in good condition, shame to paint. Sell or swap.
If painting, and if I were 100% sure it was polycarbonate, I'd probably use the relevant Tamiya model paint (PS series).
Obviously paint from the inside, as is intended with this stuff (normally used on the inside of clear polycarbonate model car bodies).
https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/radio- ... te-paints/
But this is just an idea, never tried it.
Cheers, Richard.

[911GP]

Thanks Richard. I am familiar with the Tamiya paints. The silver edging is in poor condition but the lens itself is very good. Do you know any safe products to remove the silver paint without damaging the lens?

[210bhp]

Fabulous work on the shell.


Regards
Mike

[911GP]

Thank you, Mike.

Hi Adam, Chestertons recommended Limn Historics to paint my car. Mark (Mark III) has already followed this path with his Aga Blue 67 S and I was very impressed with the results so have booked Limn Historics in for around the end of June (ish).
Kind regards
Gitesh

[911GP]

My wheels were scuffed, curbed and generally ropey. They came back from Biagio looking superb...



Please pardon my reflection:





Gitesh

[yoda]

Nice - Is there a lip where they have been painted ie is the transition from black paint to the anodised finish smooth?

[Dougieboy1]

As per other post, be a shame to convert an original decent silver into a black but depends on whether you can get a black rimmed original.

If you do decide to convert to black, i used acetone (ebay, industial nail polish remover or off the shelf from Boots) and cotton make up pads to take off the old silver paint on my lenses as it was really shabby. I have bought some shiny chromium aerosol paint to respray them with. Aiming to do that in the next couple of weeks - travel getting in the way.

[911GP]

Yes, there is a lip. The wheels were polished, anodised and then painted so there is a lip where the edge of the paint meets the smooth anodised finish.

[911GP]

Thanks Dougieboy, I will give that a go.

[PMNorris]

Hi Gitesh,
The wheels look fabulous. I will need to get mine done at some point. I'll PM you for Biagio's contact details.

Regards
Paul

[911GP]

The previous owner had the gearbox rebuilt sometime early on in his ownership and since the milage had been low I thought that this part of the car would be ok. However, when driving the car I was finding it difficult to select first gear sometimes, which I found annoying and changing down from fifth to third could be a bit hit and miss too. As is common practice amongst DDK members, the gearbox was sent to Mike Bainbridge for an examination. His diagnosis comprised of three areas: (a) a list of worn parts that need replacing (b) a list of parts that are ok but could be changed while the gearbox is open and (c) a list of parts that were causing my issue. I figured that while the gearbox was open I would like to get it all sorted.

Mike informed me that amongst the parts that formed (c) was the diff carrier on which the outer diff bearing had come loose on the housing and was not holding the diff/crown wheel in the correct position in the diff case. A new Porsche diff carrier would be needed or it was an opportunity to fit and LSD. I opted for a Quaife LSD since the cost difference was not much more, relatively speaking, and figured it would provide a better driving experience.

Without waxing lyrical too much, I would like to say what a pleasure it was dealing with Mike. Porsche restoration can be stressful and uncertain and Mike made this part of the process simple. Thank you, Mike.



Gitesh