What did you do in/on/for your Porsche today?

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bjmullan wrote:
911hillclimber wrote:Finished the re-build of the 911, 28 years after the first re-build. :)
Taken 3 whole months!
Well done 8)

Quite right...well done....!
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Fixed a 25 year old problem on my 911 at long last.

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :wink:
911hillclimber wrote:Fixed a 25 year old problem on my 911 at long last.
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Post by 911hillclimber »

Indeed it is, but irritating to have to stop to wind the windows up or down, esp on a motorway.
No original early parts were harmed in this action.
Originals safely in a box.
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Couldn't think of an alternative.
Saw a solution in a rally car with a similar cage but with far more distance between the winder and the cage.
The knob was relocated down the handle length, the effort to move the window was quite high.( for me).
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Cool - I love Wallace & Gromit solutions to simple problems :salute:
911hillclimber wrote:Indeed it is, but irritating to have to stop to wind the windows up or down, esp on a motorway.
No original early parts were harmed in this action.
Originals safely in a box.
:)

Couldn't think of an alternative.
Saw a solution in a rally car with a similar cage but with far more distance between the winder and the cage.
The knob was relocated down the handle length, the effort to move the window was quite high.( for me).
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The other 'solution' is simply a disc, diameter the same as the radius of the spindle centre to the handle knob.
Might try that on the wife's side!
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Have you still got a full cage in the car Graham?
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Yes, a full 6 point and I'm keeping it in!
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You could put electric ones in, the motors aren't that heavy.
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The early one's are!
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Too much messing about tbh.
Moving the window is not a regular past time, but be nice to do it 'normally'.
Wife has never been able to crack her window open, or get me to close mine, so trying to make this 911 more comfortable.
Obviously getting older..... :lol:
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Freshly painted Cookies on the car today so completing the re-build of the 911, 28 years on from the first re-build.
Idea was to make it look far more 'classic car' but with about 240 bhp/tonne.
Tempted to find/fit some wheel centres to complete the look?

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Looks great. They really suit the car and I prefer the look compared to the black Fuch-likes

I think I would go with centre caps

Great improvement IMO
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Post by Lightweight_911 »

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Agree with Thomas - they definitely suit the car & would look even better with some centre caps.

Hopefully your wheel wobble problem will have disappeared too ...

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