BIB5566

[rhd racer]

Result!

Imagine doing this sort of stuff without the internet.....

[911hillclimber]

Before the Internet nobody really knew all these details I think, and the cars were dead cheap!
Great find, and adds to your efforts.

[Lightweight_911]

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Great result - finding those '69S parts on their own would be an achievement let alone someone who was interested in a straight swap !!

Before the Internet nobody really knew all these details I think ...

Not quite true - there were people like Autofarm (plus their ex-employees who subsequently set up on their own) in the UK, Manfred Weisinger in Germany & Andial/Paul Weir/Bruce Anderson/Kevin Jeanette/etc in the US.

Plus numerous others.

However, it is true that the 'average' Porsche owner rarely knew this sort of detail ...

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[deano]

super ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZoIunC1Yk8

[hot66]

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Great result - finding those '69S parts on their own would be an achievement let alone someone who was interested in a straight swap !!

Before the Internet nobody really knew all these details I think ...

Not quite true - there were people like Autofarm (plus their ex-employees who subsequently set up on their own) in the UK, Manfred Weisinger in Germany & Andial/Paul Weir/Bruce Anderson/Kevin Jeanette/etc in the US.

Plus numerous others.

However, it is true that the 'average' Porsche owner rarely knew this sort of detail ...

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and hopefully as the knowledge now gets out there , it should live on with current & new potential owners. There is so much knowledge that unfortunatley is lost as the years go and the old experts pass

[911hillclimber]

My understanding of the Porsche world was minuscule when I bought my basket case in '88
I knew of Autofarm through magazines and a few others. The Morgan book was my first source of info, then Bob via the Porsche Post and then Anderson for info/references from Bob.
Most of my parts came from the Porsche Dealer down the road and Bert Gear.
What a world it is 30 odd years on.

[knapmann]

Big win No. 2 for me this week! Christmas has very much come early. I managed to get these deep sixes for the same money I sold my flat sixes for. So a straight swap essentially. When I sold my flat sixes I thought it would be a good few years before I could get some of these because they are often listed nearly double the price. So its another big step towards getting my car looking like a proper '69 car. Like my flats these need a lot of elbow grease to get them looking good, I certainly cant afford to be getting a pro refurb on these at the moment, so I will have to get them looking as good as possible myself for now. Will have to see what I can achieve over Christmas.

Now technically I have 3 wheels without hearts and only one wheel with heart, so I'm still not 100% correct, but its a massive improvement from what I had, and for all intents and purposes they are correct enough as far as I'm concerned. That said if anyone has some with hearts and wants to trade for non-heart 1971 wheels I'm open to swapping individuals or pairs or three etc I might even swap my one hearted wheel for a non-heart just to get a full matching set. In any case im super happy with what I have managed to get.




Other than this not done a lot this weekend.

Fitted my Drive Shafts



Polished and fitted bumper & sill blanking plates



Cleaned up my front hubs, these were badly corroded but salvageable. I baked them in the oven, then primered and painted them with silver brake caliper paint and baked them again overnight to set the paint. I would like to get some new discs all round but I will make do with these old ones for now. Discs can be easily changed in the future unlike suspension bushes so that's where my money went.



Still waiting on my tierods from D911, into week 4 now, ive been promised them before Christmas...

[Lightweight_911]

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Another excellent result on the wheels - just shows that it's still possible to find parts at 'sensible' prices if you persevere ...

One of my favourite current threads.

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[knapmann]

Well i just completed Wheel No. 1 today. Took me about 2 full days to finish it. Im very happy with the result given its cost me a full £12.50 to do (per wheel.... )

Starting Point,


Paint stripper the whole whell using a wire tooth brush



Rub down the wheel to achieve the satin kind of finish I wanted which is about as close to the original anodize as I could get with bare aluminium. Fortunately these wheel had already lost their anodize, if they had still got anodize on them I would have had to get them bead blasted to remove it, (obviously if needing this, I wouldnt have bothered paint strippering them before hand)


Mask off - one of the things I did was to rub down the rim and mask it off right to the base, from the factory the paint went about 15mm up the rim due to how they were dip painted, But i prefer the silver finish right to the base as it makes the wheel look like it has more dish.


2 coats of etch primer and 3 coat of Wurth Satin Gloss Black


I allowed it to air dry over night then, baked the paint on The wheel does get very hot like this



The finished article, now I know I will have to repolish these every year or so but I think I can live with that!

[deano]

This might be worth a try to protect your wheels and paint work from the elements. https://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/finishka ... mp-sealant

I havent tried it on my polished+painted Fuchs yet, but it came up when I was looking for something to protect them. Seems to be good for aluminium and paint, has good reviews, and is supposed to be really hard wearing. Some say its a low maintenance alternative to a ceramic coating. I can say that it seems to work well as a car wax for the paint work, but its hard to say if its hard wearing or not ...

[Nine One One]

or ACF - 50 ??

[deano]

or ACF - 50 ??

Not sure, have you tried it on wheels? How is it ?

I imagined that ACF-50 would pick up dirt and brake dust easily because it stays wet I think, like oil, but then I only spray it on in copious amounts to protect things that I dont want to put cavity or underbody wax on e.g. exposed engine components, exposed wiring, brackets, pipes, hoses, and places where dirt and water get trapped...

[Nine One One]

I just apply it onto a cloth first and just wipe it on, very thinly, leave for a bit and wipe off any residue. Seems to work fine on the Fuchs and every day vehicle alloys.
I would imagine that as yours are ‘bare’ it will creep into the small holes and crannies from the polishing and give it some residual protection?

[deano]

Sounds like the ACF-50 might be worth a try on our wheels then, thanks for the tip

[knapmann]

Thanks for the tips on the wheel protection guys, I will certainly be trying those. Wheels maketh the car after all.

Put my engine back together today with the 69 TBs and stacks. Also my newly acquired snorkel which I was previously missing, I believe this is a correct 1968-70 one.

It finally looks like a proper 69S engine (as far as my amateur eyes can tell anyway) going to give this engine another go over the next few days