My '72 911T

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Gary71
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Re: My '72 911T

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They are lovely. Body made in Coventry, painted in Hastings.

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hot66 wrote:
Gary71 wrote:Nope. Ferrari 250 SWB replicas
which i'd get rid of all my cars in exchange for .. I love them
I wonder how many of us had that old M&S classic car book as kids? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304186219591

I'm pretty sure this book is largely responsible for 250 prices... and my love of old cars.
1970 911T, Signal orange (Restoration thread)
1988 3.2 Carrera backdate, Black
2001 996 Turbo, Lapis blue (am I allowed to put that here?)
I'm looking for a pre-impact bumper 911S or other high-revving 911 to restore - please let me know if you see one.
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hot66 wrote:
Gary71 wrote:Nope. Ferrari 250 SWB replicas
which i'd get rid of all my cars in exchange for .. I love them

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/why-th ... a-bargain/

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a3 ... val-drive/
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Re: My '72 911T

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Me too. They are in my dream stable
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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Back on the brightware prep tonight.

I’m going fully polished for the end result but it’s so tempting to stay satin brushed when you are at this stage of the process! :)

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Another hour tonight with 1200, then 2000 grit wet then the Mothers polish. This is the first bit I’ve got to a ‘finished’ level bit no doubt I’ll do the rest then do this one again to make it match!

But it’s shiny enough for me. I know it’s not protected now, but it will keep me off the streets keeping it nice :)

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Whilst I’m polishing brightware Steve is painting. He’s still fighting the bumpers but it’s getting closer…
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That colour is amazing. Get busy with your spanners and you might be able to drive it to the swap meet.

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1970 911T, Signal orange (Restoration thread)
1988 3.2 Carrera backdate, Black
2001 996 Turbo, Lapis blue (am I allowed to put that here?)
I'm looking for a pre-impact bumper 911S or other high-revving 911 to restore - please let me know if you see one.
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Stunning

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Re: My '72 911T

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Nice to be looking at something shiny from my not so shiny world of media blasting. Have you got a plan of what order your going to get things back together?
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rich73 wrote:Nice to be looking at something shiny from my not so shiny world of media blasting. Have you got a plan of what order your going to get things back together?
Not really got a plan, other than the classic ‘reassembly is the reverse of removal’…

First job is cavity waxing followed by the loom and fuel/brake pipes down the tunnel. Probably then do the panel damping inside.

When the loom is in the parts will hopefully naturally fall into place in a sensible order.

No doubt I’ll fit dry lights and grilles early to make it feel like I’m getting somewhere!
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I'm starting to think about...probably prematurely getting mine back together. I was thinking about getting it back on the wheels first purely from the perspective of being able to move it around. I also wrote a list of the jobs I needed to do and came up with a time estimate of around 220hrs to do the rest of the assembley work and component restoration. No idea how accurate this will be but I was just interested in getting a rough idea.
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My shell is on a trolley (that you can see in the pic above) bolted to the suspension mounts so will stay up on that until the very last minute, I’ll probably also the lift the trolley onto axle stands to get it to a good working height.

Hopefully it won’t get in the way of putting the loom etc in as that will be really annoying!
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When you get to it, fit your rear reflectors to the bumpers before refitting the bumpers. Coming from someone who recently tried to do it the other way. :bom:
1970 911T, Signal orange (Restoration thread)
1988 3.2 Carrera backdate, Black
2001 996 Turbo, Lapis blue (am I allowed to put that here?)
I'm looking for a pre-impact bumper 911S or other high-revving 911 to restore - please let me know if you see one.
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Looks lovely Gary
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