'72 2.4S

bahama68 · Post by **bahama68** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:00 pm

Looks lovely, I bet you can't wait to hear it fire up. I can empathise with the waiting, it's all the little bits that seem to take forever, but when you get to pick it up it's all worth it.

Is that a standard exhaust or sports? Looks a bit like the bursch I had on my old car.

John.

Viv_Surby · Post by **Viv_Surby** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:32 pm

SW London meet next week Paul???

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:18 pm

Yep. See you there Viv.

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:21 pm

Beautiful car Paul,

Are you going to clean up on the concours circuit before driving it back to it's original condition

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:35 pm

Gary,

Nah, let's see how dirty we can get it by Eynsham.

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:57 pm

Good man

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:06 pm

The oil pipes are now all connected back up.
The rear ride height was a little low once the wheels and tyres were fitted so there's been some careful tweaking to get things sorted. The suspension is being aligned too. With all new tyres, dampers, bushes etc it should ride nice and corner capably. I'll let you know.

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:07 pm

The motor fired up fine after the spark box was changed and a couple of minor fuel leaks were cured. Sounds very sweet and has excellent pressure.
There's a bit of tuning to do and then it's off for an MOT.

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:03 pm

The un-washed.
Great.

Post by **Bootsy** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:34 am

Looking good - good luck with the MOT

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:34 am

Thanks Tom. It better not fail on 'rust or corrosion in load bearing areas'.
I don't think there's much of that left in the car.

grazehoo · Post by **grazehoo** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:48 pm

Howdy cousin. Have you run across this other member of the Metallic Green family?

http://www.early911sregistry.org/forum/ ... hp?t=10163

Another beautiful car. If I recall, it came up for sale a year or so ago, now it has resold this week. I think his pictures do a pretty good job of catching the 'normal' shade - as you say, it varies in light and is hard to capture accurately. It will be nice to see a picture of yours out from under those artificial lights.

This restoration defines 'do it once and do it right' - it takes true craftsmen to do a job at this level and Nick clearly is one. He should be immensely proud of his work on this car.

Take it to a few shows, and then drive the tar out of it.

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:11 pm

Thanks Grazehoo.
Yes, Nick's doing a superb job.
I'm really pleased we've kept with the original colour.
In fairness, the car was so completely stripped it could have been painted any colour and I did anguish over that dilema for a while.
However I think the correct thing was to go back to the metallic green and the way it's turned out vindicates that choice.

You and I can make sure Metallic Green's the hot new colour for 2006.

Next thing'll be 997's in that shade.

Nick Moss · Post by **Nick Moss** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:12 pm

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:28 pm

Well, that's me buggered on the "never driven in the wet" claim!

Top result Nick. Looks fan-bloody-tastic.
I'll be down tomorrow to collect.
I might be drowsy, 'cause I doubt I'll be able to sleep tonight.