70 S, RHD, Signal Orange, UK->Australia->UK

[inaglasshouse]

I said I'd mention costs, in case it helps others to realistically budget.

Total bill for panels (just parts) now stands at £11,080.77

Anyone want to buy a 69 S, 993, 105 alfa project? How about a kidney? Lobe of my liver (no warranty on that)?

[911GP]

I hear you. I think John (Chesterton's) winces every time he tells me we need (yet) another panel. £11k? Bargain. I think I am close to £20k and the punches keep on coming.
Gitesh

[inaglasshouse]

Thanks Gitesh. I'm sure it will be worth it in the end. Sure. Really sure!

[inaglasshouse]

Roof - stripping

As I mentioned previously, I declined with thanks the blasters' offer to do the roof. Having seen various blasting mishaps on here it seemed more prudent to do it by hand.

Good news here, Barry says the roof is "perfect".
Which means I can now think of three positives about yesterday's crappy bonnet incident:
- We stripped it before final gapping. No wasted work to re-do when the new bonnet arrives.
- Porsche have new bonnets in stock. No delay.
- It was the bonnet. Not the roof...





Inside also looking nice now:





There was a lot of paint on it. Many layers. Barry's floor nicely re-decorated:

[Darren65]

Some great reference photos for you here Richard, a 72 car but still much the same imo......

http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums ... -USA-72T-E

Cheers,

[inaglasshouse]

Thanks Darren. Can never have too many reference pics, and I hadn't seen that car.
Clyde has good taste, doesn't he?
Cheers, Richard.

[Bigfoot]

Bet you were crapping yourself with the roof

Car coming on nicely and in safe hands

[inaglasshouse]

Battery boxes

A little bit of work to finish off the battery boxes. Barry confessed he wasn't entirely sure what these brackets were for, but since they were clearly original on my car it seemed right to transfer them across to the new boxes.





Which means, for the first (and probably last) time in the project, I know something Barry doesn't.
As these pics of the 700 mile 70 S show (pics owned by David Conklin), they are mounting points for the horn brackets.
Of course the horn spec kept changing over the years, so presumably this specific form of bracketry didn't last much beyond the 1970 model year.

[inaglasshouse]

Bet you were crapping yourself with the roof

Indeed. That would not have been a happy day.

I fear this experience - not just the bonnet, the many other areas that looked so good pre-blasting - has scarred me for life. Any car I see now, unless I've just bought it new or I have the resto photos of it in bare metal, I'm going to assume that every single panel needs replacing. So that's me priced out of every resto project.

Filler and primer work much too well for my liking.

[sladey]

To be fair though there havent' been so many cases that have been so deceiving.

[inaglasshouse]

To be fair though there havent' been so many cases that have been so deceiving.

Could be true. Although I think everyone encounters nasty surprises one way or another.

I'm still happy enough. Although the metalwork has ended up being way more hours than I expected (or Barry expected) pre blasting, it's been a lot of niggly stuff plus a couple more outer panels.
Overall objective will be achieved - a good shell, with a large proportion of the original metal re-used.

[inaglasshouse]

Front End Inner Assembly

Until now, the front end was just self-tapped together.
These pics show it finally welded into place, with all the detail seam welds etc completed.
Battery boxes are in with the correct corner seam welds, and the front bumper mounting reinforcements have been fabricated and welded in.

[inaglasshouse]

Scuttle End

A bit of tidying up, to replace the pitted metal here.

[inaglasshouse]

RH Screen Corner

A common rust spot, and we knew this area needed work. A bit of luck here, though - the structure beneath the skin was still good.
Probably another benefit of the Australian climate.

[tangerineT]

Lovely work

That's what I was trying to achieve on my own pillar repair ,,,I'm just not talented like Barry !