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Speaking of body schutz, does anyone have recommendations for what will recreate they same appearance? I'm looking to do some touchup and do plan on using a schutz gun. Just curious as to which product gives the best results.
So the old car has had some repair in the past. The picture shows where there was some repair to the upper sheet metal of the inner structure. All minor and mostly just straightened. I will clean up the hammer marks and apply some new body schutz.
It appears that from that accident the left fender, hood, bumper cover and headlight were replaced. The inner bumper and strut tubes are intact.
Interesting enough, the early H4's didn't have one of the part numbers on them that all others I have ever seen do. Including the replacement for this car.
Wow some great looking historical bits on this one! love that tach foil I haven't seen one of those.
So yes, the brake hose brackets were added after the cars were painted on #1 and #2... same method was used: hack away at the paint and undercoating with a hatchet-type tool, grind, weld, then brushslop black paint on. Looks the same you your car here... also shows me the undercoating gun must have malfunctioned in that area on your car because I see the black paint over about a pint of undercoating in a small area.
Can't really see the extent of the damage but I would consider a section of front strut panel out of another car for that repair.
I am a total Porsche newbie, but follow concours-type restorations (of many makes) with great interest. I would say, since you have a special car, and have gone this far, and seem to have committed to making it as nice as can be, you recreate the "sloppiness" of the factory pre-production. I assume you are taking many, many more photos than we see here. Perhaps when you are done you might think about a nice binder or photo book, and include all the quirks that are specific to these very early cars.
Am following with great interest.
Cheers
Brian- considering what you have, I recommend recreating how it was then, even if not per full production line spec. My $.02.
Originally Posted by Strosek Ultra
That is a Swedish newspaper, weird.
Åke
Someone left their news paper in there from 1991
Originally Posted by RennHarry
I am a total Porsche newbie, but follow concours-type restorations (of many makes) with great interest. I would say, since you have a special car, and have gone this far, and seem to have committed to making it as nice as can be, you recreate the "sloppiness" of the factory pre-production. I assume you are taking many, many more photos than we see here. Perhaps when you are done you might think about a nice binder or photo book, and include all the quirks that are specific to these very early cars.
Am following with great interest.
Cheers
I agree on recreating the as finished product that includes the "sloppiness". Thanks for the responses.
The car sat in a barn from 1991 - 2013 in Sweden. They must of picked up a paper along the way that day before parking it.
06-24-2021, 05:06 PM
