Kiwi'79

Just stunning!!!! Great pics too

OTR18WHEELER

Thank you, but I must admit, this is a daily driver, and looks better in pics....
...it runs pretty good though

MjRocket

I'm digging the chrome

9two8

OTR18WHEELER.., that's a beautiful car, particularly like what you done with the rear lights, the satin black inlay look's great !

C531XHO

Finally pulled the LH head on my 1985 Euro S2. Head isn't the problem - it/s the block

The Deputy

Removed old hood liner.



Brian.

Donald Smith

Nice. I like the clean look, mine is all "ratty". I just did a RMB, and now the car sounds like a V8 should. Still have rattling from the TC, I believe. It is to be checked on Tuesday. Sorry for the crappy photos, but here are photos of the exhaust tips. The weld, that was holding the pipes, from the bracket support, already broke.....arrgghh! Have to go back and have it touched up.
Cheers
Don

9two8

Bought a length of 1/2 inch ID reinforced heater hose to replace vac hoses from booster to Y at the spider, and from Y on spider to inlet. They were practically rigid, one from spider to inlet was cracking as you bent it, all probably original. The check valve that insert's in the Y piece was gummed up, blast of carb cleaner sorted that, hose clips cleaned and polished and re-instated, and buttoned her up..., hand's and finger's absolutely aching now . " 928's are no match for old men ! "

The Deputy

Last night...I'd say it was the other way around...lol.

Brian.

The Deputy

Don,

It would help if your bracket wrapped around the bottom of the pipe some, cradling the weight of the exhaust. Then the bracket is "only being held in place" by the weld. The way it is now, the weld is trying to support the load. Automatic fail, all the weld in the world will eventually fail when asked to do this. Now, if the rod went into the pipe...that would work. Save you from buying another piece of rod.

Also, most likely, your hood will not be entirely painted like my 78. My 84's was unpainted in the center, probably started cutting back on paint or something. But, even painted the way it was, the 84 looked okay...but, I'd already bought the new liner.

Brian.

Donald Smith

Thanks, Brian, you are right, again. I will tell the exhaust shop to fab up something better. And, maybe I will not touch my hood liner, until I have a replacement liner, in my hands.
Cheers
Don

MainePorsche

Replaced the broken innards of the driver door handle.
Fun...isn't the word.
Here's a pic of the vanquished.

Captain_Slow

Drove it to Sterling Hot Rods (Sterling, VA) for a paint estimate. The painter, Allen, described his process so thoroughly I can't remember all the details. He used to work for FantomWorks and was featured in the TV show for 4 seasons. Sterling Hot Rods starts their own Discovery Channel show in about a month. Discovery approached them because of their reputation of turning around quality restorations and resto-mods quickly.

hlee96

Jon, would you be able to share what the approx cost of the pain job? I'm not too far from northern Virginia and would be interested. Thanks Hoi

Btw, called and inquired about a potential future acquisition. To be continued....

Captain_Slow

More than my car is worth just for the front clip I expect over $1000 in labor on the front bumper alone. Allan Alvarez (painter) says he will put at least 10 hours into the bumper (perfectionist labor.). I'll follow up tomorrow.

How I ended up going to the shop is unusual. One of my students restores cars as a hobby/job and arranged this appointment for me. He encouraged me to bring it to them for what was supposed to only be an estimate for the bumper, which has a very poor 8+ year old respray...terrible prep work...cheap paint and clear products...no flex additive at all. The bumper looks like it's been hit with buckshot. It was immediately apparent that Doug (former student) is pretty tight with everyone in the shop. I had no idea of the world I was stepping into. I was there for an hour and a half...First at the assembly, mechanical, fabrication building, and then about a mile away at their paint building. The owner invites you in to talk to everyone who may have a hand on your car in the process. The place absolutely looks like a number of the shops I've seen in the TV shows. Amazing workmanship all around...and an incredible number of projects that all looked like they were being completed simultaneously - barely room to walk in places.

Interestingly, Allan said "Other than the bumper and left front fender, this car doesn't need paint. I can cut and polish the rest of it and get rid of all the orange peel and it will look like glass...but it will cost what a full Maaco paint job costs".

The overwhelming impression I got was of talking to an absolutely modest master. As Allan walked out of the bay door into the sunshine he was already seriously studying my car, flanked by about half a dozen assistants. They circled the car while Allan focused on the front end - it kind of made me nervous. He turned out to be a super nice guy who valued explaining his process and answering all questions. Search FantomWorks Allan Alvarez and you'll find plenty of references...and episodes. He works here now: http://www.sterlinghotrods.com

All Allan could tell me was the hours it will take him to do the job. The main shop works up the estimate, but I had an appointment and couldn't stick around for it today. I'm expecting the estimate to be too high for my wallet. I saw a late 60s Lincoln with a custom black with super subtle candy apple metallic deep down in the paint that had been cleared and sanded several times. The illusion of depth was incredible - $40,000 paint job. But Allan said he has no problem painting just a bumper. I'll edit this post after I get the estimate.