linderpat

and I want his orange one; oh yeah, the yellow one too!

VanD

ED - WHAT? No love for the light green metallic? That one was in the VanDamme trust with your name on it...oh well....

linderpat

That is first on the list! Kermit reincarnate. I just figured you'd want to be buried in it, so I didn't even bother to mention it

The Deputy

Come on now, Alex...were not total jerks...we were going to let you keep one.

But, back to the original posters question...

After going out in the garage last night and looking at this and that under the hood on my 78...there is a ton of stuff that looks like it should be replaced. Ever hose imaginable, and as previously mentioned...some are no longer available and they are quite uneek to the 78.

I guess, if a normal person were to take on one of these cars as a project...you'd have to go into it knowing...that some of these things are going to be very, very difficult to acquire or maybe they can't be period. And where, just doing the best you can may have to be good enough.

My best recommendation would be...buy any 78 you can find that will benefit the one you are restoring...and sell off what you don't need. This is what I'm kicking myself for right now, #350 had about five hard to find items that would have made #225 nearly complete...and I passed on buying the car...because I have my interior at Rob Budds...and got nervous about spending another bunch of money at the moment. However, in hindsight...car was close, Ohio, and would have saved me many months of searching...and in the grand scheme of things...wasn't that much money. Sometimes I can be such an idiot.

Now, #350 is going to someone else...that may save it...so...all is good. But, if I find out that the new owner did the same thing I intended...I'll be kicking myself even more...lol.

Of course, all of the above pretains to a person that wants to have a really, really nice example. If you are just looking for a nice clean driver...then buy the nicest example you can afford and maintain it to a level it deserves.

Brian.

wpgshark

Thus the Thread. I can seriously say I really don't know what I want.

Love the S4s on the highway, and not too bad for a cruise around town. However, my sons 944s is far more fun in normal A to B driving around town. I would expect the 78 to be between these 2 ranges so can't see it making a regular driver.

I like putting things back together. However with 3 cars and a boat on the go I really don't want another super project.

Combine the 2 realities and you end up with a serviceable car that has some future potential to be more. So relatively complete in the parts that matter and low mileage.

This has been a very informative thread,

Thanks to all.

Ad0911

These are the original air intake hoses on my car. They look like crap so I bought the tapered type. Now I undrstand that I better look for original ones, which are hard to come by. Perhaps the hoses from this supplier come close? Same diameter 75 mm.

http://www.amritwatersport.nl/Safire...Slang-APK-75mm

The Deputy

That looks like about the best thing I've seen. Nice find, any ideas if we could get that sent here?

Brian.

Rob Edwards

Heh, came to the same conclusion over the weekend after Alex's comment about 'cardboard' intake tubes- I'd been scouring for all the different flavors of plastic ducting, to no avail. The cardboard comment made me go look for corrugated tubing with cardboard in it, which pretty quickly turned up APK ducting (Aluminum foil, PVC, Kraft paper).

The air snorkels on the radiator shroud on Minerva are ~78 mm in OD, so wouldn't the 80 mm ducting be a better fit than the 75?

Rob Edwards

Dunno why I came across this pic of Dave's New Zealand '95 GTS with the dust extractor intake tubes. Check out the front portion of the ducts- looks like the 78-79 "only" cardboard intake tubes. Would love to know why they decided to use that in that application (unless it's not original)- must have been scraping the back of the inventory rooms at the factory in '95....

tailpipe

Hmmm I think I have all those hard to find bits except for the early door lock ***** I sold them already..... most of the good stuff will be going on my #00038

Ad0911

You are right. Luckily 80 mm is als available from Eberspacher (they make the petrol powered heating systems).
http://www.combinoord.nl/Catalogus/C...g/Product.aspx

Ad0911

Replacement intake tubes almost done.

VanD

Wow - looking good! Need a report and pic when installed! Did you make new rubber sleeve or re-use the old one?

Ad0911

That may take a while because the engine is still out and top end dismantled, waiting to be installed. Hopefully I get to this point within one year or so. Things move slowly due to increased pressure on daytime job.

I could simply slide off the old rubber sleeve and slide it on the new hose. It is a tight fit. Inside diameter matches the airbox inlets and the Air inlet mouldings at the radiator side. Fits the way it should. Exact match.

upstate bob

those cardboard tubes should still be available from aircraft suppliers. try AC Spruce