Project 951 young man's first Porsche
06-04-2012, 07:25 AM
#437
Race Car
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Love you too Andrew 
Went to friends hot rod shop. Found there a very nice '56 Bel Air 4dr HT. One previous owner and 17K miles on it. California plates with '91 sticker on them.
Went to friends hot rod shop. Found there a very nice '56 Bel Air 4dr HT. One previous owner and 17K miles on it. California plates with '91 sticker on them.
Last edited by Olli Snellman; 06-04-2012 at 07:54 AM.
06-11-2012, 06:08 AM
#438
Race Car
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We started to prepare rear suspension installation. More or less all necessary parts are here
Bought "some stuff". Almost complet 951 packed in boxes....
Parts are originally from my friends Pete's 951 he smashed several years ago
Started also work with my Bimmer project. Car is currently at our summer cottage, so it is more or less a weekend project during this summer.
Looks quite OK after wash.
Under carpet it does not look so good.....
Bought "some stuff". Almost complet 951 packed in boxes....
Parts are originally from my friends Pete's 951 he smashed several years ago
Started also work with my Bimmer project. Car is currently at our summer cottage, so it is more or less a weekend project during this summer.
Looks quite OK after wash.
Under carpet it does not look so good.....
07-01-2012, 12:21 PM
#441
Race Car
Thread Starter
Tube bearing installation was postponed to Monday. Instead of it we prepared some smaller items like front spindles which were glass blasted, and painted with 2K Epoxy paint (4-layers)
After some grey anti-rust paint
After the first layer of Epoxy
4 epoxy layers
Tomorrow we are going to have a lot of bearings, so we can finally start to put under garriage parts back together.
After some grey anti-rust paint
After the first layer of Epoxy
4 epoxy layers
Tomorrow we are going to have a lot of bearings, so we can finally start to put under garriage parts back together.
07-12-2012, 02:33 AM
#442
Race Car
Thread Starter
We wanted to have a factory style dark green brake & fuel lines. We couldn't find locally suitable pipe and also factory offers new lines with other coatings, so we have to made new lines with our own coating.
Raw pipes were first shaped to the correct form. Then we applied special 1K primer. After that some 2K dark green epoxy paint. We are going to add some clear heat shrinkable pvc on that, so pipes will not get any rust on them.
Some yellowish primer
And dark green
We drove to our friend Harri's place (neva951 here on Rennlist). He helped us to press in some bearings
Beemer bearings in
Measuring temperature
Raw pipes were first shaped to the correct form. Then we applied special 1K primer. After that some 2K dark green epoxy paint. We are going to add some clear heat shrinkable pvc on that, so pipes will not get any rust on them.
Some yellowish primer
And dark green
We drove to our friend Harri's place (neva951 here on Rennlist). He helped us to press in some bearings
Beemer bearings in
Measuring temperature
07-12-2012, 02:44 AM
#443
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Awesome job
I had a similar dilemma regarding the short metal brake lines in the front of the car .. I wound up just plating them and then clear powder coating them
Regards
Ed
I had a similar dilemma regarding the short metal brake lines in the front of the car .. I wound up just plating them and then clear powder coating them
Regards
Ed
07-12-2012, 06:14 AM
#444
Drifting
Just read every page (in reverse order lol). Amazing project. I am doing somewhat the same sort of thing with my 1991 944 S2, except not QUITE as big. I won't be redoing door internals, AC/Heater system etc etc. But I have already restored my entire front suspension. Interior is in fantastic shape, so not much work needed. I've done as much cleaning and painting to the engine that I can without removing the motor. Soon I hope to drop the rear suspension and restore it. Then maybe pull the engine and re-do all of it completely as well as the engine bay. I would LOVE to repaint my underside, but that may be a bit unrealistic.
One main difference between this project and mine is I elected to re-paint most items. Wishing I would have spent the money for media blasting and powdercoating. Sanding everything by hand/dremel is very time consuming and tedious. I have definitely learned some tips/tricks and a new found inspiration/drive for my project.
Here is a sample of mine so far. The yellow is not as bright as it appears in the photo. Also a shot of my S2 and '87 951.
By carbonrevo at 2012-07-12
By carbonrevo at 2012-07-12
Keep up the awesome work! Truly an inspiration to people like me! Love seeing people restore their 944's!
One main difference between this project and mine is I elected to re-paint most items. Wishing I would have spent the money for media blasting and powdercoating. Sanding everything by hand/dremel is very time consuming and tedious. I have definitely learned some tips/tricks and a new found inspiration/drive for my project.
Here is a sample of mine so far. The yellow is not as bright as it appears in the photo. Also a shot of my S2 and '87 951.
By carbonrevo at 2012-07-12
By carbonrevo at 2012-07-12
Keep up the awesome work! Truly an inspiration to people like me! Love seeing people restore their 944's!
07-12-2012, 07:18 AM
#446
Race Car
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Keep up the awesome work! Truly an inspiration to people like me! Love seeing people restore their 944's!
What epoxi paint are you using? Are you using spray can or do you mix the paint and use an air compressor gun?
http://www.mipa.de/gb/index.html
http://www.lesonal.com/lesonal/Pages/HomePage.aspx
07-14-2012, 10:30 AM
#449
Race Car
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We have not set up any date when 951 should be ready. Son's budjet is limited, so car is built more when he have funds available. Engine will be at first more or less standard 2.5L 8V. Evo version parts has been collected though...
