John McM

Still trying to identify the exact year of the car so I get the correct rear B6 shocks. The car is a later 1990 VIN but was delivered in August 1991. The pink dust is disintegrating bump stops.

964tit

Can you tell from the rear strut top bolts?

John McM

This is old style

John McM

This is new style

John McM

Drove the car to work. The clay bar and sealant have worked well.

John McM

The interior decisons are made. New Black Sliverknit carpet, Black leather seats front and rear. Some new skills to learn.

John McM

In New Zealand we have more personalised number plate options than many others however a company has the monopoly on anything but standard plate issue (content and plate format). The Company charges $400 for a wider Euro plate style that fits our bumpers and It's illegal to use offshore manufactured plates with NZ numbers.

Lo and behold my car has illegal plates as the previous owner bought cheaper manufactured plates from Germany so I have to change them or risk being pulled over by the Police.

I get a bit sick of paying but I'm a sucker and picked up 964 CS for this car, which is being manufactured in Euro format. Most other 964 combinations were long taken. This one has previously been on a car trailer!

John McM

Meanwhile I finally have a chance to test out the White car on a road trip. New Zealand is the size of Great Britain but only has 4.5 million people and some great B roads. We're doing 1,800km over two weekends. 3 x 964 and one SC.

The first thing I have found is that working aircon is a priority to clear the windscreen in wet driving!

Btw the car pic in water is at the most easterly point in the World. Well almost. There's an island well off the NZ mainland but i can guarantee this was the most easterly Porsche in the World for a short time.

John McM

Pics. I really wish Rennlist would sort out these apps.

964tit

Can't wait to get back to NZ!

John McM

First leg of the road trip over. Cars cleaned and ready for the second leg next weekend

John McM

Another couple of pics from the weekend. There were four of us, all manual. SC, C2, C4 and 3.3 Turbo. Over 900km the driving strengths and weaknesses showed through. The turbo walked away when the road opened up but was not as agile in corners and the driver was relatively reluctant to gas it in wet corners, as were the C2 and SC. None of us had working aircon and that sucked. Major fogging issues on the heavy rain portion of the trip. That will be the next fix.

John McM

First lot of spares arrive tomorrow. Some seals, pads, service kits. Nothing exciting but necessary.

In the meantime I've been mulling over making a new driver sound pad. This is the piece that goes under the drivers carpet and gets wet when you have a leak from the bulkhead. The landed price in NZ is expensive enough that I'm looking at home manufacture. 3mm rubber sheet, 1cm polystyrene and some special expanding foam. How difficult can it be?

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That's in much better condition than mine. I haven't seen a definitive solution for replacing the originals yet. I've considered cup boards and non absorbent sound insulation such as Synamat, mines a Targa though and thus more prone to water ingress so I need a removable solution that allows me to dry the footwells properly.

John McM

The rear shocks have arrived. Now I have to work out what length of bump stop I need. I have reskinned an indicator and discovered that my rear seat base was full of water. I will have to replace padding and carpet, plus work out where the leak is. Finally I got rid of the illegal plate and have a temporary one until 964 CS is made