993_Pilot

There's a work bench in that poster?

NineMeister

Me neither, can't say that I've ever noticed a bench and I've been walking past it for over a year.

NineMeister

As you can see, Graham's car has the delete, RS style.

We don't generally get cabrio's with rear seat bins so I'm not sure I can be of much help, however with respect to the standard central locking function, if the bins have solenoids you can link them in to the trigger for the passenger side door which operates as a slave unit with reversing polarity on the two wires for close/open function. If the lock releases are mini servo motors it may get more complicated.

As for the Vespa, it's now got graphics - but no flames!

JPP

It's interesting that they are that much different. Is it a 964 v.s. 993 thing or a Speedster v.s. the world thing?

Hm. I'm guessing he's going with the silver/pewter accent color, at least that's what I'd do after looking at all the pictures and variants.... I know, another wheel opinion (whistle, shuffle feet, look at ceiling) ....

grahampeterm

Looking good now for the drive home on Saturday - car is now fully insured, Road Tax /Duty paid, my Private Plate (Vanity number!) transferred over.
Just hope the weather holds out - it's now drizzling outside and the forecast for the Bank Holiday weekend is 'mixed'!
I might just get to check the 'emergency roof' sooner than I plannned!

Oh - those RS wheels - I wonder what they would look like polished rims with painted ........................!
No standard silver Turbo Twists for the time being.
Graham


I wonder, will this thread hit the 50,000 mark by the time the car's collected?

chris walrod

This car, like I've said before is stunning!! I really like it!!

NineMeister

The Speedster glass is full length, thus when it drops it encroaches on the speaker aperture so you can't use a speaker that protrudes as much as the standard Porsche 993 unit, hence the enclosure had to be modified with reduced depth. Then you have the 993 door handle & panel mounting requirements which are not included in the 964 door pressing. Finally, because of the drop glass travel the central locking motor will not fit in the standard Porsche 964/993 location, hence we had to relocate the motors and extend the linkage to suit.

So, the actual answer is that the door modifications are a 50% Speedster thing and a 50% 993 vs 964 thing.....

NineMeister

PDI checks have been completed, wheels repainted & refitted so now it's having a full inside/outside valet & polish ready for collection day tomorrow. The seats will obviously be fitted once the interior is fully cleaned.

Not long now....

JPS

Before that car leaves, PLEASE take 100s of pictures. SOOO nice.

NineMeister

Will do, don't worry. I'll follow up with more shots of the seats today, then once the valeting is done we'll set it up mid workshop and shoot a few more, but also expect to see a bumper edition of photos from tomorrow's launch party.

Oh, and Graham's also got a photo shoot organised for the middle of next week with Stuart from GT Purely Porsche, so a magazine article will be on the way soon as well.

JPP

Thanks Colin.

NineMeister

Here's our professional valeter & Permaguard specialist Graham machine polishing the polymer wax finish onto the paintwork.

aircooled

WOW

Hit the 50K views mark. Fun reading, hate to see it end!! Have fun tomorrow at the christening.

Jim

JPP

Off topic, but what is that HUGE crane-like structure in the background in the above pics? ^^^^^^

NineMeister

Cheers Jim.

At the time we started the job I never thought we ever be up and over 50k hits, only goes to show how much current interest there is in the 993 Speedster, probably courtesy of Jäger paving the way with his red one.

I know what you mean about a sense of loss, I'm going to miss the fun of keeping you all up to date with the progress - somehow I don't think the ongoing 9m Vespa projects are going to be much of a substitute.