Nurburger

Love it... Well done so far Mark.

Glad that you've turned attention to the 993 crowd - I have been impressed with the 951 products you & Benni created.

IXLR8

How refreshing! Now if we could only get more to think like that...General Motors for example. LOL

I'm a bit confused but that may be because I tried to read through 4 pages in a hurry. I thought you were using an alignment facility in Switzerland, yet Tony's shop is in Manchester.

I love taking it to the limit. You are sick...just like me.

There is only one way to do things.


I would have liked to have seen the steps where the body panels are removed, the body prepped and the new panels installed...the right rear quarter panel for example.

Will you be posting interior pics of the right front inner panel and frame rail? I'd like to see how that turned out.

How did you manage to get your OEM parts so cheap or do fenders go for a mere 300 quid in the UK?

You might want to post that pic head on. That angle doesn't make the lines look centered.

Great post. I haven't spent this much time on a thread in a while.

timothymoffat

Wow! This will look sensational.

No BS, my friend Hans (Jo-hans) and myself were talking about something similar to this for his 993 after his recent European trip where he saw one of the new SCs @ the dealership across from the factory.

Akerlie

"I'm a bit confused but that may be because I tried to read through 4 pages in a hurry. I thought you were using an alignment facility in Switzerland, yet Tony's shop is in Manchester."

Alex, this is from post #1 :

" I’m very well connected in the UK with such specialists who do the good old “mates rates” discounts (Not sure if I can do this but if I can then I’ll post details to the bodyshop in question which resides on the outskirts of Manchester)."

An amazing project

future

Hi Akerlie - thanks I will go back and re-read to clear up/edit where need be etc

Hi Alex, if you look at the pic below and look at the badge holes you will see that the stripes are perfectly centred...



Again but blown up so a bit blurry:



... below you will see the offending culprit (me) ... the badge in the picture is just rested in place (not mounted), there is about 2 mm alignment play up-down-left-right - I do promise to align properly



I'll post more pics tomorrow of todays progress - still trying to wash the smell of "GUNK" of my hands

future

On a separate note I'd be really grateful if somebody could let me know the Part Number for the plastic Zip Ties which fix the wire harness in place below ... does anybody know a "none-Porsche" supplier for these?:



^ I can't find the in PET and not sure of the correct name for them

Many thanks,
Mark

Carrera GT

Commiserations!

As they say, where there's smoke:


... there's fire ...




ps. I saw a car like that '95 once. The "repair" included welding (!) an A arm!

future

^Damn that sounds dangerous ... I’ve seen far worse done to a 944 though

The above gearbox issues is not as bad as this pic below from during the alignment of the donor front before then drilling out the spot welds to replace the inner chassis legs, floor pan and front panel:





The total cost from Tony’s side for jig and panel work, alignment, paint came to a very very reasonable £3,500 but did include myself having to do all the prep-work and line-taping, masking etc.

I only hope that there is no crank damage etc ... finger crossed but I bet the LSD is toast, time will tell as I do not have the facilities to drop the engine around the back of my house

future

Below was the damaged side panel I removed before replacement - I've personally not seen one go like this before:

1pcarnut

Great color combo. When I saw the new SC I thought "wow". Curious about the rear bumper. Sorry if you explained and I missed it but is it a modified stock bumper or a completely new unit made by/for you? Really like it, thanks!

future

Thanks Roger, The rear bumper you have seen pictures started out life as an OEM bumper PU which I then modified before we take a mould to reproduce - I've still got some fine detail sanding to complete both side ... I hope the below will illustrate how I do this from start to finish:























































I'm in the process at the moment of making the new inner rear wheel are liners to mate up with the extraction vents on both sides. The inner's will feature as already mentioned "heat extraction vents on the engine side(s)" to help pull/suck some heat out of the engine bay mainly from the exhaust side cans.

1pcarnut

Wow, thanks. When you answer a question, you really answer it!

Carrera GT

It must have been a monumental shunt to send that much energy into the car. I would assume those breaks indicate where the energy was absorbed/spent/dissipated. I'd have to be cautious for here on in and start checking the subframe and engine cradle. I imagine there's some way to "dust" them for crack testing.

ps. I kept that A arm to show people why they should get used cars inspected before purchase! : )

IXLR8

According to the Porsche parts catalog, it looks like:

999 513 045 40
Tie wrap for wiring harness - FRONT luggage compartment.

Order 1 to verify.

IXLR8

Good, after all, this is a Porsche, not a Corvette.