And like the only original 993 Speedster...

I'm just on a beautiful Norway-trip with my Speedster, thousands of waterfalls, blue sky and empty roads in the mountains. Much butter then central-Europe...

Best regards from Balestrand.

 

Sounds perfect for a speedster joyride! Enjoy it Marc, could be a great fun!

I have to figure out where to travel with speedywhite. Maybe Switzerland, south Tirol and Austria would be also great.....

 

Jigsaw going together, working out what we have and what we need....

 

Sigh ... all brand new parts, factory fresh. I'm jealous ...

 

hope, won't be missing any parts. I have ordered all the parts listed in the PET catalouge....

Anyway happy to see the assembly of the roof

 

... well .. and the other two that went to the U.A.E. according to Alois Ruf ..

 

Clamshell fits perfectly now everything is aligned and shimmed correctly. Marc is seriously impressed with the accuracy of the assembly, all adjustable mountings are in their mid position and the frame is parallel with the screen. Now that makes a refreshing change.

 

To open the clamshell:

Pull lever on left hand inner quarter.

Lift front & back edge together then cant front edge back.

Step back to admire the view.

 

One major seal missing, apparently on back order with Porsche hence why it was omitted from the batch of parts you had delivered. On top of that we are short of a few more fulcrum pins (hexagon socket pivot screws) and their corresponding plastic bushes and shims. One of the roof trim parts is unodtainable but we have sourced a replacement and the reinforcements missing from the new hood cloth have been recovered from the damaged original you supplied. Marc now has all the minor stuff on order with Porsche but we are still awaiting news of the delivery date for the seal.

Shame you can't still buy them pre-assembled. Crazy thing is that Porsche charge around 300% more for the privilege of spending three days assembling the roof from parts......

 

Trim collected from Andy's place on Thursday, temporarily fitted to keep it safe until Marc gets chance to fit it properly. Looking better all the time.

 

the lower dashboard looks really great!

Can't wait to see the ready seats

 

^^^ The european 'Headlight height adjustment' on the left by the ignition switch is so cool ... of course, us cowboys in the U.S. can't be trusted with that

 

Of course we can't be trusted... spotlighting deer and all. But it really needs a L/R adjustment button for it to be complete.

Of course I'd use it more for the idiots in the country, who DON'T understand how the high beam switch has two setting (the other one being LOW BEAM!!!!).

 

Saturday afternoon me and Marc went through the lights and fitted the new rear reflector panel. Sure as working on this car seems to be, we had fun getting everything to work. A blown rear brake lamp was easy enough to fix; then came inoperative fog lights which boiled down to a missing link in the main fuse board; then the left hand headlamp stopped working - down to a partial connection on the headlamp socket on the mounting mechanism - bracket adjustment fixed that; final issue was a blown fuse on the left hand side light circuit, caused by a spade connection in the aftermarket fog lamp earthing out, rectified with heat shrink sleeving.

 

Colin, Were the three phillips head studs difficult to fasten down on the new center reflector that you installed? I got a new reflector here that I can't get the studs to turn. Excellent reconstruction BTW!