tjangi

subscribed

e3photo

Should be a fun show.



Emerald

Nollie

Awesome, I love these builds! They have inspired my car in many ways.

993C4RS

yesss..

doc_porsche

Waiting.........

NineMeister

Pull the carpets out with the sound deadening and you are left with sticky foam everywhere. Only one way to remove it and that is by washing with solvent; unleaded petrol works, as does bodyshop panel wipe which is what Neil is using here. Note the windows removed and fan inside the car to keep the interior vented.

NineMeister

We also have to de-bracket the back of the car, as per RS Clubsport, which is done with the aid of a spot weld drill.

Interestingly we discovered an old weld repair under the left hand trim, probably a rectification for a broken fixing of the Varioram vacuum tank support.

sbarracl

x 993

hoggel

The detail is amazing. Right down to color matched lift and engine jack.

It's also impressive that the cars interior is mostly stripped, the engine and trans are out, all before the water drops sitting on the car have had time to dry.

I can't wait to see how this one leaves the shop.

NineMeister

It rains (a lot) in the UK and you've obviously not seen the condition of our workshop roof!

LvnTheDrm

Really fascinating to see the bare interior! Thanks for enlightening us on this project! Subscribed!

NineMeister

In between other jobs the lads drop onto the car to clean more glue from the interior, here Richard is working on the sill carpet residue. The back end is looking clean now and certainly good enough to begin the preparation for the roll cage installation.

NineMeister

At the front end Mark has been busy removing the wiring loom. This was never part of the original brief, but after a discussion with Marc we decided to pull the loom because it reduces the risk of damage to the loom & trim whilst also making it much faster to weld and paint the cage and interior panels. In for a penny.....

NineMeister

We got to the bottom of the weld "repair" in the left rear inner wheel arch. Turns out that the car was Porsche's prototype Carrera 4 for the US market so had been used to develop the installation of the emissions components to comply with US smog. The welding was due to the fitting of a large active carbon canister inside the wheel well - which we think is the same as the Boxster unit from around the same year. Looks like Porsche were not too concerned over the long term corrosion issues in the US? Not to worry, it's just another half-finished job done somewhere else for 9m to sort out properly.....

JPP

Well ... I feel better now! I guess Beverly Hills Porsche was in good company ...