Last part for now, paint the internal black areas and damask. We don't go mad with the satin black on the dash since it will be covered in leather.

The correct presentation of the factory VIN number is a pain. At every stage of the painting you have to unpick the paint from each dot with a scriber until the final clear coat is applied, then cover with a strip of clear body film. Talk about attention to detail....?

 

The details are what make your builds so spectacular

When you shoot the black do you just allow/expect the overspray? Was this a factory detail as well or your own? Looks great, btw.

 

Thanks!

The black is pretty much how the factory do it since although overspray is minimised it is not critical on a car that will end up fully trimmed. Of course, in our car it is more obvious because we have fully painted the interior with colour and clearcoat, the factory would not have "wasted" the paint.....

 

That is a beautiful naked body.

 

Colin, That's truly a "work of art" that reflects the passion to do things correctly!

 

Marc could not resist the pile of parts on the workshop floor, so out came the cleaning rag and on they went, however as you can see from the finish on the aluminium parts, it really does speed up the job when the parts are from a genuine 8000 mile car and everything is like brand new.

 

Will it be ready for the NEC Classic Car Show in November? We'd have to try and get double header there with both cars!!
Graham.

 

Love it. More!

 

I'm afraid not Graham. Unfortunately me and Marc are building this in our spare time and have to buy the parts to finish it as we go, so with no likely windfall approaching (!) we've got little choice but to take our time with the assembly.

 

" I hate those guys"

Dean Wormer voice off..Animal House

 

subscribed. the quality of the work at 9m is perfect. Great job and thanks for documenting this.

 

This is going to be awesome. If the steering wheel was on the correct side my check would be in the mail. Actually, I mean if I could afford it

 

We've got a LHD 993 Carrera 2 convertible shell in stock waiting in the wings for the next conversion, so all you need to worry about now is the check!

See how helpful we are?

 

Quit tempting me! On a serious note, how long will you be able to get the OEM speedster parts from Porsche? Are you getting them all new or stumbling on old speedster stuff?

 

Most items are still available new if you know where to look, however provided that things go to plan over the next year or so Speedster parts will not become a future problem for 9m Speedster builds.