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Hi Rennlisters,

First of all, sorry about my english. I do the best I can because English is not my first language. I'm a French Canadian (yes, a frog) that live about an hour from Montreal and here almost nobody speaks English. So I can't practice my second language.

That being said, here is my project:

I've been thinking for a while about writing a post aboout the rebuilt of my lovely Porsche 997 C2 2005 with 48000 miles on the meter. The car is Basalt Black (awesome color) with a black leatherette interior, 3,6 liters engine, manuel 6 speeds transmission, 19 inches Classic Wheels, Confort Heated Seats, Chrono Package, PASM, Navigation.

Here are photos of the car when I buy it 2 month ago:
(The driver side is in perfect condition.)








Let’s the work begin:


Door Removal:



Seat Removal:




(The seat is destroyed because of the airbag, I’m gonna buy a good used one)


Interior (except dash) and exterior stripped:



(As you can see the car look bent but it’s only because the 5 rear right suspension arms are broke, you can see good used arms on the photo)


Dash stripped (easy to do a better job with it removed, plus the heater box were broken (don’t know why, but I buy a good used one for 400$))




The donor car for the new quarter panel:
(Huge thanks to Marcus Lee from Nurburgring Auto Parts in Vancouver BC, the guy got a lot of stuff for our car. You can join him by Facebook at Nurburgring Autos Parts) (I bought from him, the complete right door assy, the right quarter panel, complete heater box assy, dash cup holder and many more parts)



The quarter still in Vancouver:






The right door assy:




The stuff leaving from Vancouver to Quebec:
(Canadian guys, use Canada Fast Frate like I did for all your big shippement, they are fast, quick and they don’t destroy everything)




Right rear quarter removal:









Like you can see, the wreck looked worse than it really was. We can only change the exterior sheet of the quarter panel so the chassis stay untouched.
The 5 rear right suspension arms are changed on these photos


New quarter panel sheet ready to install:
(Gonna be spot welded like Porsche did)




We are gonna also change the interior side of the sill:





New Rear Tires:




The old seat:




The new seat:




Thanks for your interest in my project, more update should follow very quickly!
The quarter panel sheet is going to be installed today.

Please don’t hate! I know typical Porsche owner don’t like salvage Porsche, but this is my first Porsche and the car is going to cost me less than $25000 USD, so it’s dirty cheap. I’m 22 Years old and I’m not rich like a lot of people here.
We did quality work on the car, we know that the car is a Porsche and not a Honda Civic.

Thanks and sorry again about my English.

 

no problemo, great thread, its yours and its a porsche and will be awesome when done...keep the thread going...looking forward to the finished product and all the steps along the way, cheers

 

Wow, thats one heck of a project. Thanks for posting the pictures, its really interesting to see whats on the inside of the car.

Great work, have fun.

 

Awesome. What a great way to get your hands on a Porsche that you can afford. Keep the thread going. There was on I the 996 forum
About a guy who bought a car and rebuilt the engine. Only to find minor issues and then he was back up and running. Fascinating drama.

 

Wow thanks guys!
I will try to update this thread as soon as possible with quality content!

Thanks again!

 

Cool project...looking forward to the updates!

 

Thans and good luck. Incase its possible, would appreciate some shots and comments of the structural aspects of the car, which point to rigidity and crash sturdiness. Thus, how thick are the door beams, do you see other stiffening bars in sills etc. Porsche shows a schematic of structural rigidity in their brochures, how does it compare with that and other cars that you may have worked on.

 

Very impressive!

 

Much respect in your ability to resurrect this fine piece of machinery.

 

Amazing project. Lots of respect for under taking this. I wish you the best of luck and can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

keep up the awesome updates.

 

Cool thread. Thanks for sharing.

 

Fabulous Job!! Congrats!

Tom

 

Wow I'm very happy to see that you like the work done on my P-car!

Thanks guys!

 

Subscribed! Looks a fun project!