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At this point I am thinking of stripping the car down for paint, completing the body work myself (dents, preping surface) and then getting it painted. Colors I am thinking either midnight blue, or red, I have a carerra tail that will go on while it's out for paint. Interior now that it is cleaned actually looks pretty good. The dash will come back to just about perect, but this car has the total leather package, IE doors, sills, dash, rear seats, rear panel etc...so some of it will be replaced.
Car needs to be lowered big time!, and then throw those BBS wheels away as fast as possible.. I''m thinking fuchs 7's and 8 or 9's...Question-Can I fit 9's on the rear with 245's w/out spacers?
Passenger seat bottom gets re-covered by local shop and then I'm more or less done. This winter I will replace the tie rods, and do the front brakes (rears were just done, calipers/rotors and pads), replace some of the questionable wiring out back, and re-cover the top.
Oh,
History on the car,
-Owned locally by a doctor, who had the car for 15 yrs...drove it a total of 5k miles during that time! car was maintained each year by a local wrench, and then the guy just let it sit...the engine seals/tranny were all re-done several times and are really nice, but the car has just been dying slowly because it was never used...the good news is that after jacking it up, removing all the carpet, and pulling the wheels and battery, I am pretty confident that it is rust free, accident free and physically very solid. Driving it is interesting, the car feels very tight, It's my first targa, since a 914 anyway, and by comparison it is very solid. The engine is tuned well, and the carbs are very responsive. The car has a flat spot at about 3k when it's cold, but, it warms up much faster than my coupe....
thoughts suggestions...
I will keep an active link on this one so folks can see progress. And maybe I'll hold a get together over the winter with local folks, maybe to help put it back together after it gets painted!
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