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Originally Posted by squidmarks
To be honest, I am not a Porsche aficionado like the the majority here - at least I wasn't when I started this rebuild. I was just looking for a good project and a 911 rebuild looked like a great one. So, I asked for advice on the best 911 years to work on, and the SC's seemed to be pretty solid. I'm afraid the early narrow-body 911's just don't do it for me. After getting into the 911 culture over the last couple years, tho, I think I will likely do a turbo after I'm finished with this one. Rather than keep it bone stock as this one is, tho, I would like to build it to suite myself.
For me it is just about the process, not the end product. I enjoy doing this and as long as I don't spend more money than it ends up being worth, that's fine with me.
Geoff
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You will likely spend twice what its worth in the end. I think thats pretty typical. I've never heard of anyone making money on a restore unless it was done poorly and sold to an unsuspecting buyer.
Your reason for doing it makes sense to me though... I was just curious.. I always assume people like the early models.. I will say, for someone in the middle of a early restore the rust is really a pain in the butt and not fun at all really. Doing one like yours would be a treat since you wouldnt be welding in panels and cutting into tiny little rust spots only to find full level 4 cancer behind it.
I plan to do my 76 next which should end up being a lot like yours.. galvanization is a good thing.
Im curious.. why not spray it yourself.. would have been a great learning experience. Why are people so afraid to spray? While I appreciate the skill involved I am amazed at the going price for a respray. I bet you paid $1300 or more for that respray and all they had to do was wipe it and spray.. or did they do the panel smoothing too? Was it stripped?? do you have a thread on this? Now I want to know more!
Im jealous.. you are at the absolute funnest part of a rebuild.. I LOVE this part.. Suggestion: get someone to help you when you mount fenders and doors and fenders.. its gonna be easy to mess up that paint job.
Actually.. harbor freight has some nice cheap door lifts which would be better than a helper. Maybe you have this stuff already.. sorry if I am telling you something you already know. I just know while doing initial body work it sucked taking doors on and off with no lift or help..