Time to fix up my next daily driver... (IOW, my next project)

[Tim Hancock]

After spending part of this past weekend in the hospital making sure the b@stards did not succeed in killing my wife after a botched outpatient surgery, I got some more time in on the 924S.

My Boxster wheels did not come with center caps, so I refinished the old ones that were in the stock phone dials. Sanded them holding them over a DA, then sprayed them with semigloss black, then resanded them... Might polish later, might not.






Front end looks much better than it did (do not look too close at the valance)
B4

After



Exhaust always sounded bad on this car and had some holes in one of the cobbed up pipes someone had cobbled when installing an aftermarket cat many years ago. I took it all off and made/added some heavy duty flanges and a resonator type store bought glasspack. I cleaned up the old original muffler and y-pipe and re-assembled everything for a sound check..... Sounds pretty decent now.
B4







Car is looking pretty good for an old 924S but after a quick drive, I am going to have to take my new wheels in for balancing and I need to give the brakes some attention.

[azasadny]

Tim,
I hope your wife recovers quickly. The car looks great!!

[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by azasadny

Tim,
I hope your wife recovers quickly. The car looks great!!

Thanks Art, she is doing better now (I stayed home with her yesterday and my daughter is staying with her today). She lost alot of blood the night after her surgery and the next morning after she had been re-admitted via a 90mph trip to the ER the night before, her blood pressure dropped to 85/55 and the nurses were pretty panicky as they awaited the surgeon to return to the hospital to take her back into surgery. After surgery they topped her off with 4 units of blood... she weighs 115 lbs.

Needless to say, we will never go back to that smallish county hospital (especially on a weekend).

[widgeon13]

Man, that is a very critical situation. Hope she is on the road to recovery an no more 90 MPH trips to the ER!

[svandamme]

subscribing... not enough 924's get treated right... so this is excellent stuff
They are fun cars.. If you think about it, people diss the 924, but rave about the Mk1 GTi
If you see the prices the Golf's get , and the amount of effort people put in to them...the 924's deserve at least that much, coz they are RWD, very drivable, very fun, affordable and have more power then the Golf.. even the regular 924's.

[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by svandamme

subscribing... not enough 924's get treated right... so this is excellent stuff
They are fun cars.. If you think about it, people diss the 924, but rave about the Mk1 GTi
If you see the prices the Golf's get , and the amount of effort people put in to them...the 924's deserve at least that much, coz they are RWD, very drivable, very fun, affordable and have more power then the Golf.. even the regular 924's.

The fact that it is galvanized and that we have owned it for many years now, makes it easy for me to want to freshen it up again and use it as my daily driver. It will likely need a clutch some day as it still has the original rubber centered unit. Clutch jobs suck on these cars, but I have changed the one in my 951 which is even tougher job. Compared to modern cars, the 924S is mediocre in the power department, but it will make a very capable daily driver that handles awesome even in snow and has enough power to deal with frustrations encountered on my 80 mile roundtrip drive to work each day.

My first Porsche was a '77 924 that I (and my daughters) put a ton of miles on... Gutless wonder, but it handled nicely and the girls managed to keep it out of the ditches in the winter.

My 951 has been parked for several years now as I repainted it back then in the winter and could not bring myself to drive it on the ****ty salted roads that winter. It may be my next daily driver, but it is pristine and I would like to keep it that way..... Maybe 10 years from now I will say efff it and start daily driving it.

[Burnin' oil]

The brake return spring broke on my every-other-day driver, a '69 Bug, a week ago. Maybe I'll start another thread on repairing a broken $3.00 spring (as I wait for replacement floor pans to be shipped.)

Good job. It's great to keep cars going and looking good (from a few feet away).

[gt350mike]

Even if I do look close, the valance still turned out great.

[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by Burnin' oil

The brake return spring broke on my every-other-day driver, a '69 Bug, a week ago. Maybe I'll start another thread on repairing a broken $3.00 spring (as I wait for replacement floor pans to be shipped.)

Good job. It's great to keep cars going and looking good (from a few feet away).

Hey don't click on it if you don't want to see my mundane projects..... I post them here partially just to keep a journal I can I always find when I need to remember when or how I fixed something from any computer or my droid. Another reason is that I know I enjoy seeing other folk's DIY projects on forums and appreciate any input from others who may know a good trick for performing a certain task.

[Burnin' oil]

No, no, no. My intent is the opposite of how you took it. This is a great thread and I admire the work you are doing. My "from a few feet away" comment was in reference to your comment about not looking at the valance too close. My comment about my bug was serious. I broke a spring, thought it would be an easy fix, which lead to needing a new pedal cluster, which lead to needing new floor pans, etc. A small job becoming huge.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by svandamme

subscribing... not enough 924's get treated right... so this is excellent stuff
They are fun cars.. If you think about it, people diss the 924, but rave about the Mk1 GTi
If you see the prices the Golf's get , and the amount of effort people put in to them...the 924's deserve at least that much, coz they are RWD, very drivable, very fun, affordable and have more power then the Golf.. even the regular 924's.

I love my sleeper 924S, and she is getting ready to get even sleepier..

[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by Burnin' oil

No, no, no. My intent is the opposite of how you took it. This is a great thread and I admire the work you are doing. My "from a few feet away" comment was in reference to your comment about not looking at the valance too close. My comment about my bug was serious. I broke a spring, thought it would be an easy fix, which lead to needing a new pedal cluster, which lead to needing new floor pans, etc. A small job becoming huge.

Sorry, I thought you were attempting to "tread on me".

[Oh Haha]

Seriously Tim.

It's nice up here in Michigan so don't be afraid to move closer to me.


Your dedication to DIY is awesome. I always enjoy seeing your projects.

[edgemar]

Great Work! Those boxter wheels look awesome! It makes the car look much newer.

you need to find an old warbird to restore like a corsair....now that would be an awesome thread!