The Beginning of another project - 911 SC NB RS

[78SCRSMAN]

That's pretty brave Mr.! Not a project I'd be willing to tackle. Cudos to you!

[Ferrino]

Originally Posted by wachuko

Remember, it was the first dash I did... so I had to experiment some... first used some putty/filler that would not dry (I guess I forgot use hardener with it ), then I used some vinyl repair filler... then I use body filler with hardener. That did the trick. Just make sure there are no high spots.

Leather is about 1.4 mm in thickness... I bought the complete cow and it was enough to do the dash, top door trim, pull straps, shift boot, key chain...

Thanks! I see the Tandy place is a national store. I might head to my local site and buy a piece to try. Is there a specific type/grade of the leather you used? Particularly impressed by the look of the curves around the gauge cluster - that must've been tricky. Cheers!

[wachuko]

When you give it a try, you will be amazed at how much skin, I mean, leather, can stretch... there were some cuts of course, to relief tension, but mostly it is stretching the leather in several directions to get it to the shape you need without it looking stressed.

[Cook&Dunning]

Great job on the leather - I have been lurking on the Tandy site looking to buy a full cow of black suede for my RS door panel project. Thanks for the pics.

[wachuko]

Installed the dash today... It will be fun trying to get a photo that shows the actual color...man!









And I had to try these, even if I know they have to be removed for the buffing/polishing





And the bumpers are not painted because Alejandro wanted the lights with the lense to double check fitment... Engine bay and bumpers to be painted this weekend if everything goes well.

[wachuko]

It is all here! Muffler and headers.





Caliper adapters kit came in as well

[78SCRSMAN]

I might have missed it but can you tell who made the exhaust? About the baffles? Headers?

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by 78SCRSMAN

I might have missed it but can you tell who made the exhaust? About the baffles? Headers?

Bought it from Brian:

RarlyL8 Headers for Porsche 930

M&K Exhaust - SSI Brand Heat Exchangers

Baffles are Quiet Riot... also got them from Brian to save time. He sent them already installed in the muffler tips

Rocky Mountain Performance Quiet Riot Exhaust Baffles

[wachuko]

I need it to get it out of the living room... so I just put it on the engine... just a few bolts to hold it in place... I will take better photos later and then once it is installed correctly.

[Dpmulvan]

Your quite the craftsman well done

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by Dpmulvan

Your quite the craftsman well done

I can do the wrenching... body work and paint is all Alejandro... But thank you!

On other news... front corner lights came in. The ones that came with the car are beyond repair (same goes for the rear tail lights... looking to see if I can fix those with some donor units from a fellow forum member @ Rennlist)



Installed the clear lenses (forgot to buy the yellow light bulb to replace the clear one... will do that later)



Nuts for the door handles



A few more photos of the engine and exhaust... I am ordering a few Rennline pieces for the engine to dress it up a bit...

[wachuko]

These came in from GT Racing. Billet aluminum door handles. Thinking of getting them powder coated black. Got two sets, one for the RS and one for the RSR. The ones in the RSR will stay without powder coating.

[78SCRSMAN]

Nice work Mr.!

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by 78SCRSMAN

Nice work Mr.!

Thank you! Alejandro had to travel to Argentina for some family matters... he will be back on the 16. I hope to be able to get the car back a week after that. We will see. In the mean time I am buying the parts that were put on hold until the car was done.

I had no luck finding used 986 rear brake calipers... rear set ordered from Sunset Porsche as well as both side mirrors.

911-731-014-06 - EXTERIOR MIRROR (Passenger side)
911-731-013-06 - EXTERIOR MIRROR (Driver side)
986-352-423-01 - CALIPER (L)
986-352-424-01 - CALIPER (R)

Waiting for one of those 10% discount coupons from Pelican to order the rest of the stuff that I have on the wish list

[78SCRSMAN]

Nice choice on the mirrors... I struggled NOT to buy those.
What wheels are you gonna wrap those calipers with?

10% coupons seem to be illusive these days! Good luck on that one.

Me thinks yer gonna be havin fun in that car long before mine is done... jealous!

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by 78SCRSMAN

Nice choice on the mirrors... I struggled NOT to buy those.
What wheels are you gonna wrap those calipers with?

10% coupons seem to be illusive these days! Good luck on that one.

Me thinks yer gonna be havin fun in that car long before mine is done... jealous!

I missed the recent discount promotion Pelican had on Rennline products... and Rennline does their 15% during the holidays... so which ever comes back first.

On the wheels, this project came with boxes and boxes of parts... four of those boxes had 4 Rota Fuchs styled 17" wheels (2-17" x 7.5 Front and 2-17" x 9 back )



And no way I am finishing this before you do... miles to walk before I sleep... miles to walk before it is done...

With the work that I have been doing on the 912 project... there are so many tasks that I want to redo on this car... yellow zinc plate all the hardware, powdercoat this and that... ohh I am far from being done!

My 1967 912 Build Thread

[wachuko]

Okay.... this is what happens when I have too much time in my hands since I can't work in the car until they remove this cast and the surgery from my biceps tear heals...

I currently have three rear lid/spoiler options for this car. Duct tail, plain lid, heavy-arse rubber spoiler (the one that came with the car)... all are done and painted so I will be able to switch between them.

All that to say that I was looking in ebay for some parts for this project and found a few 964 engine lids for sale... got me thinking, I have all the hardware for the 964 retractable spoiler that I had removed from my 964 when I installed the spoiler... so... what about a retractable setup for this project... I can use what I have with a 964 lid from e-bay, modified hinges can still be found (I keep stock hinges for the other lids) . Cool clean lines and then a spoiler at will... Your thoughts??

[wachuko]

Well... even if I don't go through with the 964 lid, decided to buy the hinges since those would be harder to get long-term. Got them from Matt.

FS. Conversion hinges to put a 964 hidden spoiler decklid on an earlier car.

[wachuko]

Rear calipers and side mirrors came in

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by amber lamps

So we should check back in a couple months?

Sir, you rock!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!







For those wondering... the rear light assembly that the car came with are completely corroded.... beyond any hope for repair. I was looking at some plastic reproduction and Amber Lamps (Douglas) offered a set he had. These are in excellent shape!! I will install new rubber gaskets, I have a set of new lens, only need to make a harness for them and they should be good to go!

Here are the old ones. Corroded, cracked from corrosion, no reflective surface... really really bad.. can't even remove the back covers...





Can't thank you enough!!