restoreation guide

[Thomas Hunt]

would like some info regarding the steps to restoration. working on a 67 911. currently have installed..new rotors, calipers, reconditioned gas tank, new window seals and cleaning and reconditioning door cranks, new shifter bushing and coupler, and new tires. (plus a few other odds and ends) car is driving a bit like a wobbling goblin...steering should be crisp and fast...its just fast..shocks are probably the next step, but am unsure or what kind. current ones are black. what about struts? guess i would like someone to give me kind of a blueprint for restoration and what steps and what order. car also has some major floor pan work that needs to be done. i would like to do as much of the work as possible just so i can call it my very own. plus, i guess i just like getting really sweaty and greasy and pissed. just about any response with help would be appreciated.

tom

[Jim Sims]

A few ideas: New rubber brake hoses, then bleed brakes again. Replace rubber portions of fuel lines and vacuum lines. Change transmission oil. New front strut inserts, ball joints and tie rods ends (turbo tie rods?). Clean and regrease steering rack and replace boots (boots included in turbo tie rod kit). repack front bearings and replace grease seals. Clean and repack CV joints, replace CV joint boots if worn or cracked. Clean or replace ground straps. Replace swaybar bushings. Replace rear swing plate bushings. Replace bushings in pedal cluster. Remove oil tank, clean and repaint and replace rubber o-ring in oil filter console. Clean fuse contacts and install new fuses. There are other tings like cleaning top of engine and engine mounted oil cooler, replacing engine seals, etc. but these usually require dropping the engine. Cheers, Jim

[klaucke]

Get a mig welder, some sheet metal working tools, a cut off tool or sawz-all, and an angle grinder, and go to work replacing sections of the pans!

[Zeke]

Originally posted by klaucke
Get a mig welder, some sheet metal working tools, a cut off tool or sawz-all, and an angle grinder, and go to work replacing sections of the pans!

Easier said than done.

What Jim said.

The front suspension/steering work is not complicated, read the tech articles found on the home page here and do a search or two for items like "ball AND joints" to pick up a few tips. Your handling will come back to 'crisp.'

[targa80]

Well a restoration of a car can get complicated. Especially when you just keep taking a little more off of the car to do some more work. Look at my web page to see what I mean.If you have rust that you can see then there will be rust where you can't see. In my own case I did not have rust I could see but I did find it where I couldn't see it. Be careful with cutting and welding the floor pan since there is a fuel/break lines that run through the tunnel.

[RickM]

Tom,

Welcome to the board. Here's a site where a father/son team restore an older 911. Perhaps you can get some pointers from his approach.

http://www.the-nurburgring.com/pageresday1.htm

Good luck