Introduction post

[Jim_Brown]

Hi-

First a picture of my ‘69T …



The dim light makes the dirt and poor paint look a little better than poor… lots of patina here.

I’ve had my car since 1988. I was really close to selling a few years ago but at the very last minute talked myself (and my wife) out of it.

Using the search function - and more money than I care to think about - I recently completed (OK, started) about 30 or so of Wayne’s 101 projects. In various stages of completion right now:

Suspension and steering:
-Installed used Koni front struts from a ’73 with the 3.5” caliper spacing. New ball joints; cleaned out the old “open” Koni insert foot and plunger valves of deteriorated rubber and refilled with shock oil.
-Tarret front ARB.
-Turbo tierod kit and steering rack spacers.
-Installed poly A-Arm bushings with spiral grease-groove and zerks. After many of hours of fitting (both OD and ID) the arms drop with their own weight with a tight fit.
-New Koni rear shocks.
-Neatrix bushings and SC adjustable springplates. I had to Dremel the end off of one of my spring plates to get it out. Days of PB blaster soaking and a BFH with multi-pry bars didn’t do it; the drill-a-hole-and-drive-it-out-with-a-drift didn’t work; a turnbuckle anchored to a concrete basement garage wall didn’t work; no way I was going to hook it up to an SUV and try to drive it off.
-Tbars are stock.
-6” Fuchs with 205/60s to replace my chromed steel wheels with skinny tires.

Brakes:
-Replaced solid disc, narrow M brakes with wide A Carrera fronts and wide M SC rear. Rebuilt calipers, new rotors, speed bleeders, pads, and SS flex lines. With hindsight, I wish I had searched more and just gone with OEM rubber on the flex lines.

Ignition:
-Installed Crane XR700 unit.
-Replaced MSD 5 conventional unit with an MSD 6AL cd unit.

Engine:
-Replaced mounts.
-Oil leak search and destroy mission. Wasn’t leaking bad, but it was annoying. Turbo lower valve covers, aluminum upper valve covers, new pressure switch, breather gasket, thermostat O-ring, crank pulley seal.
-Pressure-fed tensioner update to replace the solid tensioners an ex-wrench installed.

Transmission:
This is where I am with the projects right now. What had started as a selector shaft and axle shaft seal replacement has turned into…
-Update to my simplified differential with parts from a used 914 tranny.
-New intermediate plate bearings, synchros, dog teeth, and sliders as needed.

Thanks Pelicans for sharing your knowledge; and thanks Wayne for providing this forum.

Cheers,
Jim

[MikeSid]

Nice! Gotta love an early car with steelies. My 69T was originally Light Ivory - before it was painted "resale red". Seeing yours makes me anxious to get the original color back on it. I bet you're glad you didn't sell!

[Rodney Nelson]

Great looking car, I love it!

My first 911 was a '71T with steelies, I still miss it, even though it was a rust bucket.

Never I mean Never get rid of it, you will always regret it if you do.

[imcarthur]

Welcome, Jim.

Great car. It's nice that you finally came 'out'.

Ian