Pictures of Jens' 1976 911 CIS with 1973 body conversion

Posted on behalf of Jens Wendorff



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Thanks again Jack!

Just a bit of history about this car.

After looking 2 years for a not badly rusted through 911 for a reasonable price, I found an '76 in awful condition-optically.
After thoroughly cleaning, we found out that is was mainly vulcano dust, not rust.
The car was exported from Germany in '76 to Guatemala, w/o having been registered here.
Then it ran 15 years in Guatemala, was sold to Florida, and then re-imported to Germany in the same year (diagnosis from Fl. Dealer: broken head stud.)
But I wanted an E- or F- Model w/o the heavy bumbers.
So I decided to convert it using good used body panels.
(see post: ).
Together with new paint, partial transmission rebuilt, swapped engine (another used 2.7, but not that much leaking and without a broken stud) and Fuchs wheels was leading to my car.

Just another "Frankenstein" or: Nobody will see the difference, until seated in the nice leather seats, switching on the A/C, lowering the power windows, shifting into 5'th gear at 50 km/h and pushing the throttle up to 225...

I LOOOOOVE IT!

Jens



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Yahoo! What a beautiful car you have there!
I have a 76 and you have inspired me to to do the same thing!

Would you be good enought to give a very un-informed Porsche owner a few details on your conversion - parts needed and an aproximate cost?

I am very anxious to get this projuect underway so that it might be finished and ready to go in the spring!!!

That's one heck of a beautiful 911, Jens! I too also have a '76 but unlike Viprklr I'm hoping to do the opposite, make it look newer. After this project I will go look for a pre '74 one to work on also. By the way, are those vanity plates or were you just lucky? Danke!(<--product of GER101 )

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Jeff
1976 911S

Thanks for sharing my joy!

The body conversiont can be done but is no simple bolt-on replacement. On the other hand, its not so complicated.
What you need is:
-New front wings (old style)
-New front bumper
-New front turn signal lights
-New front hood
-Sealings between Bumper and Hood
-Sealings for turn signal lights
-New horn grilles
-New front nose panel with lock for the hood
-New rear panel
-New rear bumpers (expensive!)
-New rear bumper horns (what is the english expression? I mean the vertical Chrome bumpers)
-New rear bumper seals
-New engine hood (!)
-New license plate lights
-some miscellaneous small parts
-Old style washer reservoir & fittings

Nearly everything is a bolt-on replacement, BUT:
- The old front panel has to be cut out and replaced with the new (old style) one.
- The old rear panel has to be cut out. If you are careful, just cut the welding points, so that you can bolt the new rear panel together with the horns/bumpers.
- The engine hood has to be replaced, as the '76 uses the plastic bumpers to incorporate the lights for the license plate. The old cars have it in the hood.

In total, I have the experience, that the rear side is really an easy job.
The front is much more difficult, as you can expect that the parts are not 100% matching. There is a lot of handmade correction to do to get a close fit of the components. Therefore, you should consider to do the paint job AFTER having performed a preassembly of all parts!

Considering the cost, it is strongly depending what you want, can afford, and what you can find.
If you want to buy all parts new-forget it and go for a new Boxter.
If you have the chance-like I had, to get used parts in fairly good condition, thats a start!
(e.g.: Front fender (one) new:~800$, used~150.
You can save or loose a lot of money on the paint job as well. Several people on this board will share this experience, I assume.

For the paint, as the car is not really original any more, here is a cost & effort saver: use a paint very similar to the original, but from a brand new car. This will avoid troubles with getting the paint, or in case- do a repair job. For example, the original color on mine was silver, and I have chosen a silver paint now from Audi. Looks brighter and (here) you can get it at every parts store.

Keep us informed about your projects, and I will be glad to assist as far as I can!

Jens


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BTW. License plates were pure luck, which proves that you can get luck & fun with a 911!
Jens

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AWESOME!!!

Beautiful car Jens!!!
I have always loved the way 911s look wearing silver paint. It would be my first choice if I had to repaint my car.
I think it is interesting that you put that much work into making the car look older...
Very sweet car.

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Leland Pate

___79 SC Targa

Lovely work Jens!


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Paul
911T'69

Now that is awesome! Hopefully my 912 should roll out of the paint booth anyday looking just like that

I've never been a real fan of the older look (I did the opposite conversion on a '73), but your car looks fantastic. Very nice job!