If you left your 69 Targa in a field in TX...

[Rich Lambert]

Wow...what a job.

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[mhackney]

Shaun, I would love to stop by and see this some time! I work in Cambridge.

cheers,
Michael

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by john_cramer

If that were a T it would be toast. The fact that it is an "S" means it can be saved, but don't expect to get rich doing so. Is the engine there? Gearbox? Harder to justify spending $50K without them.

John, matching engine, gearbox there, 5 date-coded original Fuchs in excellent, though weathered condition and all literature since new.

I'm sure 1 or 2 Speedsters went the way of the "hard to justify" brand sawzall, but this car won't.

I'll go so far as to predict 5 years from now 73.5 CIS T's in this shape will be saved.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by mhackney

Shaun, I would love to stop by and see this some time! I work in Cambridge.

cheers,
Michael

Hey Michael, sounds good. send me an email later this week to plan for some day next week if that works for you.

[mhackney]

That works great and will do.

Cheers,
Michael

[mhackney]

That works great and will do.

Cheers,
Michael

[zithlord]

Shaun, what a fantastic adventure! You should document everything and write a Porsche resto book!

Good luck

John from Norway

[Soterik]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

John, matching engine, gearbox there, 5 date-coded original Fuchs in excellent, though weathered condition and all literature since new.

I'm sure 1 or 2 Speedsters went the way of the "hard to justify" brand sawzall, but this car won't.

I'll go so far as to predict 5 years from now 73.5 CIS T's in this shape will be saved.

+1....

I've got 4 912's squirreled away ranging from poor to good.

I know of a 356 Super 90 GT that Ned McDaniel (4 cam guy) restored that made this car look like a concours candidate....

Take lots of pics Shawn, and congrats for finding a good candidate...

E

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by zithlord

Shaun, what a fantastic adventure! You should document everything and write a Porsche resto book!

Good luck

John from Norway

thank you John, I can't tell you how happy that I am the rear seats are in good shape!

If I get to 90% of your cars, and Eric's^^^, this car will be stunning. All about the journey, that's what I'm looking forward to.

Eric, I will be taking hundreds of pics and may ask you a question from time to time if OK.

[Matt Monson]

Shaun,
My hat's off to you. I won't discourage you. I recently seriously considered a car of this caliber. It was the 743rd 912 ever built. And on top of a relatively early 1965 production date it was right hand drive to boot. I don't know how it ended up stateside but it enticed me. Then I spent about a dozen hours with it and I chickened out. But there are plenty braver than I and I put it on Ebay for $9.12 opening bid. It ended up going to $510, which isn't a lot. But when you add in the shipping across the pond to England the buyer is going to be into it for a fair bit.

Once I had made the sale, I got curious as to who my buyer was. I dug up his previous shop which was a 3 generations old Bugatti restoration business. Once I saw some of the projects on their website, I knew my little 912 had found a worthy home that would do right by it in a way that I could only dream of. Here's the pictures I put up on Ebay.











What you see is what the buyer got. No engine. No tranny. No interior to speak of. It's your most basic roller. Oh, and did I mention that it's going to be an FIA 2l class historic racer when they are done with it? And based on all the dirt on my garage floor and everywhere on this car I appears that it already had a life as a rally car. I have never torn down a car so filthy, and I have torn down a few in my day.

[Macroni]

Originally Posted by Embraer

I was 14 when I started the project (with help of my dad).....and I had it finished by my senior year in high school. It was the ultimate learning experience, and confidence builder. I did everything by myself, from the ground up, including painting. If I goofed something up, I redid it, and learned from my mistakes.

Keep at it!!

Embraer; Post picture of TR!

Shaun,
Get it bead blasted and primed quickly. Then evaluate!

[bolt]

Ju can doo eeet!

Very much looking forward to seeing this come together!

[ChkbookMechanic]

That looks like a big job; but the car is in better shape than I'd expected given it'd been sitting in a field in Texas for so long.

Good luck on your restoration, I'm sure the end result will justify all the money you dump into it .

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Made a little progress yesterday, got the car on roller wheels and Fuchs de-tired ready for cleaning and storage. Got the motor out too.

I've had cars that were seemingly cursed, this one appears to be blessed:

1. Every nut and bolt in pulling the motor, rear bumpers, etc. backed out like it was a new car, not something that sat outside since 1991.

2. the motor is not seized. pulling the pressure plate off, it spun (millimeters) freely. I'm considering rebuilding the motor myself this winter. It's possible that splashing a gallon of diesel down the intake at each stop bringing it home helped.

3. Rear package shelf is as solid as the day it rolled off the line. Just some minor surface rust on the motor bay side.

4. Fuchs look like they need a thorough cleaning vs. a Weidman restoration. Black is dull, but may be able to bring that back

Some pics

Fuchs goodness (motor is from my E)



Afternoon sun



Motor out






Underside of rear package tray




Many parts look close to new.






Might be able to reuse the clutch disc. pressure plate and flywheel show virtually no wear






Ready to go to storage

[crustychief]

Wow! That is a lot of natural root-beer brown metallic on your car. I just finished a VW baywindow that was pretty much like that. It can be done, good luck! I can't wait to see the finished product.

[Buckterrier]

Very awesome Shaun. Gonna go full restoration or hot rod, RS/RSR or some other variant?

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

Very awesome Shaun. Gonna go full restoration or hot rod, RS/RSR or some other variant?

this is going to be a straight restoration right down to the proper hardware (there were 5-6 different bolt suppliers over the early years) and anything that just needs to be cleaned more than it needs to be replaced will be so. I'm not a fan of just replacing everything and voila, you have a restored car. Some challenges will be selecting appropriate paints, the rear trailing arms for example. When I did the E's arms, it's future including track duty, I glass beaded them down to bare metal and POR15'd them. You can hit'em with a hammer (yes I tested) and the paint is fine. these I've got to be as close as possible to factory original.

[shbop]

Good for you Shaun. That's one hell-of-a-project. SIgning-up!

[wolf]

great. will follow in amsterdam.

[SP2]

You gotta love the enthusiasm Shaun!

How are you gonna do the bolts? Just replate them?