That would then be Rattenkönig. Good name, a liitle long for the English language. "Rat-Pet"?

how about Schmale Ratte? Means sleek rat.

Have to agree a very fine looking Porsche. In the spirit of Lil Bastard, the Rat still fits even though the nests are long gone. Enjoy in good health

Dr. Kristoph,

I have been waiting for the photo's as I felt bad everytime I perspired on the Rat. To be truthful it's really not a "Rat" at all, well mannered no droppings and a great new color, no foul odors either?

I have had the best seat in the house for this restoration, to see what Kristoph has accopmplished in such a short time is a real testament to his dedication to finishing the project. (I only wish my mess was moving forward at warp speed, but that's another story).
Now the real work is ahead of us....preparing two 911's for the "Boys".
Well, I guess we will have 16 years, and they will be able to help us?

Congratulations on an AWESOME restoration!!!

Flacht/Peter B.:):):)

Rattenkönig gefällt mir leider nicht so gut. :( It would be pretty funny to have a King Rat. Maybe I could get the car to perform ballet as the mouse king in Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker?;)

That is a perfect name for me ;)

Thanks Andy! Slate gray is certainly a special color.

Maybe Kleine Ratte. It looks like the German Army had some plans for a massive land fortress called "Ratte" back in WW II.

Here is some info on the proposed Ratte land fortress. Looks like it would have only been slightly bigger than my Rat;) The plan was to use twin 8500 hp 24 cylinder marine diesel engines to power this monster:eek:

Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Thank you Dublinoh. I will try my best to enjoy as much as possible.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

Hi Peter,

So much of this restoration was possible because of your help. Without your assistance I would still have "miles to go before I sleep". Can't wait to weld new floors into the Yellow Submarine. I don't think the boys will get a 911 given the current cost of them even if they are in terrible shape. In terms of raising them to be good people they will never "get" a car from me. They will have to work and save up, which means they might be able to get an old 924 or 944 if they want a Porsche. The good thing is that they will be champs at sharing by the time they are 16 and maybe they will only need one car. They could always buy the Black Kaniget from me when the time comes;) Looking forward to welding on the Sub in the coming weeks.

Cheers,

Ratman

I was able to go over to Peter's place on Friday after work and get my seat bracket welded together. We hung it in a tree, rattle canned it, and after some drying time I drove home with the seat installed! The seat is amazing and I feel like I have an entirely different car. I also installed my new seat belt from Wesco Peformance and I really like how it turned out. Here are a few pics of the seat installed and a couple of detail shots of the frame and seat belt attachment brackets. Thanks for the seat and all of your help Peter! :D

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You did an outstanding job on your car!! I must confess something.... (I know it's your car to do with what you please), I really liked the ratty orange finish on the car better, it oozed charm and patina!

Thanks Kurt! The orange Rat certainly had a lot of patina;) I sometimes have trouble believing that it is the same car. Maybe for my next project I will go for a crazy flashy color.

This has been quite a journey which I couldn't resist 'pushing' a little bit out there to other fellow enthusiasts who may have taken-on a similar challenge or are considering it.

Well, well done and thank you KK for your contribution to the forum as well as all Pelicans who do the same!

Mark Hotchkis/Pelican Parts
mark@pelicanparts.com

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the kind words and thanks a lot for sharing the thread. The entire reason I chronicled everything was so that others could learn from my mistakes;) I do hope that the thread will be useful for others going down the same road I did.

Hi Kristoph,
Congrats again on the superb restoration. May I ask, up until this point, which part of the restoration do you feel that was the most challenging and difficult? And what advise would you give to someone planning on similar project?

Cheers
Carson

Hi Carson,

I don't think any of the actual work was more difficult or challenging. As long as I did my research I always had a road map on how to do everything. There are several things I would do differently to make the restoration easier. First off I would have the entire car bead blasted. Stripping paint was terrible as was grinding undercoating off of the bottom of the car. Second, I would also remove the engine and transmission and most likely put the car on an octisserie like Fishcop and Jeremy are doing. The best words of advice I can give are "You can do this"!!! :D Goethe once said "“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” I fully subscribe to this quote in my daily life and feel that starting something and believing you can do it are the key to success in everything.

Great looking car, can't wait to start this journey myself.