A sort of barn find

[Matthew Barnes]

Almost a year since I last updated the thread.
(insert suitable 'time flies' analogy)

Thankfully the build has progressed, albeit not as much as I would like.

Will attempt to fill in the blanks.

[Matthew Barnes]

Sills have been patched in the past.
It seems the rust was left behind!

[Matthew Barnes]

Into the garage finally.



Started stripping the suspension




Roof filled with spare bits. "Better to have it and not need it, rather than need it and not have it.."

[Matthew Barnes]

Part of the stash we found was a rather sorry LHD 70 Targa.
We decided to donate it's remaining organs to the resto of my mate's 0001 66 S Proto and my humble lawn ornament.

Floor pan (nice saving once stripped of the b@$%^%d underseal)

[Matthew Barnes]

Traded the tired 2.7 (Kjet) that was in the car for 2 gearboxes: a 4 speed and a 5 speed 901.



Engine looks tired cosmetically but complete. It turns and the MFI pump seems to be okay. Will only really know when we get it onto a jig and try and run it. 2.2E with all standard internals (as far as I know). Plan is to run it as is, hopefully won't have to open it up to get it going. May add an alu clutch plate / flywheel for a bit more zing, but otherwise standard spec would should give 155-odd horsepower.









MFI pump is correct for a 2.2E and seems to be unmolested.

[Matthew Barnes]

Visited a local specialist to do some parts swapping.
The mechanical mind behind the Dutchman Cars, Tim Abbot.

This is the Dutchman Racer in build.
Great colour.

[Matthew Barnes]

After 9 months at the Panelbeaters (the most useless bunch of idiots in the World) I got my SC back. The wife is not impressed about the fact that her garage is filled with 2 porkers.

[Matthew Barnes]

A few more pics of The Dutchman Racer with the interior done.

[Matthew Barnes]

Finally got the car into the jig and sent it off to the sand blaster.
Couldn't face the thought of stripping the underside by hand.

[Matthew Barnes]

Lovely rough, clean metal for the epoxy primer to bond to.....and lots of nasty repairs

Door lock post to sill:


Bottom of the door hinge post:




Inside the sill cavity. Inner sills look pretty solid but they'll come out when I'm in there.





Below the torsion bar tube:


Suspension pan:






Lots of rot to cut out but to be honest I thought it would be worse, so not too stressed.

[Matthew Barnes]

Went for a spin in one of these.
What a car. Docile and gentle....until you put your foot down.
That motor is utterly addictive.

[Matthew Barnes]

Started cutting away the rotten suspension pan and fuel tank carrier.
I spent a few hours drilling out the spot weld on the fuel tank support and then decided to cut out the whole thing and grind away what was left of the seams.

[Matthew Barnes]

I hope I can save the front panel ($600 odd from RD) and patch along the sides and along the bottom. Here is my attempt at creating a patch template.







A sort of rally patch....

[Bear911]

Wow, there is a lot of work there! I'm 50% jealous and 50% relieved that it is not me, haha!

The patch idea looks good. While you are at it, you can also work in a bit of a recess for an RSR style oil cooler... mmmmm...

[Bear911]

Kinda what I'm getting at....

Elephant Oil Cooler Duct Install

I know the vision a 911R of sorts, but this could still be a nice touch.

[unclebilly]

What does that 2.2 E engine have a green shroud? The green shroud is a midyear 911S item. It should be black on a 2.2E engine.

Don't get me wrong, the green shroud has better air flow but would cause me to look a bit deeper into what this engine actually is.

[Matthew Barnes]

Thanks Bear911.
To be honest doesn't feel like I've done that much when I see the car in the garage every day. New steel welded in and everything in primer will be a major milestone.

Can't wait for it to be all in primer. Sanding primer gives a sense of progress.....strange considering that after years on shiny boats I can't bare bloody sanding!

Chin cooler mod is interesting. Would solve my missing metal problem.
But it necessitates an rs front bumper?
I have a 's' front bumper. Will run an oil cooler in the wing.

I think the rs/r front bumper with oil cooler works on the hips of an rs/rsr.
Last week's plan was to keep the skinny hips of this one......but do have a set of original steel carrera flares.

[Flieger]

Green is correct for an early E. T was yellow, E was green, S was red. 73.5 was black over yellow gell coat.

[Matthew Barnes]

It's a 2.2E.
As Flieger correctly details.
At numbers / part numbers are correct.
The internals may have been changed, the mfi pump recam'd, but I doubt it.
155/160hp in a light car should be more than enough for me.

[Matthew Barnes]

Started spraying suspension parts. 2K primer, then satin black.



Good parts to practise my spraying







SWB trailing arms....rare little buggers.