I have joined your 924 club - check out what I found...
 

Hi there,

I love a good project, and when I got the chance to extend the Porsche collection with a 924 I could not resist :)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1212582189.jpg

I know very little about the 924 in general. I did have a 944 Lux many years back, but have only ever worked on my 911. So will probably post lots of questions over here as I start working on this one. Apart from collecting the car on Monday (which is documented here), I have only done some cleaning and initial assessment of project work. Here are some first run pictures - not the best example of a car in the world, but I think well worth saving :)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1212582262.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1212582310.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1212582357.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1212582407.jpg

SmileWavy

This could get interesting...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1212582549.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1212582580.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1212582621.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1212582649.jpg

Paul,

My first suggestion would be to lower your head and give this car a moment of silence before you take it apart.
I read your day to day report and you should be given congratulations for not just shoving the car overboard when you were on the ferry.

If you were in the USA I would give you my left over parts from the 1977.5 and 1979 924 I have stored in my garage. The picture of the engine gave me the nasty chills. Do you have a need to be punished by your family?

OK, now that I have offered my initial opinion, this is a HUGE project. I will be following your progress.

John_AZ
1988 924S + 1987 924S
1977.5 924 + 1979 924 = gone

Welcome!

You'll no doubt also find more direction/advice over on the 924board.org forums - that's where most of us 2.0L guys hang out...

Run away!!! Run away!!!

:) You all say the same as I would about a unloved 911 :)

I have no intention of undertaking a full restoration on this car - more a reliable running example of a 924, and maybe if I feel like it some improvements.
The car was looked after quite well, and serviced etc up until two years back when it was parked up and not touched - owner moved back to Texas...

Rust is something I am not scared about, and will enjoy fabricating and fixing the body work. And there is no time constraint on this one, so slowly and as time + money permits I will work on her. The 911 will always take priority ;)

And the 911 has just come out of a 2 year long project including rust and other fun surprises - how much harder can a 924 be?!?

Thank you John, if you do have some parts that really would be of value and interest to me that you want to get out of the way, then i would be happy to pay for the shipping to me in Sweden ;)

Paul,

I felt the need to repeat your post to emphasize the amount of work you have chosen to undertake. The previous owner, now safely in Texas, has found a way to avoid additional environmental damage by having you haul it to Stockholm.

The underside of the car looks like it has been sitting in a sea water swamp for a lot more than 2 years. He had it on blocks due to the frequent rising water/tide.

Remove the complete exterior and install a Ferrari GTO 250 kit:
http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/kitcar/kitcar_details.php?310



http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1212590323.jpg

;):D

John_AZ

I know it does not look to good John, but as it is family I should at least give it a chance. At the worst I will strip it down, say "this is just not worth it" and post the good part in the for sale forum...

But I like a challenge, and as such will not give up before I even start. I will keep you all posted on progress - which will be slow as we are expecting a baby any day now (due date is 10th of June), and the 924 is on the bottom of the project lists - most possibly I will post the details in the other forum, and give a summary and link from here...

At the moment the only thing the car has cost me is a day in travelling and the fuel to get down there and back. And the trip was a fun day with my brother, so not lost money. So in my view I am starting with a cost of $0. Based on this calculation my target is to get the car running and safe to use at a cost under what a running 924 would cost me (that is in parts cost only, my time is free ;) )

And if I was 100% honest, I would say exactly the same to any of our customers who showed us a car in this condition "run away", but it is not a customers car, and I am mad (or so I am told :) )

You're going to need a lot of Aquavit! But kudos to you for taking on the project, and welcome to the board. As Vaughn said, www.924board.org is the best for 924 stuff, so have a look there. I know how you feel - I just bought a 79 924 for our 'family.' I have nightmares about CV bolts that look like yours...

Welcome to the board!

Thank you Slam - I did start the cleaning yesterday, but it got stopped quite fast after a bloody spider bit me - http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/412956-identify-arachnid.html. You could say the car is fighting back already :(

But I am looking forward to the project and as long as I know all the spiders are gone it will be fun...

could?

you have a high tolerance for pain :D

It looks like every bolt on that car would break off if you tried to remove them. Good luck, though.

Thanks for saving another one. Good luck with the project, looking forward to having a new member over at the 924Board.

Good luck. If you go into it with the right attitude and expectations, there's no reason why you can't make a good driver out of it.

But just in case, I call dibs on the euro bumpers. :D

Yes, it does look bad to a point, but this is what I would expect from a car that has been used for several years in the UK and Scandinavia all year round (think winter salt roads), and then parked on the grass and left for two years... But I have a positive attitude to this one, nothing to prove and all the time in the world to play with it and have some fun at the same time.

I think this will be good fun :D

Eyah, the bolts will be fine. Porsche did a good job of using the proper coatings to keep them from rusting out. This ain't no Chevy...

A toast: To a healthy and handsome/beautiful baby! Skal!
 

Paul,

Only a couple of days before your baby arrives. Congratulations.

John_AZ

Thank you John :)

Paul,

A BOY!

I read your restoration update and your project is better than expected.

John_AZ

Thank you John, yes I had not quite managed to get round to announcing it here on the pelican forum - but my lovely wife and I were blessed with a wonderful healthy baby boy on the 6th. this will obviously hamper the 924 project and all other Porsche projects, but I do not mind - I am just soooooo happy :)

The project is looking good. I got the car started the other day and took her for a test drive. The engine is strong, and the suspension is crap :(

I have started a shopping list, and looking for charitable people with spare parts in the garage looking for new homes ;)

Oh, and.... The area round the rear hatch receivers on my project car are rusted rather bad.

http://www.coolcavaracing.com/Projec...p/100_0216.jpg

http://www.coolcavaracing.com/Projec...p/100_0214.jpg

http://www.coolcavaracing.com/Projec...p/100_0215.jpg

I will have to replace the receivers and the rubber, but thought I could probably quite easily fabricate a replacement part to replace the rusted out bits. My problem is that I do not have a complete and not rusted part to get the measurements from.

Could someone please be so kind and supply me with some pictures of how this should look when it is not rusted, and what the relevant measurements are?