I bought my 1986 Carrera 3.2 from a family member in December of '18. He had owned it since the early 90's and after it wouldn't start one day in 2014, life got in the way and he never got around to diagnosing the issue (ended up being a loose wire on the starter). As I grew up this was the car that made me fall in love with 911's, so I was excited to get it back on the road and begin restoring it. I've taken a ton of pictures over the months and will document the story up to today. Enjoy!
This was the car in October 2018. 4 years of sitting with the windows down had it pretty messy.
Used two containers of armor all and cleaned a huge chunk of the grime up.
Engine as it sat, but soon to be rebuilt!
The before and after wash pic, right before we had it towed to Einar's Garage in Seabrook Texas.
Engine out and the car on the lift, with a beautiful '87 in the foreground that Einar had just finished. I cannot say enough good things about Einar's Garage. If you're in the Houston area, check him out!
This was the day I picked the car up after a full engine rebuild, heater backdate, new barrier hoses for the AC, removal of the aftermarket alarm system, new Continental head unit, new tires, and a Wevo shifter.
Here's the engine the night I got the car home. I intended to have it rebuilt to European specs, but ended up going hot rod and used Mahle pistons and cylinders to convert to a 3.4 liter. We also upgraded to 964 cams and installed a custom Steve Wong chip. The car already had SSI headers. I had the old Danske muffler converted from a two-in one-out to a two-in two-out, in addition to removing some of the baffles inside (love the way this car sounds). I never drove the car before all the upgrades, but I will say, the day I punched it after it was broken in I was grinning like a moron. The car is plenty fast for me!
