[Mikesavina]

Originally Posted by davekillen

I've been leisurely restoring a '69 912 for many years and from the sills down it looked not dissimilar to your car when I started (plus more... in mine the inner and outer rockers, plus the parcel shelf, were completely shot). You can do it, just dive in and take your time.

If I were doing it all over again, I would seriously consider building an "octisserie" rather than the traditional rotisserie I built out of a couple of engine stands. I think the octisserie (see Fishcop's thread and others) would be easier to deal with if you have the space.

Another good resource if you haven't seen it already is another 912 restoration: DarrylD's Porsche 912 Restoration Project Journal. He's got a ton of good documentation on some of the sheet metal replacement you'll be undertaking.

Here are some (pretty random) photos from my project over the years. I was in my late 20's when I started and am in my early 40's now and have learned a lot along the way. Not that it has to take anywhere near that long! I just always have a lot of other stuff going on and am patient by nature. At this point I've decided it'll be a 911 when I'm done... I've rebuilding a 2.2 alongside it.

hope this helps somehow!

That’s looking great! Great work! I’ve been doing the same on my wife’s karmann ghia for the last 5 years. 95% of the metal work is done and I pretty much have everything to finish it I just lost my mojo. But now I have to get it done and off to paint before I can jump fully into this 911 but I’m going to start and do what I can in the meantime. I’ve looked at those octiseerie things but I just don’t have the space for one