Thanks for the replies everyone.
My history with the 911 begins with my dad. His first was a 69 911S that was silver and I remember being a little kid squished in the back with my older sister while my parents drove between Dallas and Wichita for family trips. His last was a 93 RS America with the only option being A/C - Texas heat is a killer. I never drove or worked on any of them. Not to say he didn’t share his passion for cars.
I bought (paper route money ��) a basket case 1972 Corvette coupe when I was 16. My dad and I spent almost a year rebuilding everything on that car. It was a 454 big block. He chipped in some nice upgrades like aluminum heads. We did everything ourselves except paint. I had a friend whose dad was a Dallas Firefighter and he painted custom cars on his days off.
Later in life I had a 98 C5 and spent a lot of time auto-x and up at Texas World wearing that out. Had to do the maintenance and repairs on that myself otherwise I’d go broke paying others to fix it.
So I am quite capable of doing just about everything this car will need myself. My son has always been out in the garage with me working on the family’s cars. We put a 4 inch lift in my daughter’s Jeep LJ and will be doing a LS swap in it sometime next year. Plus he has been taking welding and fabrication classes in high school for two years. Plus my wife’s stepdad is an engineer and builds experimental aircraft now that he is retired. So the kid and I have lots of skills and lots of resources to get this done.
Plan right now is to rebuild the transmission, suspension, steering and brakes. Will also do some top end work on the 2.7 to fix a god awful number of oil leaks. Enjoy for a while as we decide what’s next with the motor and what do we want to do cosmetically to the interior and exterior. The engine runs strong and I suspect it has been worked on before I got it. I will double check compression and leak down to see where we stand now.
The other concurrent project that competes with mine. My sons 97 Silverado 4x4 5spd with only 58k miles on it.
Of course he had to test the lift out. I don’t mind the truck as it is absolutely mint and he treats it better than his girlfriend. In fact she is jealous of that truck. I am too as I wouldn’t mind that truck being mine.