Whew, now that the Christmas chaos is over, I can sit back down here and keep the thread going! I hope everyone had a nice holiday spent with family, we sure did here on the east coast.
So now with the car in Boston, beginning disassembly, and winter of '23 on its way in, I began to plan the build and order parts...
First up was a small one, but one that I had known I was going to order for a while...JoshyRobots for the win! And yes, I got stuck in the rain on my way home that day. But these cars are made for driving anyway, aren't they!?
Now...my dream has been to have one of these cars with the Pasha interior, which I think would look fantastic with this cars color. I still hope to get there one day, but figured this was a close second without having to pay for a fully custom upholstery job.
And since you can't have cool fabric on just the seats, I took to Etsy to find the perfect match (and ordered a Recaro picnic blanket when I ordered the seats, because why not). The plan for the fabric is to inlay it to the pieces for a backdated dash trim kit from Carbone, but that is the last piece of my order that hasn't shown up now for 15 months so...I'm not sure if that's the route I'll end up going, we will see how things play out. I guess they're having some manufacturing struggles, hopefully they can get it sorted out soon. The rest of their parts seem great so far, installation is coming soon!
And remember when I mentioned the new dash plan? I can't believe Porsche is making these again...the best feeling to open this box and see.
When I first got the car, I REALLY wanted a set of those 1552 Magnus Fuchs in the gold finish, but didn't realize that they had discontinued them. I'm glad they did, because after sending my set of Fuchs that came with the car out to Ed at Fuchs Restoration, I have no doubt that the RSR finish is going to be the way to go on this car. Can't wait to grab some tires for these this spring and get them on the car...
Now this bit is small potatoes, but on my last 911 I had sandblasted and re-sprayed my fan and it was mostly good, but definitely wasn't done carefully enough (I was young, broke, and learning) and added a bit of a vibration to the engine in doing so.
So, this time around, I figured I can start fresh. Again, such a great feeling...
2023 was a bit of a spendy year, but always fun to bring boxes to the shop, and building a worthwhile project. Spot the Pelican boxes!!
And, the Carbone and Rennline goodies began to show up...both of these guys do really great work.
Also, shoutout to Tom, Damien, Sam, and Jason at Rennline for the help with this project. Tom and I have been friends for a long time (I actually used to work there when I had my first 911, which Tom now owns) and has been an incredible resource for me. Jason was the one who originally sent me the listing for this car, so I suppose none of this would be happening without him - thank you Jason!!