So, back in the Day, I bid on the bay and won a 1977 2.7L 911S sportomatic. Not my first 911...
(that belonged to the rusted out 1968?69 911L I got for a whopping $950, that I had the bad sense to scrap for the most part. it was 20yrs ago... so.... forgive me.)
I got a suburban in Pensacola off the bay at about the same time, and arranged everything so that I flew down to FL, got the suburban, drove over to Mississippi got a trailer dolly (Uhaul) and picked up the 911. Can we say road trip back north?
The upside was this was 2002? or so (I'd have to go look at records) gas was still cheap, and it was a fun road trip, with my gf at the time... well sorta... lots of driving.....
Oh and prices on broken aircooled cars was loooow.
In the intervening years, my buddy helped me pull the engine out, tear it down, get the case sent out and done (2006?), get the heads done (Anchor Atlantic) (2013) and then I got busy. Finally this year (2017) its time to get the car on the road...
At least it was stored well (never on dirt, always in a dry garage space) Overall, no major rot (i.e. floorpan's are solid) front suspension cross metal does need replacing, and well, the "running, but smoking engine" wasn't really running. Well we did get it to turn over and fire up and drive down the street in D, just barely... was interesting, to us and the mosquitoes!
So back to 2017, I would like to finally drive the car! So cleaning up the case halves, doing all the appropriate measurements, and prepping for assembly.
Of course my buddy ChrisBennet, is making sure its done RIGHT. And I want it done right too. My back ground is as an EE, but I have also done multiple detroit engine rebuilds and mods in my lifetime. So its not the first time picking up a wrench.
Time permitting, I'll post up some of the car pic's etc. I tend to stay too busy, but hey I guess that makes life interesting!