The cure for happiness

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Guards Red. I have resolved to do 5 coats hand sanded in between coats so it will look like a Singer. I want anyone looking at it to get lost in the red it will be so deep.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I was pretty anti-Guards Red before buying my 985S, I've seen so many orange faded GR cars that it had become my expectation. But after a compound, proper polish, and a few coats of wax it's a damn nice color. Very deep and lots of character. And I don't even like red cars.

[porsche4life]

Red looks very good on a 928, good and deep like that will turn out gorgeous!

But I'm a tad biased to red cars, I've owned 3!!!

[wdfifteen]

Incredible workmanship Shaun. Your patience and attention to detail are admirable. That is going to be a beautiful car!

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Haven't had any quiet time to keep going on the motor, things have been a little frenetic work-wise especially with taking on a tub up restoration of a 76 C3 that another shop started and could not complete. Just rescuing it and cataloging (and cleaning) everything really sets you back.

Since I'll be painting this devil and completely redoing the suspension, thought yesterday and today would be good days to make a dolly.

The silk screen exposure unit from the Traveler Kids days had a clamshell frame that proved to be an almost perfect size for the base, the longest dimension being exactly the width of the rear jack points. And so the fun began.

Jumble of cut up exposure unit




Mounting plates I cut out of 1/4" steel plate



Welded on



Had drill holes through the frame and then tap M10 x 1.25



Caster mounted, went with 10.9 hardware



All casters on



After test fitting the dolly under the car I decided to make from front and rear mounts. I wanted the rear mounts to lock the car on the dolly using the pill-shaped opening in the jack plate. So I cut the spindles off the frame and cut vertically down the tube



Jack plate inserts ready to go

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Cutting some 2" DOM steel tube to make base mounts



Part of a shop press a friend pawned off on me. the U-channel was perfect for receiving the unibody rails



Stripped and ready for paint



Thought the light grey would go nicely with the orange wheels



Rail mount



Jack plate mount

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Got the car on the dolly and it works great, so glad I got the 1800 lb rated casters, you can roll the car around the parking lot with a little effort.

[masraum]

Impressive. Great stuff!

Thanks for the thread.

[Heel n Toe]

It's been awhile... where are you on this project, Shaun? Just curious... no judgment.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I wish I could say I've been working on it slow and steady but the little thing of Tru6 growing so much in the last 3 years has left little time for the car. The real problem has been finding and keeping technicians. Have one fantastic one now and am trying to hire another this week. If that happens, I can see getting back to the car in September. If there's any good news, one of my customers restores 928s and he's happy to come over and do the heads and cam timing on the engine.

He's stopping by tomorrow to pick up these. So September I should start posting again.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

And have been practicing.

[Baz]

Ferry Porsche is smilin' down at you right now, Shaun.......

[billybek]

Oooh, pretty shiny parts.....
Looks great, Shaun.
Thanks for the thread revival, John. Was wondering about this myself.

[Heel n Toe]

Glad to hear about the success of your biz, Shaun. Good to hear the 928 is still on your horizon... looks like it will be an awesome rocket and showpiece when it's done.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by DanielDudley

They are a pretty direct car to work on compared to a modern Audi or BMW. The problem with project 928s is that they tend to have been owned by dreamers, and have a lot of deferred maintenance. Once you catch up, they are reliable cars with million mile motors.

Good technical support here and particularly on Rennlist.

Don't forget :
more expensive, rarer parts
relative low production numbers, variation in various models and model years years
lot's op electrical crap that can go wrong
and anything interior stuff you take off, never really goes back on exactly right the way it was.

[ckelly78z]

Looking good, keep us posted.

[astrochex]

Man, that is going to be stunning.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Honestly I had forgotten you even had this thing.

[speeder]

It’s hard for some people to remember that the 928 was developed to replace the 911, which Porsche thought had run its course in the mid-‘70s. Slight miscalculation there.

[masraum]

You missed a spec of dirt on that one part. You'd better redo them!