1966 911 Barn Find Story w/PICS

[bavaria911]

Patrick,
What was wrong with the prior paint? Was it the original red or was it a respray?
If the paint was original, wouldn't it be worth keeping all original? Just wondering.
Scott

[SilberUrS6]

Originally Posted by bavaria911

Patrick,
What was wrong with the prior paint? Was it the original red or was it a respray?
If the paint was original, wouldn't it be worth keeping all original? Just wondering.
Scott

He described what was wrong with the paint.

[Pen 993 356]

[QUOTE=patina;8397537]Thanks for all of the compliments guys!

How sweet is this?!http://forums.pelicanparts.com/ultimate/smile.gif



Rare find in that condition, early unrestored 911's in Aus are commanding silly money here now, this SWB recently found will require a minimium of $60 K thrown at it !

[dafischer]

Originally Posted by SilberUrS6

He described what was wrong with the paint.

No need to get snotty. He may simply have missed it.

[bavaria911]

Erik,
I missed that section. Sorry to piss you the F off.

[patina]

Hey hey calm down guys.

Car had been repainted previously and there was some cracking/hazing going on under the surface. We actually attempted to pull the paint job off very carefully to expose the original paint underneath and were successful in some areas but unfortunately other areas had been sanded down and heavily primed.

[SilberUrS6]

Originally Posted by bavaria911

Erik,
I missed that section. Sorry to piss you the F off.

I wasn't pissed off. I merely posted a fact. If you're not adult enough to accept that your question would have been answered if you had bothered reading his posts, that doesn't mean I'm pissed off. Grow up.

[SilberUrS6]

Originally Posted by patina

We actually attempted to pull the paint job off very carefully to expose the original paint underneath and were successful in some areas but unfortunately other areas had been sanded down and heavily primed.

I applaud the paint restoration attempt. It would have been incredible to have 1966 paint on the car, and have it look good. Almost unprecedented for a non-museum car. But since all of the car's road-going contemporaries have probably been repainted at some point, the fact that you'll have to respray is not surprising at all. So here's a question for you: are you going to respray to the quality from Porsche, or go for a top-shelf sort of finish that show cars get? Often times, the quality of a restoration style repaint is far above would would have come from the factory, IMO.

[bobrestore]

It is funny .... kind of like the movie "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" were the guys go bonkers over the prospects of gold.............. bob

[bavaria911]

The paint doesn't look that bad, but if you have the cash to do it right...go for it.
No need to respond buddy !

[ajwans]

Originally Posted by Jonesy78

The alternator/regulator sticker didn't appear until '68 when the Motorola alternator was introduced.

I have a 67S with an original Motorola alternator, don't know about the sticker but the alternator was there from day dot.

PET shows 3 alternators upto 68, 490W Bosch, 490W Motorola, & 840W Motorola.

andy

[t6dpilot]

Nice to see that you are still enjoying the car Patrick. I remember reading your story last year and thinking what an awesome story. Interesting that you decided to try and remove the repaint and expose the original paint underneath. I have a 71 T that had one repaint in the late 70's and I have often thought of trying that. There was a 550 Spyder that was once Jean Behrah's that the restorers did that to and exposed the beautiful blue paint underneath.

Would you mind sharing how exactly you did that and with what grit sandpaper? Thanks.

[patina]

Originally Posted by SilberUrS6

I applaud the paint restoration attempt. It would have been incredible to have 1966 paint on the car, and have it look good. Almost unprecedented for a non-museum car. But since all of the car's road-going contemporaries have probably been repainted at some point, the fact that you'll have to respray is not surprising at all. So here's a question for you: are you going to respray to the quality from Porsche, or go for a top-shelf sort of finish that show cars get? Often times, the quality of a restoration style repaint is far above would would have come from the factory, IMO.

Given the car's incredible condition prior to the re-finish, it would be hard to put a sub-par job on the car. The sheet metal is absolutely virgin with ZERO damage. Basically ready for some blocking primer then color. The paint on the car will be very high quality.

Originally Posted by t6dpilot

Nice to see that you are still enjoying the car Patrick. I remember reading your story last year and thinking what an awesome story. Interesting that you decided to try and remove the repaint and expose the original paint underneath. I have a 71 T that had one repaint in the late 70's and I have often thought of trying that. There was a 550 Spyder that was once Jean Behrah's that the restorers did that to and exposed the beautiful blue paint underneath.

Would you mind sharing how exactly you did that and with what grit sandpaper? Thanks.

That's a secret

I can tell you that is has been done before in this shop.

[OsoMoore]

I'd bet the gentleman who sold it would love a Saturday afternoon visit so he can enjoy seeing the car again.

[PZSPEED]

Probably a looooonnnngggg slow wet sand with no less than 800 grit being very careful.

[Jose_JGC]

Are there no updates since Nov/2015? This car must be very different from the last pics we saw...

[Jose_JGC]

FWIW I do not want to know how much did the OP spent on bringing this car to its present state. I recalled this old thread and asked about this 1966 911 current state because I enjoy seeing a perfectly preserved rare car.

[Geronimo '74]

Originally Posted by jlex

I hate barn find stories 'cause I'm never the author...

you and me both!

Great find! lovely car!
I'd love to see how it turned out.

[patina]

Originally Posted by Jose_JGC

Are there no updates since Nov/2015? This car must be very different from the last pics we saw...

Very different indeed - and not far from completion!

[patina]

Well, she's finally finished. Quite the transformation!