1971 911t

[sebastianroher]

Lots of progress today under the "master"... Although we hit a roadblock with one piston that is frozen in its cylinder. I guess after 30 years they've made an inseparable bond.. Maybe this is a sign I should got to a 2.5l? Hope to have that cylinder off soon enough. Class all day/work all night tomorrow and Friday but should make some good progress again this Saturday.

[sebastianroher]

Originally Posted by Deschodt

That sounds insane but I know you are right ! That being said.... he is looking at a nice bill as well to redo the interior, especially in those colors. Door pockets are there but the opening portion of them are trashed apparently, and if you put a new one the other 1/2 (the fixed pocket) it might not match anymore... those aren't cheap for a set... Blue door panel / seat material (if original and correct) will be rare and not cheap either... I once priced a seat redo at the recommended place, and got hot flashes for a week... Black is easier but you should wait to see what the COA says. The smart $ is stock specs right now. It'll be worth it in the end, no doubt (stock Ts can now reach 6 figures in very original trim) but it's going to take a serious $$$investment$$$ to get to a nice condition if you stay stock (which you should, but heck, it's your car). It's easy to spend $10K just in interior bits nowadays, another $10-15K in paint + rubber, let alone suspension pan, engine, mechanicals, or rust.... Good idea to build a garage - those things are relatively cheap to insure with a classic insurance but it needs to be locked up ;-)

I hope to get the door pockets recovered, my goal is to re-upholster/re-finish/re-use everything that is still salvageable. I plan on staying stock, but I have another motor that I'm building (pics in this thread) and it has a stuck piston. I am pricing it out now and I am thinking about converting it to 2.5l.

[sebastianroher]

Stripped the hood on the car today. Something the previous owner started 30 years ago and never finished. I rattle-canned it with duplicolor black primer. I plan on stripping as much of the car as I can. Eventually I'll take it to be professionally prepped/primed/painted but for now I'm going to take her down to bare metal so I can assess what condition the body's in. Found a few dents on the hood towards the front where the hood meets the bumper, they had been filled in with bondo so I sanded that out too. Even had my wife out helping me today



Even stripped some of the fender too!


And a random picture my wife took of me the other day without me knowing...



Also, I ordered the COA, still waiting for it to come in. I believe my original interior color is tan, and I still believe the exterior color to be green.

[sebastianroher]

Been quite busy at work and getting ready for my deployment here in April. Will post some updates soon. Looking forward to warmer weather!!!!

[Hawkeye's-911T]

Sub'd.

[sebastianroher]

Called Porsche and they told me a few things that are on the car:
U.S. Equipment
Irish Green (ext)
Brown Leatherette (int)
Left Antenna (w/loudspeaker)
Noise Suppression
Comfort Equipment


Still waiting for the official COA to come in the mail so I can check my wheels and seats.. So far, they aren't listed on the COA but that doesn't mean that they weren't dealer installed here in the U.S. back in '71.

[Porboynz]

Go buy an angle grinder and a supply of those paint removing discs from 3M or similar. Using a drill like you are is hard work. Buy 2 angle grinders, his and hers. (and safety glasses and heavy gloves and earmuffs and overalls)

[Raven 911]

are there any updates on this build .............

[Tp81]

Nice car Seb, looks good.

[sebastianroher]

Originally Posted by Raven 911

are there any updates on this build .............

Working on getting the engine sent out to Ollies for some case work! Stay tuned for updates

[sebastianroher]

Originally Posted by Porboynz

Go buy an angle grinder and a supply of those paint removing discs from 3M or similar. Using a drill like you are is hard work. Buy 2 angle grinders, his and hers. (and safety glasses and heavy gloves and earmuffs and overalls)

Will do! Yeah the drill sucks, but it's all I had at the time (that and an orbital sander) and it got the job done but it was a workout! I can still feel it in my arms!

[sebastianroher]

Trying to get some cell phone pics on here but Pelican is saying they're too large...
http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums/showthread.php?108764-1971-911t/page6&highlight=1971+911t

[Trackrash]

I read an article recently recommending using a razor blade to scrape off old paint.

I used paint stripper on my car. Went well.

How is that electric drill working?

[sebastianroher]

Originally Posted by Trackrash

I read an article recently recommending using a razor blade to scrape off old paint.

I used paint stripper on my car. Went well.

How is that electric drill working?

Electric drill isn't bad. I'm going to have to try the grinder with the sanding pad. I've heard great things and some not so great things about using stripper. Honestly, sanding doesn't really bother me that much..

[sebastianroher]

Here's to Mike Fitton for the EXCELLENT work he did on refurbishing my radio. I'm so lucky that after 40 plus years everything still works as it should! Thank you Mike!!!

Here's the before and after pics...

[sebastianroher]

Lots of progress today and only had a few hours to work with..

Fuchs wheel info (from pass side wheel)


Got the gas tank out



A little more priming and painting..

[sebastianroher]

And some rust

[Bill Jennings]

Sebastion,

Congrats on your purchase it looks like a great family project. Your lucky that you have a wife that is getting involved. That may change though when she see's the bill's come in! HaHa!

It looks like you will be learning to weld in your near future if you don't already know how.

There are great threads in here on replacing front pans and sills.

Best of luck!

Cheers

Bill

[sebastianroher]

Bill, I am extremely grateful my wife is into cars and doesn't mind helping me I have welded a little but I may leave the front pan and sills to a body shop that has more experience. I prefer to stay on the mechanical side of things for the most part. But I will strip it down and rattle can prime it that way it's less work for the body shop when they have to paint. And yes, the bills...oh the bills... I wish parts for our cars weren't as outrageously priced...

[Bill Jennings]

Sebastion,

I have been thinking about your frozen piston.

I discovered in here a couple of years ago that a 50/50 mix of acetone and ATF was amazing at freeing up rusty bolts, but it is cheap to mix up and it wouldn't hurt to try it. The acetone evaporates quickly so just mix up what you need at the time. Applying every few hours for a few days might be worth the effort.

The trick to mig welding is have a decent quality welder that uses a shielding gas and lots of practice. There are quite a few threads in here where the first welds were definately c**p but it was amazing to see how quickly they were able to produce very good beads. If you do get a shop to do the welding make sure your or they get all of the rust out and rust proof their work inside and out.
Have a search for Fishcop's thread well worth the read!

I have to do inner fenders and a corner of my floor in my near future so I am practicing on scrap fenders I got for free from the scrap yard.

The cost buying a decent welder will be much cheaper than getting the body shop to do it and I have the feeling looking at the one sill you will find more rust as you continue to strip.

Cheers
Bill