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[kghjr]

Originally Posted by thamlin000

I hope you don't stress too much about the PPI issues list...And if you need Storz, use them. I used them over 10 yrs ago to adjust the carbs on my old 912 when I lived in Golden. It's a good shop.

Funny you mention that. Storz came highly recommended by Techweenie too. Techweenie had been recommended by many. This forum is awesome.

I'm going back to sit down and go over it with them, line by line, set a priority time line and make it right, slowly but surely. I did it to this thing, rescued from the middle of a salvage yard with a sapling growing through the engine bay and hood.

What does PPI stand for?

Thanks Rick. You haven't heard the half of it. Gene has first hand war stories of every major naval engagement in the South Pacific during the entirety of WWII, having been there for all four years, a Naval Academy graduate, Class of '42, from a K-12 one room schoolhouse in West Texas. Fluent in Castilian Spanish by the time he finished high school.

My Dad, also a decorated WWII NAVY veteran and retired Rear Admiral, his younger father-in-law, passed recently. Both of them are peas in a pod, the last of the Greatest Generation.

Dad, shortly after the 1943 Christmas Day invasion of Cape Gloucester on New Britain by the 7th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, with whom Dad was embedded as a NAVY Medic, the seventh medic. What about the previous six? KIA. He was 18, lied about his age to enlist a year earlier, without a high school diploma. Here, he is on his way to the NROTC program at University of Texas, after meritorious service in combat. For Arlington National buffs, he got a 14-canon and 21-gun send off, with a Company of sailors, a full NAVY Band, and the honor guard led by an active duty Rear Admiral.

Without his Porsche, I would not be the crazed madman I am today.

[Rick Brooklyn]

Wow! That's beyond badass. Too bad that in only a few decades we've gone from men like your father to Pajama Boy...

[kghjr]

The owners manual calls for 98 octane. Where do I go? To the airport?

[kc911s]

I'd be more concerned about the ethanol than the octane rating.

[kghjr]

As told by Gene:

1974, Gene took the car from SoCal to a Porsche event at the Nurburgring and stopped by Stuttgart to see his old friend.

Ferry: Hey Gene, let's run your car through the factory, spruce it up.
Gene: OK
Ferry: Is there anything in particular you need?
Gene: Yes, operational vent wings
Ferry: That car was designed to have fixed vent wings for aerodynamics, not like the 356's
Gene: Well, my wife smokes and I really need them.
Ferry: OK, I'll have the floor make up a set



The car has not been smoked in for more than 30 years. I've been told operational vent wings are rare. You tell me.

[kghjr]

Is replacing the motor mounts a DIY?

Manuals not here yet.

I have above average skills and the tools, but still amateur, and with this car, zero knowledge base, obviously.

Another important mod will be raising the seat with 1" square steel tubing risers between the floor and the tracks, if that is even possible.

Kind of like this, but this riser is between the seat and the track. You would be surprised how much difference an inch makes. hahahaha, that's what she said.

[kghjr]

There are motor mount choices:

OE Supplier for $42 for standard mounts

Meyle for $110 for heavy duty mounts

PORSCHE for $220 for OEM, with a disclaimer of weak welds under stress

I'm inclined to go with Meyle, since I want to drive the piss out of it, respectfully and with purpose. The savings get me a new stainless steel engine carrier mount. I know, save the original.

1969 Porsche 911 E Coupe/Targa - Engine Miscellaneous - Page 4

[kghjr]

PCA Member 2017030114.

[matt930s]

Guess its a done deal.

MattR

Originally Posted by kghjr

PCA Member 2017030114.

[kghjr]

Originally Posted by matt930s

Guess its a done deal. MattR

...seems wrong to own a Porsche and not join PCA, plus the car has been a member since it was born, can't lose that train. I have window stickers.






Is it bogus to leave them on? ...slightly misleading.

[matt930s]

^^^^not misleading....part of the history of the car......

Did you say books?

[kghjr]

Nice...

New motor mounts, hood shocks, deck lid shocks, alternator belt ordered...and so it begins. This post will be the build sheet. I'm using the tech section for specifics. Already got one going on the motor mount change. It's DIY for sure. I really like the red stainless steel carrier, but I'll be conservative for now, leave it stock, assuming it's undamaged.

[bbturbo]

Man, such a fun thread so far. Keep the stickers, it goes with the fun story of car.

[techweenie]

Originally Posted by kghjr

First project, get a shop manual. Click above, right? Nope. What about OEM shop manual? The search is on.

Second project, rebuilding seats, the reclining mechanism is frozen on passenger side. The seat back release works on passenger side, does not lock on driver's side.

Ken, I believe I have a spare black knob for that release lever. If so, I'll send it to you as a gift.

[kghjr]

Thank you! What a guy...this forum and it's members are awesome, another reason to keep it and drive it. No rich guy's showcase for this one, eh? A poor schmuck's crowded garage will have to do for now. You guys helped me decide.

The Falcons are pissed.

Who cares? They are easily replaced.

[kghjr]

Originally Posted by pmax

I would be wary of underinsuring this.

Welcome

Hope to see the car at RR next year !

What's RR?

It's a stated value policy of more than I paid; full comprehensive, full liability, uninsured motorist, towing, zero deductible, backed by USAA. I do realize that a wreck renders it worthless, but it's been wrecked and wrecked again. My brother-in-law is a madman behind the wheel. "Never let the RPM's get below 3,000."

Besides, the car took a five-figure hit on the assessment. We are not talking about a museum piece here, but the car does deserve respect. It will get it from me.

I have already come to grips with it all. I could have left the money in a nice safe investment account and die (not right away) with money in the bank, or I can die (much later) with a smile on my face, having driven the piss out of this red machine for as long as I am able.

Let the good times begin...

[Rick Brooklyn]

Originally Posted by kghjr

What's RR?

Rennsport Reunion. It' s like a crazy mega gathering of all Porsches, held every 3 years.

[pmax]

Originally Posted by kghjr

What's RR?

The must attend event for all Porsche owners

It's a stated value policy of more than I paid; full comprehensive, full liability, uninsured motorist, towing, zero deductible, backed by USAA.

That's one way to do it but I would get an agreed value collector policy instead of a stated value policy which has no guarantees as far as I know.

I do realize that a wreck renders it worthless, but it's been wrecked and wrecked again. My brother-in-law is a madman behind the wheel. "Never let the RPM's get below 3,000." Besides, the car took a five-figure hit on the assessment. We are not talking about a museum piece here, but the car does deserve respect. It will get it from me.

This is where I think a proper assessment of the car's value would help. The five figure hit doesn't sound right.

At 400K miles, I expect some 'wreckage' or two.

I have already come to grips with it all. I could have left the money in a nice safe investment account and die (not right away) with money in the bank, or I can die (much later) with a smile on my face, having driven the piss out of this red machine for as long as I am able.

Let the good times begin...

Awesome and remember not to lift !

[SalParadise]

Originally Posted by matt930s

^^^^not misleading....part of the history of the car......

Did you say books?

matt930s - that's awesome.

[kghjr]

[i]

Originally Posted by pmax

...I would get an agreed value collector policy instead of a stated value policy which has no guarantees as far as i know.

At 400k miles, i expect some 'wreckage' or two.

Awesome and remember not to lift !

You are correct, I was using wrong terminology. It's a pre-approved agreed value on a collector policy underwritten by American Collectors, backed by USAA.

The initial assessment was by a highly recommended and widely respected independent Porsche shop, although he might have been fishing for work a tad when he said the entire interior needed replacing. The list has many DIY's on it and some fatal flaws. Nothing that cannot be fixed with time and money.

A five figure hit is not so bad if it's from $170,000 to $150,000, eh? It's not for sale.