Test Fit for the Porsche 911

The 1974 Porsche 911 project is making progress with the recent test fitting of the major body panels. A few weeks earlier the inner compartments and jambs were painted and now the team at Ocean Paint and Body are getting the doors, lids and fenders placed to verify everything will go together as planned when the paint work is done.

You can see here that a test panel has been used to check the graphics scheme and colors. I like the look of the Porsche silver and blue and have decided to keep the looks simple with just the stripes. Once the car gets painted it will be a nice looking rolling chassis. After that, the real fun will start for me as I’ll have to try and remember 1) where all the pieces are and, 2) how to put them all back on the Porsche.

I also need to complete the work on the front and rear fiberglass bumpers. I’ve already fit the bumpers to the car but they require a fair amount of work to get to a finished state. The rear is not too far off but I need to have the engine back in the car to finalize the exhaust opening. The front bumper requires more work to get the openings for the turn signal and marker lights sorted.

Digg It | Reddit It | Add to del.icio.us

Kristallsilber: The Color of Progress

Today marked what feels like a major milestone in the restoration/transformation of the 1974 Porsche 911 as the first coats of Kristallsilber were applied to the interior, jambs, engine compartment and trunk areas. The original Porsche color looks great and it’s exciting to imagine what the car will look like with the Cobaltblau trim added.

There is still a lot of work to do with this project and even with the paint complete it will just be a more pretty rolling chassis. One of these days I’m going to be forced to remember how to put the thing together again along with figure out some of the planned improvements such as the new wiring harness with modern blade fuse box.

All of this will come in time.

Digg It | Reddit It | Add to del.icio.us