Porsche 911T 1969 restoration

[911hillclimber]

This fabricator knows what he is about.
Interesting to see extensive use of TIG, the modern form of gas welding.

Nice work and hence a nice thread.
Looking forward to the rest.

[siim911t]

Some progress...

[Barry]

Love your approach and the craftsmanship is superb.

Great job.

What Darren said .

Fabulous work, and a joy to catch up on this thread (Darren mentioned it to me today, as I'd missed it until now).

I particularly like the under-battery box area solution .

[siim911t]

Hi

Ill forward all the good words to the sheetmetal guy. Anyhow here's another chapter of sheetmetal work.

[siim911t]

New floors going in...

[Lightweight_911]

Great skills your bodywork guy (or girl) has ...

[Barry]

Definitely: lots of lessons for the U.K. specialists here. Much respect .

[siim911t]

Hi

PO wasnt too good with sheetmetal....

[siim911t]

[siim911t]

Hi

Things have slowly moved ahead. Parts are now painted and should be soon reassembled to check the work.

























Painter tried too much and painted the steering rack cover as well:)))

[911hillclimber]

Quite an update!
Great work as ever and very interesting for us all.

[DEEMAN]

Wonderful work, great story, super photography. I sit back in total admiration.
Keep it coming - please.

Ian


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1965 RHD 911 Golfblau
2001 3.2 Boxster (sleeping)

[Max911]

Masterpiece!

[siim911t]

Hi

Now all parts back together - I'm going to check the work out on saturday.

[911hillclimber]

Firstly, what a great result. Looks superb and the repairs have been great to see.

Secondly, thank you for sharing this and reporting it so well. These threads are a joy for anyone who has or is putting their cars to how they should be.

Thirdly, and this is no negative, just a question:

When the shell is on the spit roast frame and the floors removed the shell must distort? (bend/twist/both) either under its own weight or the stresses 'welded-in' during the restoration and when it was built relieve themselves?

The times I've done this kind of thing (all of 6 times, only one being a 911 which took 8 months of home part time welding to fix) I've tack welded braces across the shells. Admittedly this induces it's own risk of distorting and retaining previous misalignments too...

Maybe the movements are too small to worry about?

I look forward to the easy bit of your restoration, the shiny build-up!