74 carrera restoration
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74 carrera restoration
So I bought an old Porsche……a 2.7 Carrera to be precise delivered 21 November 1974 and 1 of only a few hundred made and by all accounts 1 of less than a hundred left, give or take……
I could do the short version of this or the long one, but as its taken 2 years to get to this point I think a potted version is better otherwise the car will be finished by the time I even finish writing this
Why a 2.7
Well probably because it has that fantastic lump in the rear, and although exactly the same engine as the touring and the lightweights, and In some respects even rarer, maybe because so few people seem to want them, but the more I read about them the more this model appealed
I’ve had an SC before, and although as a daily driver it was perfect I always found myself finding fault with those awful impact bumpers…..but that’s a whole debate in itself and is not meant to offend those who do
So it was always going to be a modified car, which I know is a bit perverse, why not buy a pre 1973, but then that 2.7 engine and its pedigree was always an influence
Not a lightweight look as there are so many, so no, the touring appealed more, but I’m not changing the interior and trying to make it a copy, its just the same car with smaller bumpers, as the early Carrera 2.7’s had duck tails anyway
I wanted RHD, original black paint and I wanted chrome trim, which for the best part of a 2 year search seemed impossible (not surprising), but then after giving up all hope found myself looking through back issues of 911 Porsche World, and there one was. Must have missed it somehow, but the magazine was a year old, anyhow I rang the number and it was still for sale ( now I know why….perhaps)
Short version is I took one look and bought it, it was 7 miles down the road, which seems incredible when I had tried the US and Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Holland
So Christmas 2004 I got myself a project……..and some
note the bloke walking away from the car was the previous owner and the one on the right just delivered
The car was partly stripped, but with no MOT meant I could not test it. The engine did run, and first and reverse gears worked for sure, as we had to get it into the garage under its own power
Stripping a car is fun, unless perhaps you do it for a iving but its also a bit of a nightmare as a) you have to remember where it all came from and b) it reveales all the nasty surprises…….
At least the rear parcel shelf was perfect…………
Labelling is an absolute must, and lots and lots and lots of photographs and sketches is essential……..
this was basicaly all of 2004
I deliberately did not set myself a deadline, lifes full of them, so with a house, family, kids and work, it was allways going to be a balancing act
all I wanted was to be able to have the shell emptied, ready for striping over christmas 2005, when i would be able to use the full 2 weeks to grind, treat and POR-15 all the good metal
so I spent the best part of a cold 10 days doing a fairly good impersonation of a coal miner........
next part is the bodywork...........
I could do the short version of this or the long one, but as its taken 2 years to get to this point I think a potted version is better otherwise the car will be finished by the time I even finish writing this
Why a 2.7
Well probably because it has that fantastic lump in the rear, and although exactly the same engine as the touring and the lightweights, and In some respects even rarer, maybe because so few people seem to want them, but the more I read about them the more this model appealed
I’ve had an SC before, and although as a daily driver it was perfect I always found myself finding fault with those awful impact bumpers…..but that’s a whole debate in itself and is not meant to offend those who do
So it was always going to be a modified car, which I know is a bit perverse, why not buy a pre 1973, but then that 2.7 engine and its pedigree was always an influence
Not a lightweight look as there are so many, so no, the touring appealed more, but I’m not changing the interior and trying to make it a copy, its just the same car with smaller bumpers, as the early Carrera 2.7’s had duck tails anyway
I wanted RHD, original black paint and I wanted chrome trim, which for the best part of a 2 year search seemed impossible (not surprising), but then after giving up all hope found myself looking through back issues of 911 Porsche World, and there one was. Must have missed it somehow, but the magazine was a year old, anyhow I rang the number and it was still for sale ( now I know why….perhaps)
Short version is I took one look and bought it, it was 7 miles down the road, which seems incredible when I had tried the US and Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Holland
So Christmas 2004 I got myself a project……..and some
note the bloke walking away from the car was the previous owner and the one on the right just delivered
The car was partly stripped, but with no MOT meant I could not test it. The engine did run, and first and reverse gears worked for sure, as we had to get it into the garage under its own power
Stripping a car is fun, unless perhaps you do it for a iving but its also a bit of a nightmare as a) you have to remember where it all came from and b) it reveales all the nasty surprises…….
At least the rear parcel shelf was perfect…………
Labelling is an absolute must, and lots and lots and lots of photographs and sketches is essential……..
this was basicaly all of 2004
I deliberately did not set myself a deadline, lifes full of them, so with a house, family, kids and work, it was allways going to be a balancing act
all I wanted was to be able to have the shell emptied, ready for striping over christmas 2005, when i would be able to use the full 2 weeks to grind, treat and POR-15 all the good metal
so I spent the best part of a cold 10 days doing a fairly good impersonation of a coal miner........
next part is the bodywork...........
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Blimey Johnathan.
Filled your Photobucket album in one go!
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Good to finally see some pics of your car.
Looks good.
Will you be driving it to the next Fairmile in a couple of weeks?
Filled your Photobucket album in one go!
You'll bust your bandwidth allowance in one post!
Good to finally see some pics of your car.
Looks good.
Will you be driving it to the next Fairmile in a couple of weeks?
Paul
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Great pics,
As you know it's a lot of work stripping a shell bare by hand. Looks good and well worth the effort. Nice RS spec motor as well.
Alan
As you know it's a lot of work stripping a shell bare by hand. Looks good and well worth the effort. Nice RS spec motor as well.
Alan
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thanks all
appreciate the comments,
mark, yup got the trim bits, the original chrome window frames to the doors and rear quarters are all in good nick but I ended up buying new trim to the lower edge of the rear quarters (£££££ ) and new windscreen trims too
nige, bang on about the haircut....
cars actually been at the painters 2 weeks, as a rolling shell so I'm off there this week end to have a chat about it
hopefully will do the next instalment (which is where the esteemed Mr Carter comes in), over the week-end
thanks again
Jp
appreciate the comments,
mark, yup got the trim bits, the original chrome window frames to the doors and rear quarters are all in good nick but I ended up buying new trim to the lower edge of the rear quarters (£££££ ) and new windscreen trims too
nige, bang on about the haircut....
cars actually been at the painters 2 weeks, as a rolling shell so I'm off there this week end to have a chat about it
hopefully will do the next instalment (which is where the esteemed Mr Carter comes in), over the week-end
thanks again
Jp
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