1967 911 deLuxe golfblau resurection 304736

[ghalperin]

I've made the decision to wake up my car from it's 34 year nap. My goal is to get all the mechanicals in safe road worthy condition, replace any missing parts with the correct used part and after a few road tests, I'll try to have the two primer painted body panels patina painted to match the rest of the car. I think I can find a talented painter. Patina paint is pretty trendy.

The exterior is in fair condition, having 1 repaint decades ago. The prior owner started to make a couple of style changes and stopped with the bonding of a GT2 wing to the original deck lid. The remainder of the exterior appears original. Years ago the left front fender went to the high school auto shop and received a coat of black primer and I assume some rust repair. When retrieving the car I found the right fender and front bumper (complete with smashed fog lights, 1 chromeless bumper guard and the 2 weights) under a canoe in the back yard. I'm shocked they didn't suffer any serious rust from that treatment.





The interior is in good condition with only 1 seam split on the driver's seat. The interior was the storage shed for all the removed lights, trim and grills. Even an awesome bra and new car cover. Very little is missing. The old owner was a plumber and wasn't afraid to drive the car with dirty shoes and hands, thus the driver's side carpet and steering wheel are a little dirty. Maybe the dirt and grease have somehow preserved them.







More to come...

[csbush]

Ths wing on there is awesome. It really makes a statement.

[ghalperin]

The engine looks complete, the oil in the tank is clean, the air filter looks new, oil doesn't drip on the ground and I was able to turn the crank a little by hand. There are a couple of clips missing on the air cleaner bases. The oil cap is actually the gas cap. I ordered a new cap, but that shiny cad plating looks out of place.




The suspension pan is original and looks as if it has been rotten for several decades. There was aluminum plates holding the drivers front suspension on. The rot is located in the suspension pan, gas tank support, left lateral support and the wheel house around the conduit for the fender J-tubes. I sourced the available parts from Restoration design and I'm seeking parts to replace the damage to the wheelhouse.





I'm pretty sure the battery ground isn't shared with the washer bottle mount. As least they used a small sheet metal screw to ground it and didn't ream out the hole.

[StephenAcworth]

What a great find... Look forward to your progress... Lovely colour...

[ghalperin]

I couldn't stand looking at that wing any longer, so I carefully hacked through the resin and fiberglass, revealing a perfect deck lid underneath.

Voila!
Ol' Blue lost some of his pizazz, but the new look is growing on me.



I also found the panel number under a few layers of primer.



Does anybody need a giant wing? It does have a carbon fiber foil. The newspaper wrapper is from 2002.



UPS showed up with a few parts. What to do first?



I was worried that the 4 foot piece of PVC pipe holding up the hood would slip and dent something, so I installed the Weltmeister hood shocks . The front two were easy. It was missing one Jesus clip, but I found it in a small pile of rubbish right underneath the shock. It reminds me that I need to look through the shop vac for any other tiny parts I may have picked up.
The rear shock appears to be too strong. I'm worried that it might break something. Does it break in and lighten up? Is there a preferred deck lid shock?

Maybe I'll start on the Webers while my quest for chassis metal continues. I'm gonna try and only clean the internals.



I love the golden varnish hue. Ciao Bella! No?

[john1180]

Check with Willhoit's, they did some great patinated paint repair on their VW single cab plumbing truck.

[ghalperin]

Thanks for the tip. I'm waiting for them to get back to me.
They told me that every thing below the lettering and between the lights is new paint. It's not a good photo, but it looks good from here.

[Bill Simmeth]

Here it is from the other end...

[Eminence Gris]

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The rear shock appears to be too strong. I'm worried that it might break something. Does it break in and lighten up? Is there a preferred deck lid shock?
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There are a couple flavors of rear hood shock. I was sold the "Turbo" version and it worked with such violence I thought it was going to make my engine lid launch its lettering like a trebuchet.

If it looks new, you should be able to exchange the shock you have for the 'standard' shock with the retailer.

[Jay Laifman]

I bought the standard shock for the rear on my '67. I got it from Pelican a couple years ago. It has too much pressure and holds the hood a bit proud there. I've hoped that it would mellow. But so far 2 years are not enough.

How can you tell if you have a Turbo version?