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    MY 1970 911E Restoration Project

    Although I don’t like to admit it to myself, I have been procrastinating starting this thread on my 1970 911 E restoration. The project has been ongoing since Aug of 2013 when I purchased the car as a roller with boxes full of parts in an estate auction. Progress has been slow but steady with the car in the final assembly stage at this point.

    I had been itching for another project since completing my RSR clone in 2005. With the recent surge in pricing for early 911’s, it seemed the time was right to bring another old 911 back to life. I had been searching for a couple of months when the untimely death of a fellow PCA/CVR member resulted in invite only estate auction. One of the gems at the auction was an unfinished 911E project. It turned out that I had the correct numbers matching engine and gearbox in my parts stash from a previous local parts purchase. The odometer showed an original 85,000 miles. This was an opportunity I could not pass up so I made sure that I went home with the car.

    Given that 95% of the original parts came with the purchase and that I had the correct original engine and gearbox, I decided to bite the bullet and make this a 100% correct original restoration. Since I do not have the metal, body and paint skills to do justice to the final results I envisioned, I decided to follow the same project plan that I did with my RSR. I would strip the car myself and outsource the metal repair, body and paint work to my trusted friends at Auto Associates in Canton, CT. Like the RSR project, I would do all the part prep, finished assembly and engine & gearbox work myself.

    Below are some pics of the car as it arrived at my garage in Aug of 2013.
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    Tom Butler
    1973 RSR Clone
    1970 911E
    914-6 GT Clone in Progress

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