MY 1970 911E Restoration Project

[smedley]

Agree When I stop to think about it the soft tubing discolors with age from the blue stuff in the washer fluid....stands to reason the same is happening to that rigid stuff. I had a stash of original pieces from parts cars. So I never went on a quest for new stuff....It's probably a rigid polyethylene...hello McMaster Carr...or your local ACE! All the clear tubing in our hardware stores is inch sized...always just too small or just too big. I have a Porsche friend in the Netherlands who went to his local hardware store and bought me several lengths of various metric diameter clear tubing! Spot on for washer and gas tank venting. I found metric from domestic suppliers, but only if I wanted 100 ft!!

[DOUGS73E]

Thanks for all the comments and keep them coming.

Regarding the red line on the tach, The factory spec for the 1970 engines shows 6700 RPM for the E model (see attached from the little spec book). The Tach in my car had a 6500 red line before I started and I had North Hollywood replicate it. I have no reason to believe the tach was not original to the car, Date codes on the tach matched the other instruments. I would think the red line should match the spec book. Not sure what to do about this one just yet.

Regarding the red line indication on a 'E' tachometer; the red mark should start at 6,800 RPM and go to 7,000 RPM.



Red lines were the same on 2.2 and 2.4 engines:
'T': 6,400 'E': 7,000 'S': 7,300

[tom1394racing]

Thanks for all the input.

Looks like the Tach needs to go back to North Hollywood for a red line correction. I hope I don't need to wait 6 months like I did for the original refurb.

Yeah the hood struts are in upside down. I installed them on a temporary basis just to ease the weight of the hood. I would like to use the period correct hood shocks but the ones I have don't have enough damping to hold the hood up. Any suggestions on this?

The reassembly sequence suggestions will be very helpful. I am planning for the fuel tank to be one of the last items to install along with the interior. Sounds like the rear windshield should also be one of the last items as well.

Keep the comments coming.

[71gold]

I thought it would be interesting to share some photos of my 71T mfg. 12/70 related to the underbody finishes that were discussed in earlier posts here. My car is in process of disassembly for restoration.

[Jrsully]

would love to see more pics of that 71 just posted, doing the same car/yr right now. Thx

[Cornpanzer]

Any new progress?

[pu911rsr]

Tom,

Great work!

Phil

[tom1394racing]

It has been a while since I updated this thread. Progress has been slow in fits and starts as I sometimes struggle to find the time to continue the project. Since the last update, I sorted the tach issue, completed the most of the plumbing and electrical in the luggage compartment, installed the dash, the front and rear windshields, the door frames and door & quarter window glass. Here are some photos of the current status.

[tom1394racing]

A few pics of the details (I know the hood shocks are still upside down).

[304065]

Tom, looks awesome. Can't wait to see this car at Lake of the Ozarks.

I have an absolutely perfect NOS 911E tach with 7000 rpm redline if you need.