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Thread: 1978 911SC Talbot Yellow Restoration

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    1978 911SC Talbot Yellow Restoration

    Guys,

    I thought I would share some pics of my SC. I bought the car back in 2012 in a nice driver condition. I was interested in a unique color SC or Carrera. This one showed up with sunroof delete in Talbot Yellow and I was too weak to resist. Previous owner had an extensive rebuild (completed January 2012). The engine work included resized rods, rebuilt cylinder heads, valves ground, new valve guides and stem seals, crankshaft micropolished, new timing chains and ramps, new oil return tubes and o-rings. New main, rod and intermediate shaft bearings were purchased from Pelican before being sent to Calico Coatings for treatment.

    The body was in great shape but paint was worn so I decided to have Tony and Marco Gerace (Marco may go by a different name here , at TLG Auto and John Esposito Porsche disassemble, strip down to bare metal and repainted in original color. George Baloian of Levon Mobile upholstery completely redid the interior including dash, headliner, carpet and period correct Sport seats and Porsche Pinstripe Velour inserts. Also made a few mods on RS style door cards with the same velour. Last year I added the Carrera stripe and a duck tail which is easily reversible. It's sort of a 'back-date' to a '74 Carrera ....
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    Tom
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    And some more ....
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    Stunning color!
    And great looking car. Jealous... really!

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    74 Carrera look

    TKO

    Wonderful color and great choices on the interior treatment. Gotta say: a ducktail on an SC looks superb!

    Congrats to all involved.
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    Just awesome!
    Lee Fishpaw

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    Nice clean look, like the color.

    Mark..

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    Beautiful. Thx for sharing.

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    Lovely car, well done!

    Phil
    Early S Junkie # 658

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    Really a great looking car! Love what you did with the interior. Tasteful and factory-like. Well done.
    -Doug
    2022 Carrera 4S Oslo Blue
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    Beautiful car TKO ! Sorry I missed the ad on Pelican. I have a very similar car & wanted to know the ask price before it gold sold.

    Thanks !

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