hi
i regularly probe the registry for the ultimate info on "what's right" and its the ultimate resource for early 911 owners. so thank you to all members.
i've had 3 x 911's (a 67 coupe SOLD, and a 69 coupe and 73 targa are still in the current stable) non of them are esses i'm sorry. but i really love the original early cars a lot. i'm not to into heavy mods. all cars have been very good on purchase day and needed only semi-minor maintenance and all have matching numbers and history. i love correctness and originality. i love what's right. currently the minor maintenacne involves a carb rebuild on the 69 coupe. thats probably the limit of my skills right now.
but recently my mind (although my wallet doesnt agree) has turned to romantic thoughts of doing a full restoration inspired by a friends resto. (http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ad.php?t=25742)
my skills or knowledge aren't what one would call exceptional (or actually good!) in anyway but nevertheless the thought of saving an old rusty swb really excites me and i think it would continue to enthrall me for the years involved. i've read a lot of resto threads now but the ones that excite me most are the guys taking their cars back to factory delivery date rather than an ST / RS / RSR etc clones. actually i find the "taking it back to original" restos harder to search out. (if you know of more than this below please post..
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ighlight=resto
the more i read of the resto posts and follow the progress the more i think breaking it down into manageable chunks and attacking it with research, questions, and contacts and a lot of late nights, the more possible it seems for an amateur to do.
a tour around a mechanics scrap yard last summer had me excited - a few pictures are attached here of hybrid junk not good candidates but S chassis nr's and a real 73RS engine out there too (no photo here of it - sorry - it was used in a track car and is hammered but available and rusty and expensive) make the mouth water and its a shame to see them die.
but my questions are numerous and are as follows:
- is it seriously expensively stupid to undertake a big resto project?
- has anyone here undertook one they regretted?
- any amateurs undertook one and loved it and learnt and made a gem from it?
- best candidates for a resto? - my feel is for a swb S if a tub is available. i also am excited by the mechanics RS motor put into an S the same year 73 but that also seems semi-bastardizing to me but allowable and cool!
- worst experiences doing a resto anyone??
- things you wish you'd known when you started...
- thoughts afterwards.
someone tell me to put these thoughts out of my head...
thanks for reading.
an amateur.
heres the junk pics. no candidates really. i appreciate that the shots dont show what you need to see - but they were shot before i had read a lot of things here.