What Did You Do to Your 911 Today?

[John Z Goriup]

Got Ruprecht back from the upholstery shop yesterday, and am happy to report that I am very pleased with the installation of the Tony Garcia / Autobahn Interiors supplied medium grey square-weave carpet set, which I ordered from Tony at this year's L.A. Lit Show.

In my opinion it was well worth the expense and hassle to change the dark & dreary Haaregarn carpeting which I started out with to the lighter colored, heavier and more luxurious squareweave material. Matches my Coco-Mat scissle ( spelling ?) mats much better as well. The Hargarn was simply too dark and solemn, and when I dropped small items I could never find them.

In the process I discovered a new resource for Bay area Porsche / collector car owners - would like to put in a good word with high recommendations for the following:

BASCOM TRIM & UPHOLSTERY
852 Aldo Avenue,
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Tel: 408. 727. 2292

General Manager: John Wardell

Large, clean shop, well staffed, very professional, high degree of competence and skills, reasonable price and best of all, constant updates by John, who himself owns a beautiful '83 911 triple black Cabrio, if anything other than what was initially discussed / estimated popped up. Car was not moved, kept inside at all times during its stay at Bascom, a detailed invoice and explanation for every line item …….in short, a very satifying experience. For what it's worth, seeing a SWB restoration by Jerry Woods Enterprises in the Bascom shop when I first visited them went a long way to establish confidence in their services.

Now, to finish the interior in time for the Werks Reunion.

JZG

[37yrold911]

note the patina on the label

[PMNorris]

Drained the oil and Adjusted the valves for tje first time with the engine in. It was easier than i was expecting. 3 hours according the the 101 projects book. Took me about 4, but itidied up a few bits whilst i was in there. I'm now waiting for an oil delivery, which was delayed due to a DHL strike in Germany apparently. Hopefully i will of fixed an oil leak at the same time. I'll rebalance and tune the carbs once the engine is running again too.

[csbush]

Noticed my muffler was sitting a little low on one side. Checked the engine mounting bolts and they were loose. Tightened both sides- problem solved. That had never happened before!

[draab29]

Made some new door cards. RS panel recovered in German Vinyl. Made a more robust black door lock pull and covered it with a 1958 VW Bug door handle. Had to fabricate a door bracket so the door handle is anchored to the door frame. Makes for a nice place to rest my arm on the longer drives😛

[jesseandersson]

Started the alignment process!

[HughH]

Not just today but past 3 days........took it for a long drive from Melbourne to Adelaide around the coast route , caught up with a few people in Adelaide and then back today. Just over 1100 miles in total. Very cold so mfi loved it.
Also as it was just a straight highway trip on the way back averaged just over 11 litres per 100 Kms (about 21 USA mpg or 25 UK mpg) on the return trip
great to just get out and drive them. I have put on almost 2000 miles in the past 3 weeks - more than half what I have done for the whole year for the past couple of years.

[Fishcop]

Scraped 47 year old body schutz out of my engine bay... I swore I'd never do this job again after the blue car, but here I am.

[Frankr]

Breakfast and drive on Blue Ridge Parkway with local PCA chapter. Hard to beat.

[classic]

Scraped 47 year old body schutz out of my engine bay... I swore I'd never do this job again after the blue car, but here I am.

That has to be the worst job on a resto John.......