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    Introduction and '73 revival project

    Hi,

    New to the forum and recently returned to 911 ownership courtesy of a 17 years buried in a shed '73 T, although I have a small prior history including a '73 E built to factory RS spec in the 1990's and a flirtation with water cooled about 10 years ago (1994 968 M030 Clubsport used in tarmac rallies).

    So the proverbial rust-free CA desert from new survivor made it into my garage earlier this year with a plan to build a period look car with sleeper credentials.

    Apart from looking like it had been used as shelving for many years and a rough as rough interior, the car showed great bones as an ideal candidate for a second life.

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    Having secured a base, the next leap was committing to build a factory original 2.7RS replica engine using the original engine. Believe me, easier said than done with parts sourced over time from as far afield as England and Germany and including the proper '019' MFI pump rather than a recalibrated 2.2 S or similar and NOS RS stacks and rebuilt injectors. Having committed to the engine, it was almost an easy step to extend to some more subtle touches like the proper 7200rpm redline tach, a 300km/h mechanical speedometer and a double wrapped 380mm wheel on the inside, the usual rod, anti-shuffle, oil pump bypass and stud mods for the engine and 'S' trim for the outside.

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    Next post will look at the tear down of the body and interior and what sins weren't found….easily the cleanest and straightest pre-galvanised car we've ever seen.

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    Knowing the a complete teardown of the car would be part of the rebuild and wanting to capture the 'sport purpose' ethos while at the same time keeping the essence of the F model's purity meant a few exterior mods would be required - NOS 'S' front valance, 'S' trim, alloy rear centre panel, deleting the radio aerial (to the point of filling it as if there had never been one), NOS Bosch headlights to replace the sugar scoops and so on.

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    So then to tear down the whole thing and see just what horrors lived within… well, 40 years was never going to be pretty but the panels (apart from the dents and dings of living in a storage unit) were amazingly straight and rot free

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    So here are those cleaned parts…

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    While the next step on the panel front would be airframe quality acid etch primer, there were a few other pieces which were quickly identified as beyond help or entirely inappropriate for an 'S' look RS powered sleeper… the dash was past help with heat warpage, the trans was a 4 speed (to rebuild with 2 new gear sets for a 4 and 5 replacing the spacer and ensuring proper ratios or just source a ready to go early 915), the non-sport seats and on and on…. to be continued...

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    One thing I did get pretty good at is finding parts…some rare (like the '019' RS MFI pump) to the mundane at best prices and in line with that, here's the NOS dash and fully rebuilt 915 with mechanical speedo drive for less than the price of 2 gear sets.

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    So, while all that was going on through the internet, some primer was being applied…

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    As well as some thought to peripheral things associated with the driving experience. We love music in our cars on long trips (and not always just that glorious MFI induction!)… so with 'Sport Purpose' in mind and a commitment to deleting the aerial and blanking the radio slot in the dash….how can we completely hide great sounds in an early 911?… If the source is internet radio and music stored on an iPhone, all you really need is an amp, good full range speakers that can go where the original in-dash one lived and a slim powered sub under the passenger seat all coupled to a discrete remote….voila… next time
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    Looks like you are on the right track.

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    Best Way to join a board? . . .


    . . . is with Your Project


    And it looks like another really nice/dry/un-smooshed example you've got to start with there, too. Where the heck do you Guys find this stuff? 'Till I saw that you'd stripped the paint already, I was tempted to put it under the Original Cars thread . . .
    http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...=show+original

    Anyway . . . any details about The Story? Who, what, where . . . etc

    And One Question? What's with the engine? Yellow shroud = MFI 'T'


    Looking forward to your updates . . . and welcome aboard!

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    Looks like the start of a refreshingly honest and open thread about a car.

    Great to see this.

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    Great stuff, will be watching closely!
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    Cool project. Be careful with that 7400 RPM redline!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LongRanger View Post
    Best Way to join a board? . . .


    . . . is with Your Project


    And it looks like another really nice/dry/un-smooshed example you've got to start with there, too. Where the heck do you Guys find this stuff? 'Till I saw that you'd stripped the paint already, I was tempted to put it under the Original Cars thread . . .
    http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...=show+original

    Anyway . . . any details about The Story? Who, what, where . . . etc

    And One Question? What's with the engine? Yellow shroud = MFI 'T'


    Looking forward to your updates . . . and welcome aboard!
    Thanks for the kind words.

    First up, this would never be a car that could go in the 'original' category - it was painted 'buy me red' in the mid 1980's when it passed from Uncle to Neice and looked a bit like it was done at Earl Scheib - the only thing that saved the paint being a life in San Bernadino and getting parked up in 1996. For some reason a couple of my posts have been given a 'waiting for moderator approval' tag including one showing the paint tag....the car was originally aubergine and is exactly that once again courtesy of a blast of paint 4 days ago.

    As for the yellow shroud - yes, exactly. This is number 235 of 1973 production. However, 140hp just won't do it for me and having had a very quick and faithful in my garage previously, this motor is getting quite a decent massage. Anyway, watch for further posts in the coming weeks as I catch you up to where we're up to now - including the engine work.

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