Restoring 1969 911S #31 - getting back to the matter at hand...

Those of you with very long memories will remember my '69S.

Before I got sidetracked on 64xx color codes and Solex carbs, 119300031 was my primary focus. Prior to acquiring the Togo Brown SWB, I had decided to take the car back to original after breaking a valve spring (and luckily, nothing else). My fatefully over-optimistic decision to paint the brown car in the interim, adding two babies thrown into the mix during, means I'm only now getting back to the Ess.

Here was the car in all of its glory back in 2005:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...rwells4835.jpg

Back when I was looking for my first 911 back in 2004, I had several things in mind:

1. It had to be an 'S'
2. No red cars
3. No Flares

1 out of 3 ain't bad, huh? :)

So when I decided to buy this car, two things were going to eventually happen: take the car back to original silver and get rid of the flares. Needless to say, the first thing I did after tearing the broken motor apart was to remove the RS flares. Mind you, these pics are now 5 years (!!!) old:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...n/IMG_0416.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...n/IMG_0418.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...n/IMG_0415.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...n/IMG_0412.jpg

Free from their captive state (and now long gone to Cameron Arnott's car in Australia):
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...n/IMG_0408.jpg

Post teardown, one thing is apparent: the car is shockingly free of rust. I can count the rusty spots on one hand and every spot is smaller than your pinkie fingernail, which is exactly what you when restoring a car.

So here's the car today, finally adequately disassembled and heading off to the welder this Friday, April 26, 2013:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...mporary-30.jpg
The car will be getting the narrow fenders installed, as well as seeing to the clean up a few minor details from a previous fender bender.

Progress should be more regular now - once the big body work is addressed, it will be off to be dipped, reevaluated, touched up and primered.

Sounds like a nice base from which to start!

Cheering you on, even though I happen to like Polo Red 69S cars... :rolleyes:

I notice the S registry pdf lists your car as #31, not #30. Apparently a typo in that document.

Looking forward to your progress reports.

Complete tangent, but here is #31, circa April 2004, sort of close to when you found your car and also in resplendent respray red.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-cars-sale/155639-fs-69-911s-w-rs-spec-body.html

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Originally Posted by beh911

Sounds like a nice base from which to start!

Cheering you on, even though I happen to like Polo Red 69S cars... :rolleyes:

I notice the S registry pdf lists your car as #31, not #30. Apparently a typo in that document.

Looking forward to your progress reports.

Complete tangent, but here is #31, circa April 2004, sort of close to when you found your car and also in resplendent respray red.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-cars-sale/155639-fs-69-911s-w-rs-spec-body.html

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HOLY CRAP!!! First, the typo was mine (now fixed). My car is #31 and I had never seen that post before. How did I miss it after searching the VIN in the past? This may be the missing link to the history of my car!

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Originally Posted by kenikh

HOLY CRAP!!! . . . How did I miss it . . . This may be the missing link to the history of my car!

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Take a bow, Bryce --- good job!


Our Registry at work

Ha!
And this...
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...stardized-69-S

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Originally Posted by beh911

. . . Ha!
And this . . .[/URL]

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Bam! --- instant history . . .

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Originally Posted by beh911

Ha!
And this...
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...stardized-69-S

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That's Bill's first post after he bought the car...I bought the car from Bill in 2005. :)

Ah, here's the reposted sale where Bill bought the car:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...4-69-911s.html

Jeez - I must be better at the INTERNETZ these days. Lookee here:
http://dsriddle.tripod.com/

The seller, Deems Riddle, is still super active on Rennlist! I just PMed him. How things twist and turn.

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Originally Posted by Soterik

So, If I tune back in 5 years from now it will be primered and you'll have 4 kids? (sorry, couldn't help it... just texted you back btw)

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No more kids. As far as paint goes, need to talk to you about that...texting you back now. :)

Good to see you getting stuck into it Kenik!

Watching on with interest.......

Dude, Kenik, you go AWOL for 4 years and now we get multiple updates from you on two separate cars a few weeks apart? It's almost like you never left! ;)

Glad to see you still have the '69 ... even more glad to see you're still committed.

See you in a few weeks?