Restoring a 'previously restored' car

In response to a question I posted on this thread>> http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...=1#post1009326

Is it easier to restore an untouched car or to rectify the restoration already done by previous owner?? See the car in question in thread linked to above. Alot of work done but alot of that will probably need to be redone or reworked at least.

Mechanically the engine and gearbox and brakes have been worked on and rebuilt with receipts to prove - is this alone not worth something even if you have to do a full body respray and refettle of metalwork, interrior etc??

No question, stick with the unrestored, unmolested car. If the "restoration" work isn't good enough as is, redoing it is worse than going from scratch. Especially since you don't know what corners were cut to get where it is.

Dunno 'bout 'easier.' The number of variables, here, boggles

FWiW . . .

. . . I like the Nots because they at least give me a chance to see what the cars were really like --- before all the creativity/personalization/reproduction/name-your-nonsense starts



Thinking about the Gmünd Coupe that Road Scholars restored + sold to Peter Porsche. The Guy they bought it from had stripped the paint . . .

. . . with a band-sander, was it? . . .


. . . had to re-panel the whole car, just-about





Must be nice to have money




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restoring a "restored " car usually is a PITA

All I have to say is "never again". Our 69S was "restored" if that is what you want to call it. Amazing what hides under a nice coat of paint. Don't think it went 50 miles in said "restored" condition before another complete strip to metal to do it correctly. I would take a somewhat rusty all original to a badly restored car any day of the week. Live and learn.

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. . . All I have to say is "never again". Our 69S was "restored" if that is what you want to call it. Amazing what hides under a nice coat of paint. Don't think it went 50 miles in said "restored" condition before another complete strip to metal to do it correctly. I would take a somewhat rusty all original to a badly restored car any day of the week. Live and learn . . .

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And speaking of restorations . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...l=1#post509309

. . . time for an update . . . maybe? . . .




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I've gone through all the photos of that car and you'll have to start from scratch on that one. Bare metal and go from there.

In these 50 year old cars there are a lot of hidden ‘extras’ that you only discover if you take them back to bare metal... most people do the cosmetic stuff and the easy stuff and hope the hidden stuff doesn’t reveal itself during their ownership!
Ask me how I know... my 1966 coupe was in pretty good shape overall and most people advised me to just drive it... but I wanted to do right by the car and so decided to go to bare metal (the car had been resprayed in the 1970s - so not original any more)... lots of pinhole rust in lots of places... and some ingenious welding to ‘support’ the front suspension pan ... all of which was horrible... and very unsafe... whilst I haven’t been able to drive the car for a couple of years, at least I know it will be solid when it comes back... and everything is done and documented by a reputable shop...

Eight years after being bought as “restored” this is were our car now stands.

Rick - one of these days I’ll update the restoration thread. Just such a glacial pace it would bore everyone.
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. . . Eight years after being bought as “restored” . . . .one of these days I’ll update the restoration thread. Just such a glacial pace it would bore everyone . . .

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I hear ya, Scott, but nothing underlines what some of these projects take to complete like a thread like yours

And I doubt that anyone 'll be bored . . .

Besides --- threads like this are what inspired me



. . . + only eight years, huh?




Some 've taken longer . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...-of-9112300023

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This is 304598 after 2 years:

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