Hoping for some decent weather here in SOFL over the holiday weekend so I can get a few hours of driving time in....before dropping Rudy off next next week at our local early Porsche body/paint expert's shop for a bare metal repaint.
Wondering how I'll survive for four months while the car is in the shop and I won't be able to drive it
Cheers!
Frank Kohnen
Jupiter, FL USA
Registry Member #921
1972 Bahia Red 911 Coupe #9112100390..."Rudy"SOLD
1967 Savannah Beige VW Beetle Sedan #117364457..."Heidi"...aka "Tinker Toy"
ONLY 4 months???
Early S Registry member #90
R Gruppe member #138
Fort Worth Tx.
Hope the weather clears and you get that fix, Frank! Kanner Hwy out to the lake is always good... we've been meaning to do the ritual with the fresh Targa but haven't had a chance. If Sunday is decent, care to convoy?
Ed, we're lucky to have a wizard that turns high quality bare tub paint jobs around faster than Earl Scheib.
His metal guy is exceptional, too.
Russ
ESR # 1537
'62 356S Notchback Hotrod
'67 S Das Geburtstagsgeschenk
'68 T Targa Sportomatic
'68 L SW Targa Sportomatic
'70 914/6 GT
Ditto!Originally Posted by edmayo
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John Forcier
EarlyS #1987
1968 911 Race Car "Grun Hilda"
1969 S/T interpretation "Blau Healer"
Restoration Saga
Ha !
4 months ? !
That's about the entire driving season in the north east
Du must schwein haben
901/05 #305701
Bultaco Metralla 62 M8
1968 BMW R69S
Early911SReg #606
You'll be lucky if it's four months! It took my wife and I two just to put parts back on (that we could do...), after we got the 911 home! Remember Captain Penskes' quote ... "Effort Equals Results".
Vic
Six years and counting here Frank. . . my advice is to hook up with some friends who have 911s. . . so you can remember the bark of a flat-six and not lose interest when you write one big check after another! Good luck and all the best, we have been there and understand your frustrations and triumphs to come.Hoping for some decent weather here in SOFL over the holiday weekend so I can get a few hours of driving time in....before dropping Rudy off next next week at our local early Porsche body/paint expert's shop for a bare metal repaint.
Wondering how I'll survive for four months while the car is in the shop and I won't be able to drive it
1966 911 #304065 Irischgruen
Yes....four months maybe a little optimistic....but we'll wait and see how it goes.
Russ....Greg M in Stuart is doing the job. Same shop that did Phil B's light ivory 67S.
Cheers!
Frank Kohnen
Jupiter, FL USA
Registry Member #921
1972 Bahia Red 911 Coupe #9112100390..."Rudy"
1967 Savannah Beige VW Beetle Sedan #117364457..."Heidi"...aka "Tinker Toy"
BTW....we're not doing a complete disassembly. Drivetrain and suspension will stay intact since all of that has been redone over the five years. Glass and interior are coming out along with removing fenders, doors, and lids. Hoping required metal work is limited to rockers and right rear seat pan.
Cheers!
Frank Kohnen
Jupiter, FL USA
Registry Member #921
1972 Bahia Red 911 Coupe #9112100390..."Rudy"
1967 Savannah Beige VW Beetle Sedan #117364457..."Heidi"...aka "Tinker Toy"
Frank, how can you be assured of getting the rockers on correctly without bolting the car to a Celette? And to put it on the bench. . .the suspension has to come off. . . Not to say that there aren't guys who do rocker replacement without the bench but if you want 4mm door gaps when it's done that is the best way.
Not trying to gold-plate your budget but to give you the benefit of experience that it's always 3x worse once you get it all apart.
1966 911 #304065 Irischgruen
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