Introduction. My car and I.

[kenikh]

Brown rules - would love to see this car in Sepia again. The pedal cluster looks nasty, but area looks nasty, but I'm crossing my fingers that you got lucky and that all of that rust is non perforating. BTW, I love the CIS T. If you rebuild the motor, resist the temptation to upgrade to 2.7...that small bore 7R case is RARE gem uncut.

[mfitton]

If you are going to keep the cookie cutters, you may want to go this route. Although I have to admit I chucked mine and put some fuchs on before seeing them with the black bolts and center caps.

[beh911]

Hi Per,

Nice thread you are starting!

A friend of mine has your car's twin. His is a 39,000 mile survivor 73.5T, original everything, Sepia with tan interior and plaid seat panels. A Stoddard car, right down to the old Stoddard inventory sticker on the windshield.

I think Sepia looks great when it's done right.

Good luck with your project. You shouldn't have any problem sourcing parts for it...

[LongRanger]

. . . Thanks! Here's the bad spot. I've got the panels and a replacement cluster. Also needs a windshield gasket--as that's what started this mess. It's remarkable that everything else looks so good and dry. Water must have just pooled in the pocket around the pedals . . .

Very nice car, Per --- complete, too . . . and it looks + sounds like you've got a handle on the stuff that need's tending/fixing

Will we get to see your progress as you repair this pedal area? Never seen this kind of damage + repair . . .

[Per Schroeder]

Thanks--this one appears to have 50k on it--and although I don't have the documentation, everything indicates that it's original. Can you post a picture of the plaid seats? I'll *definitely* want to switch back to the that period kitsch.

Yes, we'll be documenting the repair process. Our yet-to-be-released website will have a content section where we can post project car updates, tech articles and whatnot.

Hi Per,

Nice thread you are starting!

A friend of mine has your car's twin. His is a 39,000 mile survivor 73.5T, original everything, Sepia with tan interior and plaid seat panels. A Stoddard car, right down to the old Stoddard inventory sticker on the windshield.

I think Sepia looks great when it's done right.

Good luck with your project. You shouldn't have any problem sourcing parts for it...

[Louie]

temps me to de-RAs our Tangerine 73T and put it back to OE...

[Per Schroeder]

It's always nice when the first wash reveals a car that is better than you expected, rather the other way around. We found no additional rust aside from the pedal box, R fender joining panel and the battery boxes. The boxes can both be saved, it's just the area under that has a golf ball sized hole.

[Per Schroeder]

[LongRanger]

Nice car. Love that muddy spare

How many miles?

And what was it that side-lined this car?

. . . and what's the rest of The Story?

. . . where, how, etc?

[Per Schroeder]

I posted a WTB on a roadrace/autocross board that I'm on--looking for an aircooled Porsche of any kind--and someone responded that they had a 911 that they were waffling on. It had been traded for some carpentry work, hadn't run in 15 years and needed the CIS system gone through. It was in Montana and would need to be trucked anywhere. The main issue that I'm assuming sidelined the car was the pedal box rust/sticking pedals. Not sure why it rusted there--I'm assuming it was a leaking windshield seal--but my washing the car showed no major water intrusion there.

I've put a battery charger to the main battery leads and the dashlights illuminate--but the CD box doesn't whine. So..not sure if that was an issue--but the motor itself turns over easily enough by hand, has no visible leaks and looks like it'll run once we replace hoses and get some fuel to it.

All-in-all--it's exactly the kind of project I was looking for and I feel lucky to have it. It has 50,000 on the odo and I'm assuming by the fact that it really appears largely original and never futzed with that this is true mileage. Has owners manual, tool kit--but no mileage documentation--the Montana registration cards aren't showing mileage. Even the pedal covers look original and only lightly worn.