Subscribed. Looks like fun.
Subscribed. Looks like fun.
Renn-Spot - Cars & parts For Sale - http://renn-spot.blogspot.com/
1970 911"S" - Black (originally silver)
1974 911"S" - Silver
1973 911"T" - Bahia Red - Now Sold
10 sec 67 VW
Early "S" Registry #439
Top Side Painted and Sanded
Tom Butler
1973 RSR Clone
1970 911E
914-6 GT Clone in Progress
Finishing Touches
Tom Butler
1973 RSR Clone
1970 911E
914-6 GT Clone in Progress
Back Home at Last 1-2-2015
Now my fun starts (Note we left the wheel wheels for me to finish in black).
Tom Butler
1973 RSR Clone
1970 911E
914-6 GT Clone in Progress
Interior
I had the interior refinished by Euro Interiors in Bedford Hills, NY.
Tom Butler
1973 RSR Clone
1970 911E
914-6 GT Clone in Progress
Always more fun when the owner participates as much as possible in the work process. Lookin good.
On another note, it seems that the COA's have more and more 'no information' notations.....
Roy Smalley
member 877
Absolutely gorgeous how long did the body shop have it? Looks like they did a great job on the metal work!
Front Suspension
The goal, once getting the car home, was to get it rolling so that I could move it around in my garage and make room when needed on the lift for my other cars. I had prepped and painted the components as well as had all the hardware plated ahead of time. This made assembly pretty straightforward. That is except when I discovered that the RHS A-Arm was a 914 arm with 29 splines for the torsion bar. Who knew that a 914 A-Arm is identical to a 911 arm except for the spline count. I found that out pretty quickly when the torsion bar would not go in. A quick posting on Pelican straightened me out. The only problem was that I had sold my last RHS arm the week before to a fellow Registry member. Luckily, I was able to swap locally with a spare LHS for a RHS and moved onward.
The pics below shown the front suspension with original fasteners replated, Koni S struts, and a pair of early S calipers that were rebuilt by our pal Eric Shea. I used the Elephant Racing rubber bushings on the control arms and strut tops. A set of Avon 185-70/15. CR6ZZ with A29 compound arrived just in time to mate up with Harvey Weidman's restored deep sixes and make the car rollable.
Last edited by tom1394racing; 04-28-2015 at 04:32 PM.
Tom Butler
1973 RSR Clone
1970 911E
914-6 GT Clone in Progress
Rear Suspension
The rear suspension went together with no hiccups. Spring plates set at 35.5 deg with my IPhone. Same treatment here. New rubber bushings on the spring plates and trailing arms from Elephant Racing. Restored rear calipers from Eric Shea and 187/70 Avons on Harvey’s deep sizes.
Tom Butler
1973 RSR Clone
1970 911E
914-6 GT Clone in Progress