My 944 restoration picture thread

DaveM · **Posted:** Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:41 am

Seriously impressive!

ab54666 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:25 pm

Very impressive, but will you want to drive it and get it dirty when finished?!

kongsodoken · **Posted:** Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:23 pm

can not wait to drive it...next year all being well

Picked up my newley ceramic coated exhaust

done by Zircotec [:)]

Shark · **Posted:** Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:55 pm

Hi Ken,

That looks fantastic, brilliant restoration. I have never seen anyone do that with a 951 before, I can only guess at what you have invested in that car now.

You bought that car from me about 4-5 years ago. I took that picture in your Avatar! Thinking back, it's amazing how these cars have doubled in price since then. Not yours though, is worth much more now..that's if you could even put a value on it now, it's a museum piece, better than new in many respects!

Nice to see it in such good order! I had an S1 RS Turbo in that condition, I couldn't drive it, every time it went out, it needed 4hrs of cleaning/detailing afterwards, inside wheel arches and underneath too lol.. I soon got fed up, so I sold it and now I've got 951 again.

Well done buddy..

Mark

kongsodoken · **Posted:** Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:32 pm

Shark wrote:

Hi Ken,

That looks fantastic, brilliant restoration. I have never seen anyone do that with a 951 before, I can only guess at what you have invested in that car now.

You bought that car from me about 4-5 years ago. I took that picture in your Avatar! Thinking back, it's amazing how these cars have doubled in price since then. Not yours though, is worth much more now..that's if you could even put a value on it now, it's a museum piece, better than new in many respects!

Nice to see it in such good order! I had an S1 RS Turbo in that condition, I couldn't drive it, every time it went out, it needed 4hrs of cleaning/detailing afterwards, inside wheel arches and underneath too lol.. I soon got fed up, so I sold it and now I've got 951 again.

Well done buddy..

Mark

thanks Mark

I was going to email you a photo when it was finished ...no need now!

neadless to say I'm pleased with the purchase :lol:

DaveM · **Posted:** Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:52 am

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I always wondered about coating on the exhaust manifold, if they would just end up cracking and flaking off around the flexible pipe from cylinder 1??? did Zircotec see there being any problems?

kongsodoken · **Posted:** Sat Sep 20, 2014 12:17 pm

I had agreed with Zircotec that the bellows could be uncoated, but they just did a light overspray to Give the look but it is not a full coating in this area ....you would have to look close to know that however.

They do this all the time without any problems

DaveM · **Posted:** Sat Sep 20, 2014 1:48 pm

Good news

Shows they really know what they are doing then

kongsodoken · **Posted:** Sun Sep 28, 2014 5:17 pm

Now I bet you din't think i would be posting pictures like this again ....neither did I :evil:

I have replaced every brake line with original porsche items except 2......guess which ones?????

the 2 hardest ones behind the rear beam :evil:

they were no longer available when I checked last year but they are now back in stock so I decided to drop the rear beam and change them.

much easier than last time but in order to get them in had to drop the beam,gearbox and torgue tube
2 steps forward one step back

Carrera RSR · **Posted:** Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:36 pm

There's some dust on that sill edge and fuel line that needs buffing off

kongsodoken · **Posted:** Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:55 pm

Carrera RSR wrote:

There's some dust on that sill edge and fuel line that needs buffing off

already done it .....and gave it a good clean then protected with corrosion X
But I'm glad your paying attention :lol:

And before anyone says it ......that's copper grease not rust

on the beam mounting points

robmal · **Posted:** Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:01 pm

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And before anyone says it ......that's copper grease not rust

on the beam mounting points

...yes but I was so shocked I had to blow it up double size in Photoshop to check!! :lol:

All the best with this example of dedication to us all

Rob

944-Scott · **Posted:** Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:17 pm

How much has this cost you so far?

kongsodoken · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:38 am

944-Scott wrote:

How much has this cost you so far?

14 pairs of shoes, 12 dresses, 3 holidays, 2 spa days and 6 million cups of tea

Waylander · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:37 pm

that was about the answer I expected, its like asking a woman how old she is, TABOO

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