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Chickenhawk.
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Location: Riverside, CA
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 Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:18 pm Post subject: 1969 Porsche 912 Full Resto. |
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Spoiler alert: this car is about to be painted, but I've fallen drastically behind posting documentation of the full restoration.
Little back story:
My names Reid, I'm from Riverside, Ca
This is my second Porsche restoration. Client was extremely happy with the pan replacement I did on his first one he requested me to build another for him. I eagerly agreed/bit off more than I could chew after seeing a few photos sent via text message, and not personally inspecting the car.
It is a numbers matching 1969 912 that had been sitting in a shop for 15+ years.
Please notice that the fenders are not attached in the first photo; we'll get to this later.
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Chickenhawk.
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Only took before photo of the driver side but they were equally as crummy.
Had to cut a ton of sheet metal(rust) away, since the client didn't anticipate on there being this much rust, I had to fabricate most of the panels as I went along, ordering them would have taken up to two weeks to receive.
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Chickenhawk.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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This was about the time I realzied this car should have never been resurrected, there was rust behind the door strikers. Yikes.
Don't poke fun at the way the new quarter fit, I hadn't metal finished it out when I took this photo. Also, new fender wing in place, Woohoo!
A closer look at what this car was covered in, underneath the 24g galvanized steel that was riveted on, was Black Magic. Tar sold as an early auto body soloution.
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Euro964
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Location: Belgium
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| Wow! Good luck with the resto! |
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davetaylor
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Location: Hawesville, KY
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I'd like to see more of this car since I just drug home a 69 912 myself
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1954 3-fold ragtop Beetle project
1969 Porsche 912 (sold)
1979 Beetle triple white German Look convertible
1980 Porsche 911 SC Targa (sold) |
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