1988 Porsche 924S

[Jason]

Must have been something needing cleared out after sitting about for so long.

Did your Dad ask the previous owner if he had any of the old handbooks or anything?

Not sure! I'd say whats in it is all there is!

 

[pablo]

Id a bit of a feeling it might be ok after a bit of a blast G.

upload the burnout video

 

[Woodcutter]

@pablo and I are planning another day at the car on Sunday, which will be sorting some blown fuses, some wiring and a bit of painting.

In advance of that I thought I'd give it a quick bath. Nothing fancy, just a lot of TFR, snow foam and a good power hose. Needs compounded badly as the paint is all flat, faded and swirly>

Used some 50cal samples that @Morgan@50cal kindly sent our shop recently, and I have to say I was pretty impressed with their Frontline Pre-Wash Cleanser and also their snow foam

Here are some pics.

 

[Mel]

Great job, Grahame did you actually get your hands dirty or get someone to wash it for you

 

[Jason]

Believe it or not I have witnessed him doing some work

 

[Woodcutter]

Great job, Grahame did you actually get your hands dirty or get someone to wash it for you

Cheeky biatch!!

I did it all with my own fair hands!

 

[Coog]

So when does it get roller painted and the diff welded?

 

[Woodcutter]

So when does it get roller painted and the diff welded?

We aren't gonna butcher it like @big_pete did his 205 GTI! Ha!

Not sure what the plans are for decals etc...need to speak to @pablo . Had thought about camp green liquid wrap, but not sure now...

 

[Coog]

It's looking more like a restoration project and less like a charity rally wagon!!

Get it ruined and cut the tripe out of it.

Just in case yous boys forget what this is all about:

http://reallymeansounds.com/forum/threads/rat-rod-zx.75541/

http://reallymeansounds.com/forum/threads/satin-black-pissrat-estate-the-end-has-come.94465/

 

[Mel]

Cheeky biatch!!

I did it all with my own fair hands!

Those soft palms won't know what's hit them!!

 

[pedenjohn]

Two words...... Tiger stripes!

 

[chris_b]

Diff + welder + hopefully wet rack = fun

 

[Woodcutter]

Spent a few hours on the car today, unsurprisingly most of the work being done by Mr Ed China aka @pablo !

Rear number plate lights, blow heater, sunroof and boot release all now fixed thanks to Pablo!

Painted the front valance, rear boot area, a couple of the arches etc after sanding and priming them last week. Used some Liquid Wrap/Plasti-Dip to do the rear quarter window surrounds that were all peeling away.

Car is far from mint, but it's definitely looking significantly better than it was. Still haven't managed to fix the rear fog light or the broken speedo, so I'm going to take it to a local mechanic this who's handy with this sort of thing. MOT on Monday 4th August. Would a broken speedo be a MOT fail??

Some pics:

@pablo hard at work:









Happy man....

 

[eamon343]

Looks great. Myself and @DMC 4087 and @Clinty will be joining you in an old mercedes for the rally

 

[pablo]

Good craic too

 

[Woodcutter]

Now we need to think up some ideas to decorate the car for the Rusty Nuts Rally!

 

[Jonny]

Pablo still has my buff. If you guys need any more compound or pads you're welcome to drop in on the way by and pick up whatever you need.
She's looking well boys

 

[pablo]

Cheers Jonny she could do with a wee session alright.

 

[Rocko]

It's been posted before but that would be awesome.

 

[Simon998]

Do it!

 

[Graham]

Diff welded up yet ?

 

[Smurf.]

Diff welded up yet ?

 

[pedenjohn]

Diff welded up yet ?

I don't think that would be remotely straight forward, these things run a transaxle, I.e. The gearbox and diff are one complete unit in the rear. I suspect that's why they arnt so popular with the orange cone brigade...

 

[marcusplowman]

Glue a load of rusty nuts over it

 

[Woodcutter]

We're not welding the diff, it's not just straight forward as @pedenjohn pointed out.

It's getting the rear fog light and speedo fixed this afternoon, then I'm going to try and get a cancellation this week...otherwise MOT is Monday!