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Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 6 2014, 08:32 AM

I thought I would share a couple photos of a 911 I have been working on. It came to me with 10 very bad paint jobs, very poorly repaired crash damage and fist sized rust holes in the fenders, rockers and left door jamb. It's far from finished. But at least I now have paint on the doors and shell.

Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 6 2014, 08:37 AM

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Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 6 2014, 08:39 AM

Smart phones..... Thought I was in the garage.

Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 6 2014, 08:39 AM

Smart phones..... Thought I was in the garage.

Posted by: jaxdream Apr 6 2014, 09:18 AM

What's with the hole in the right rear fender behind the door jam for ??? Great looking paint job , iffn you like green !!!!!

Jack

Posted by: Old Yella Apr 6 2014, 09:33 AM

1972 model Oil tank flap opening. very sought after cars now.

Posted by: McMark Apr 6 2014, 09:47 AM

Moved it over. Looks amazing Rick!

Posted by: Maltese Falcon Apr 6 2014, 10:01 AM

With the 2.4 mfi , targa, 1972 911S, this will be a highly sought after Porsche.
Did I mention NICE body work ?!
Marty

Posted by: siverson Apr 6 2014, 10:13 AM

Nice. Is that Irish Green?

-Steve

Posted by: scotty b Apr 6 2014, 12:45 PM

Irish rocks

Posted by: Larmo63 Apr 6 2014, 01:46 PM

Green is the fastest color.

Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 6 2014, 03:35 PM

Yes, Irish.

I was supposed to have the car completely finished and assembled for the first but it was so.... bad It took way..........longer to even get this far.

The car is getting a 3.0 with F.I.

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 6 2014, 03:43 PM

One year only, came with a warning sticker because people were pouring gas into the oil filler ...

Posted by: Maltese Falcon Apr 6 2014, 04:06 PM

Don't ever do this to your '72 911, despite this helpful sign at all of the Union 76/ Conoco stations

Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 6 2014, 04:47 PM

Here's a couple shots of what I had to start with.





Can you guys in Cali spread the word that drilling and leaving holes in panels is not a repair method.. I call those little filler worms hanging one this inside of the skin like little moisture wicks "California rivets"

The doors that were on the car were smashed and butchered so bad I got replacement doors from Parts Heaven. One was swiss cheesed by someone that was obviously learning how not to repair a panel.

Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 6 2014, 05:11 PM

Fenders were bent, rusted out and drilled full of holes then slathered in filler.

Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 6 2014, 05:11 PM

Double post

Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 6 2014, 05:13 PM

Rocker was creased full length, drilled full of holes and slathered with filler.

Posted by: rick 918-S May 4 2014, 09:28 PM

Starting to go back together.



Here's one of the seats from Classiccarseats.com These are the monte Carlo Seats with head rest. They are very nice!

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 4 2014, 09:54 PM

Very nice. And it looks like the snow is all gone.

Posted by: r_towle May 5 2014, 07:15 AM

And you started with a clean shop....nice

Posted by: bulitt May 5 2014, 08:12 AM

Why is the ruler taped to the door?

Posted by: rick 918-S May 5 2014, 09:21 AM

No latch in the door. I was using it to hold the door flush with the quarter panel to check the fender alignment.

Posted by: rick 918-S Jun 11 2014, 06:41 AM

Just dropped the junker off in Cleveland. Not a day too soon either. While I was there I was called the work the storm in Nebraska. So I'm on the road heading west.


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Posted by: KELTY360 Jun 11 2014, 06:49 AM

I'll bet the owner is very happy. Looks great Rick.

Posted by: rick 918-S Jun 11 2014, 08:36 AM

Couple more photos. This is my friends father in-law's car. We installed the wheels and a 3.0 F.I. in the driveway. We only sent him a photo of the car with the corner of the car cover lifted. He hasn't seen it yet.

Posted by: rhodyguy Jun 11 2014, 08:37 AM

Quality work there rick. You're going to be a busy guy if and when you relocate.

Posted by: rick 918-S Jun 12 2014, 10:41 AM

Thanks Kevin.

Here's how you install a 911 Targa window. Ratchet strap, floor anchors and lots of fear! There's about 100 psi on that strap. it's tight!

Posted by: McMark Jun 12 2014, 04:29 PM

Looks great Rick. Smart thinking on the targa glass. I don't think I would'a come up with that.

Posted by: jmill Jun 12 2014, 04:54 PM

Beautiful!!

But I'm partial to green.

Posted by: scotty b Jun 12 2014, 06:09 PM

I may be contacting you about this method in a couple months. I'm not looking forward to this job

Posted by: rick 918-S Jun 13 2014, 06:33 AM

I had 3 pro glass installers chicken out and cancel when they saw the glass. I was really pissed as waiting for them to show slowed the progress on the car by a week and a half. Only way to get it done is to do it yourself. No one will touch a targa glass.

The second trick is to use para cord and double rope it. The first pass may leave a place where the seal didn't climb the lip.

Posted by: FourBlades Jun 13 2014, 11:20 AM

A beautiful looking car!

They were lucky to get you to restore it for them.

I want an early 911 bad!

John

Posted by: green914 Jun 13 2014, 11:36 AM

Looking good

Posted by: JmuRiz Jun 13 2014, 11:39 AM

You are fast...wanna come over to DC and help me put my 914 back together?

Cool tip on the targa window...not that I have a targa or will own one

Posted by: ripper911 Jun 13 2014, 07:42 PM

Targas are great!

Posted by: arkitect Jun 14 2014, 08:10 AM

Rick,
Thanks for sharing your work on the 911 - classic lines. I love the Irish Green color.

Dave

Posted by: Harpo Jun 14 2014, 01:06 PM

Beautiful work there Rick!

Posted by: Drums66 Jun 15 2014, 01:14 PM

....Looks good,from back here!

Posted by: rick 918-S Oct 15 2014, 08:13 PM

I was looking through some photos and though you guys may be interested in the bumper install I did for the 911. The owner wanted a glass bumper. It came with a couple flimsy strips of fiber glass to mount it. Well That was not going to do. I built a inner bumper out of 4130 tubing. I heated and bent the tubing to match the curve of the bumper, made some mounting brackets and bonded it to the back of the glass.


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Posted by: Mikey914 Oct 15 2014, 10:51 PM

Any one else see this. I hate to see what other surprises you found with something this goofy on the front.
Must be an uber rare 91411Targa


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Posted by: Scott S Oct 16 2014, 01:15 PM

those were stock on 1973.5 cars.




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