Hi everyone, just introducing myself and my project ! Some of you will have seen this car forsale here on the world, McMark was selling it for J Stroud, it was shipped over to Northern Ireland after a 6 week sea journey .
This pic is it leaving Marks old place
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And it's arrival in my workshop
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Welcome to the world...it looks like you're tight on space. i can store that other blue car of yours....no problem!

I have mine stripped and on the spit. Will be embarking on left to right as soon as I finish some repairs on the longs. I have one of these pedal units to put in it: http://www.obpltd.com/Pedal-Boxes/Pro-Race...l-Box-OBP0002PR It will be a historic racer.

Cheers,

Thanks guys, fortunately I have plenty of room I dumped that old 911 out the back field , I have it all stripped down now and up on my ramp, found some accident damage on the rear suspension console and driver side front but virtually NO rust
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The rear
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Welcome to the Build-Off Challenge, Now it's an International Build-Off!

This is the front damage look like it was run up on a kerb ! It's about an inch pushed up !
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The rear suspension console, I'm hoping I can replace the front and straighten the rear !
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I hope it's visible the bottom is bent up and forward !

I know it quite cool ! It means there will always be some updates on various time zones !

Ok so the kids are in bed and the wife is out so it was car time !! Just to add it beer o'clock here now, I bought some new spot weld bits yesterday and they working great, I drilled the spot welds on the rear suspension console out and it really miffs me I'm going to have to cut a perfect engine shelf to replace the front grrrrr

Now the front I had to remove a very bent support (not sure of the right name) before I could get the persuader out to shift the floor and front mounts back down I'm fairly happy ... Comments welcome ..... There's still work to do on the front panel, I checked the hood fit and it's good so all the damage was below this level.

Once I have the car straight I'll embark on the right hand drive conversion, I'm using a 911 pedal box and I have a second bulkhead and floor section to cut up as I want it to look as factory as I can make it , you guys will be the judges of that so here are tonight's work pictures ... And I'm doing this now
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The persuaded front floor .....
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The drilled rear suspension console ...
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So i suppose i shold set the task list and the goals but the ultimate goal is to have a running drivig car !

Tasks-

1a) straighten body and repair the small amout of rust, lengthen front footwell to accept 911 RHD pedal assembly, move park brake to right side including long indent, move parkbrake cable tubes to right side, move steering coulmn mount and make sure it all mounts up.

2) Have the shell media blasted, fit Maddogs engine mount, inner long kit, chassis kit and sway bar reinforcement and then prep for paint.

3)Cut up dash and weld up as right hand drive, including 911 ignition switch i think i'm going to use an early dash as it gives me more room to play with as there is no dash vents,

4) Paint the car still onthe fence on the colour, i'll maybe do a poll closer to the time

5) While the shells away i'll rebuild and modify the suspension, i'm going for Elephant racing coil overs and bushes, Weiltmister front sway bar standard rear bar (thanks Garold) 911 park brake (Tangerine Racing).
Brakes are 911S front calipers, 911 Rear brakes complete, drilled and grooved front and rear vented discs

6) Build the suspension back in to the shell, wiring, dash, lights, doors, glass. rubber seals (thanks Mark)
Wheels i know what i want but there a supprise ! just need to save up !

7) Hopefully my engine will have arrived and isnt in to bad shape .... freshen and install into car either Carbs or Throttle bodies with EFI knowing my luck it will need a full rebuild !

8)Interior custom carpets due to it being RHD, seats (i may go down the sports seats route) reinstall all the trim

9) pray alot that everything goes close to plan ......

so lots of this abit of this to hopefully do this

What a great project! Looking forward to seeing your work and results!

Cheers!

You might want to try and do a poll instead.

I was wondering what happened to that car!

I can't wait to see it come back to life, sounds like you have a great plan (and a lot of work).

Good luck!

Oh boy, yip one of those !!

Looks like an excellent starting point for your project Neale.
I'm interested in seeing the RHD conversion as you proceed.

And I want to see a RHD conversion.

Well I was side tracked this weekend! The front discs arrived so I blasted and repainted the front struts
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John Deere green and its really good paint, new inserts and Elephant racing coilover kit, I also stripped and cleaned my S callipers, ordered a full rebuild kit from PMB so they be like new soon!

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Really need to get back to the body

Hi all, sorry things have been slow but hopefully the family will be back to full strength tomorrow !

I have managed to do bits and pieces so here goes, I've removed the old damaged top off the rear suspension console

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And the important bits arrived today after being miss shipped !

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This now allows me to start the bulkhead modifications, so here goes .....

Hi all, been a bit of a random month with no work on my car, and my excuse is my better half was rushed in to hospital for 2 weeks ! Thankfully she's now back home and on the road to recovery.
So excuses given and the work begins again

The main work to take place is the extension of the footwell to accommodate the pedal assembly I'll be starting to cut this weekend keep an eye out for updates as this is going to be fun.
I want to keep the look the factory probably would have left so once I've mocked it up please feel free to comment !

Where in Northern Ireland?

Just outside Lisburn on the Co Down side

Looks like a nice start and yay for more europeans on here.

Evening all, well Santa arrived early today (aka FedEx) with a load of bits from 914 rubber , cheers Mark all arrived safe and sound

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Well I started cutting tonight, I have bits of an old bulkhead I'm using for bits, so I've fitted the pedal holder very roughly and removed the front panel work to give foot room and to place the pedals in the correct place

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Still a lot of cutting and tweaking to do yet

It's looking like I managed to get the measurements right ! The end of the pedal rods mounts on the old LHD pedal mount !

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Gadzooks! You have your work cut out for you, Nutter. Do those shafts use some carrier or intermediate bearings?
EDIT: I'd like to see some close ups of that pedal assm and/or it's individual parts when you rebuilt it.

It's a complete setup from a RHD 911 so yes everything has bearings and is mounted as the factory does, this is the fairly straight forward bit, I still need to move all the corresponding bits for the hand brake (e-brake) and there's some modification to stop the steering shafts rubbing on the sheet metal .

Outstanding! Looking forward to seeing the progress.

Tony

Hi guys and girls sorry for the lack of updates to say November was a kick in the teeth would be an understatement !

We had a visit from creeper burglars who stole all the keys for my Businesses , my wife's car and my pick up which they also took and to top it all my iPad and oakleys, they then took it for a trip to Dublin and I've been caught for the tole roads and then it was found like this

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So my wife has been very upset as there was scumbags downstairs as we slept upstairs, I've been busy upgrading lights and gates and my rifle is now under the bed !

Work will resume shortly !

Ok so heading back on track, we'll sort of, couldn't resist building this up when my bits arrived !
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Nearly finished

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I promise I'll b back to welding ......

Nice triple build

Yes, really nice gauge. I need to come up with one like that. Mind spilling the beans on how you did it?

I'm glad your gauge worked out for you. It looks great!

For all those who like the triple gauge this is the man to talk to (John above ) super kit and as you can see the finish is brilliant.

At long last i'm back welding .... so the pedal floor pan is in place and going nowhere ! next is the hand brake cable guide tubes, hand brake lever mount and dimple then the bulkhead ...

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Came out of the workshop and found this had happened !

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Theses arrived yesterday complete with manifolds and linkages

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Looks like a big job, but one well worth it in the end.

Will be eagerly following this to see how you get everything done.
In some ways i am grateful mine was already RHD when I bought her

Cheers

Dale

Glad to see that car is getting a new life! Good progress!

A Rifle in Norn Ireland 0-o
Yikes.
Are you PSNI or something?
Im in South Newry/Belfast a lot.
between the lisburn and malone roads. Near the tesco

I had to stare at that for a little bit before I realized you were talking about the snow... right?

yip not used to the white stuff here ! Just rain rain and more rain

Nop just a land owner with the odd bit of vermin !

Ok, a little work done to some bits for the car ! It's just not welding weather .....

I rebuilt my "S" callipers with seal and piston kits from PMB, those DuroAno pistons are beautifully made !

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So on to the steering rack next ...

And the rack .......

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Picked this up from the shippers warehouse this morning, all the way from Phoenix Arizona !
2.7 with the webers i picked up earlier

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Hi all , yes I'm still alive ! It's been a strange couple of months, I seem to have spent a fortune on bits and pieces one of which arrives tomorrow, my 2.7 is cleaned and awaiting compression testing but it actually looks good so far.
Easter holidays are now over mind you a week of roller coasters was fun !

When the delivery arrives tomorrow I'll post an update, there may be a comment or to to be made ....

Yeah Fed ex arrived today and brought these !

Pure porn in my book, the sun is actually shining here today so hard to get a good photo .....

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Those look great! I dont think anyone has put those on a 914 yet so I am very interested in how it looks!

What sizes did you go with?

I went with 7&8 X16's the fronts are even sweeter !

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this arrived to !

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Evening all,

Managed an hour in the workshop this evening, I cut and flipped the cable guide plate and then trimmed, blasted and painted the extra set of hand brake guide tubes, ( it's weld through primer) so hopefully this week will see it all welded in to place.

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