I promised I'd post it. My 924 project (pic heavy)
PLEASE NOTE : timelines are going to be way off, this is off of another forum I originally posted it at. Hope you enjoy. (mods, i edited out and/or censored my language in it, no worries ;) )
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Well... figured I may as well start off with some before and after and where the car went at least. Since so far this thread lacks substance. Here's some content from the worklogs when i first got it.
The condition it came in when we first picked it up was pretty narly. The rotors were rusted shut, brakes rusted shut in the back, ebrake stuck, no start on engine, interior was torn to bits, and it was infested with black widows. (yeah, i bug bombed it, unfortunately, and god that stuff stinks)
Nasty.
*gag*
gotta love the moldy back seat.
12-11-2010, 08:35 PM
CorsePerVita
Re: I promised I'd post it. My 924 project (pic heavy)
So at first I was going to leave the seats. But after wanting to actually strip the interior and go full track car with a few cosmetics, I decided no on it. But here's the seat resto anyway. Before and after...
After
doors before
doors after
ripping apart the console and tearing into the wiring
the lovely damage.
12-11-2010, 08:36 PM
CorsePerVita
Re: I promised I'd post it. My 924 project (pic heavy)
The dreaded engine bay......
Who the F*** would even try, right?
12-11-2010, 08:45 PM
CorsePerVita
Re: I promised I'd post it. My 924 project (pic heavy)
tasty fuel lines.
getting into the floorpan...
Assessing damage
Condition of everything else....
schweeeeeet
Scared yet?
12-11-2010, 08:46 PM
CorsePerVita
Re: I promised I'd post it. My 924 project (pic heavy)
Rip that **** out of there!
Clean up the throttle body...
More dis-assembly....
Fixing the motor for the lights
Finding some original OEM goodies.
12-11-2010, 08:46 PM
CorsePerVita
Re: I promised I'd post it. My 924 project (pic heavy)
The complete transformation of the throttle body after a full clean, glassbead, a little polishing with a dremel, and repaint. (has since been pulled and polished more and also lubed since then too)
12-11-2010, 08:47 PM
CorsePerVita
Re: I promised I'd post it. My 924 project (pic heavy)
Finally...
Airbrush time
Pics of the engine bay progress...
Then
Little later
12-11-2010, 08:48 PM
CorsePerVita
Re: I promised I'd post it. My 924 project (pic heavy)
The first start.
Our first limp on the road to a gas station for the first time in 10 years.
Fixing the **** drum brakes.
Gee wonder why they were stuck.
Working on weight reduction. Remember before...
Ah fun times.
Closer....
And closer...
Get that****t out of there.
Ugh.
There we go...
While I was at it... old cable was shot. Wanted to open hood in the morning.....
Old one was a bit of a miss.
Sealed trunk later and a new carpet mat later... (still need to grind down the rear parts up near the hatch and seal and paint those, but the actual trunk is finished)
12-11-2010, 08:48 PM
CorsePerVita
Re: I promised I'd post it. My 924 project (pic heavy)
A newer video of it running a lot more smoothly
Last video i had uploaded after fixing a ton of vacuum leaks. Meant to say "most are vacuum line routing" not leaks on the working kinks out, but anyway....
You'll also notice a lot more parts replaced. Lots of less rust in the engine bay in the last vid.
The engine will be rebuilt over the winter if all goes as planned, since the car was vandalized, i have little choice anyway.
And the day i took them out for fun...
PS: This is more of a cliffnotes sort of snapshot of it, since I actually have over 30 pages of worklogs on my website about it.... lots of pics though on my photobucket with it.... http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/d...hoshi/porsche/
12-11-2010, 08:49 PM
CorsePerVita
Re: I promised I'd post it. My 924 project (pic heavy)
got a parts car.
The good news - got the engine running and turning over today. LOTS of parts on it are in insane condition. Before it was parked the engine apparently had been replaced on almost all of the CIS parts. Almost all of them are in immaculate condition. The fuel system was my biggest concern and I am IMPRESSED.
Tranny is great, torque tube is in awesome shape and the engine is better than I could expect. Mind you the rest looks like pure ass.... this would have cost the same as my parts budget for a while, so I won't complain since it was FREE!
My this car rest in pieces when I'm done parting it out. I feel bad that it lived such a great life to come to such an end, but this car would take a small army to get it back on the road.... it will serve a great cause :)