Restoration 1971 Porsche 911T Coupe

  Remember the “while in there” from last week?  It also included painting the entire trunk and smugglers box with silver POR15 up to the slope of the fire wall.  This car does not have original front fenders, hood or … Continued

The front end is back together.  You may remember I wrote about restoring the headlights but I did the same to the Cibié driving lights on the hood.  They were completely torn down, powder coated, polished, rewired and built back … Continued

Not much going on this week since spring is here and I’m focused on some outdoor projects.  I did pull the Zenith carburetors in favor of the new Webers that came on the front seat of the car.  Also, they … Continued

The ’71 911T came with Cibie headlights with concave lenses, not sure if you can tell that from the photos.  As they seem quite unique, I always thought it would suck if they broke.  Then I noticed a big rock … Continued

The tank is officially off to B&B Radiator for the “renew” process.  Meanwhile, I’m left prepping the area for its return scraping off 40+ year old spongy black goo.  I’ll eventually repaint the area with satin black and lay down … Continued

See the little pile of rust on the tray?  That would be why the lens is brown.  I’m cleaning the fog light up the best I can.  But the reality is, a sealed lens doesn’t want to be unsealed making … Continued

  After cleaning up the grounds and getting spark back, I tackled the fuel system.  First order of business was to pull the gas tank.  The tank will be getting “renewed” which is a patented process to coat the inside … Continued

Herein lies a new weekly segment that will focus on my restoration projects, Restoration Wednesday.   The current one was my storage unit find, a 1971 Porsche 911T.  It came from Ohio where it was sitting since 2004.  I bought it … Continued