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