Went to East London Porsche to see Magnus Walker, buy his book and get it signed. He took his time to chat with everyone that had waited to get their book signed. A few of us hung around after to see him get in the iconic white Martini liveried 930 Turbo that he saw when he was at the '77 Earls Court motor show, the car that started his love affair for Porsche. I even managed to get under the bonnet signed too.
Spa Classic '17
Porsche stuffCommentAmazing weekend at Spa Classic, pics say it all...
911 & Porsche World feature
Magazine FeaturesThank you guys @ 911 & Porsche World for our first feature in your magazine!
Stuttgart Classica's 1st Cars & Coffee
CommentWe had a great turnout at our first cars and coffee event, thank you everyone that attended. We hope to plan the next one in June.
Techno Classica Essen 2017
CommentJust got back from this years Techno Classica in Essen. Very tired but an amazing event. Heres some pictures...
Speedster magazine feature #037
Magazine FeaturesCommentThe nice people at Speedster magazine in France featured our lightweight bonnet & engine lid hinges and bi-LED headlight conversion kits in their 37th edition. They were even nice enough to send us a couple of copies, thanks guys!
Goodwood 75MM
Porsche stuffCommentHad a great day at Goodwood's 75th Members Meeting. Some amazing race cars, makes me wish I was this age back in the 70's.
Backdate Front Indicator Repair Frame
New productsWant to backdate your impact bumper wings? These steel frames can be welded to the bottom of your current wings to create the backdate look. Available individually or as a pair from here.
Stuttgart Classica 1980 Porsche 911 Backdate, Part 2
993 Engine'd SCCommentSecond half of the tear down...
So the car is off to paint on Monday, will be there about 8 weeks, will try get down there every week, so lots of pics to come in the next few weeks hopefully.
Stay tuned, let me know your thoughts.
Stuttgart Classica 1980 Porsche 911 Backdate, Part 1
993 Engine'd SCCommentIn this video we start to tear the car apart back to the bare shell. Getting ready for paint in January.
Classic and Sports Car Show @ Alexandra Palace
Porsche stuffPopped over to Alexandra Palace yesterday to see whats going on at the Classic and Sports Car Show. I planned on taking the 3.2 but it's a bit poorly at the moment, hopefully just a coil.
Our first magazine feature!
Magazine FeaturesCommentWe've had our first magazine feature thanks to Classic Porsche Magazine.
Dash backdate
993 Engine'd SCCommentSo this is what you get in the dash kit, four aluminium panels with cutouts for the heater controls, radio, ignition barrel etc.
To start with I mock fitted the panels to the dash using blue tack. On final assembly after paint, the dash panels will be attached using double sided foam tape.
After the help of Impactbumpers forum, Garry at Classic Carrera helped me out with some basket weave material. It's not actually weave, its perforated four flute leather. So basically stamped material to simulate actual weave. I bought a length of material from Garry which was enough to do a complete dash with a small amount left for mishaps! Garry recommended a high temperature contact adhesive, so bought a tin of Ebay, and had ago at learning a new skill. You really can't rush this job, took me an afternoon on a good rainy summer day at work. The dash material comes slightly oversized and you trim down.
I tackled the glove box panel first as it was just long with no cutouts. I would work up to the harder shapes! The glove box door needed slightly trimming down on the front edges to allow the aluminium panel to sit flat. You could trim the panel down to fit the glove box, but I wanted a good tight fit between the backdate panels, so did it this way round.
Here it is fitted in the car...