RS Heaven at Phil Hearns workshop

[patrick911]

Patrick, your car was behind me on a hoist being worked on so hopefully done soon.

It's all good. Phil called me last Wednesday and i picked the car up in the afternoon. It being a gorgeous sunny spring day, i took the afternoon off and took it for a long drive around Healesville, Yea & King lake. Fantastic! Nothing beats a just serviced 901 on almost empty roads on a sunny day.

After an initial scare (Phil called two weeks ago with bad compression & leakage test results) he cleaned the carbs and its much, much improved now; it's done over 200,000km and has never been rebuild in its 39 years, doesn't smoke and has healthy compression on 5 of the six cilinders. A 'T' really is bomb-proof!

By the way: Thanks to all for recommending Phil Hearn. He's not close to where i live, he's extremely busy and he is (as all other Porsche mechanics i've dealt with in the past) very meticulous, but it's really worth the wait & money spent; He's done a great job on my car, and prepared me for what's coming up in the near future, which enables me to plan ahead. Highly recommended!

[e72phil]

Patrick, glad Phil was able to look after you. As you say he is quite meticulous and you get a great job for a fair price.

But as with all good things, one must wait and he is not well known for being quick with his jobs.

I was there tonight and should have taken photos of the new motor he has built for a 550 that will hoprefully be ready for Motorclassica this year, resplendent in new French Blue paint and completely rebuilt from scratch.