My name is Jeff Edwards and I have recently acquired a factory RHD 1971 911T as a basis for a full restoration challenge. I did a rebuild on a ’84 SC cabriolet about 4 years ago, so am somewhat familiar with Porsche architecture. Since the Porsche, I have restored a ’67 Mercedes 250SL Pagoda, which is a joy to own, and a ’69 Aston Martin DBS which I disliked and ended up selling.
Next week 71T goes to K-Tech when Brendan and I will decide the attack plan for the restoration and determine how much I can do and how much to leave to the professionals. 71T needs to be properly back-dated with new panels as it was “converted” into a RS look-a-like club car in the early 90’s. It appears to have blown its motor at some stage shortly after and went into dry storage while a replacement motor was found. That never eventuated and I understand that the car has sat engineless in storage for over a decade. Perhaps this car is known to some of the Victoria members and someone might be able to shed some light on its history for me. It will need a bare metal respray and a full mechanical and interior rebuild. Should keep me off the streets for a while.
John at Zag Automotive has already helped me locate a closely matching 2.2 T Webber motor and transmission, which are now being rebuild by Carlo at Cavaco Motors in Sydney.
I will have plenty of questions and calls for help as I work through the restoration, but hope to be able to contribute a little as well.
Thanks you for having me.
Next week 71T goes to K-Tech when Brendan and I will decide the attack plan for the restoration and determine how much I can do and how much to leave to the professionals. 71T needs to be properly back-dated with new panels as it was “converted” into a RS look-a-like club car in the early 90’s. It appears to have blown its motor at some stage shortly after and went into dry storage while a replacement motor was found. That never eventuated and I understand that the car has sat engineless in storage for over a decade. Perhaps this car is known to some of the Victoria members and someone might be able to shed some light on its history for me. It will need a bare metal respray and a full mechanical and interior rebuild. Should keep me off the streets for a while.
John at Zag Automotive has already helped me locate a closely matching 2.2 T Webber motor and transmission, which are now being rebuild by Carlo at Cavaco Motors in Sydney.
I will have plenty of questions and calls for help as I work through the restoration, but hope to be able to contribute a little as well.
Thanks you for having me.
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