Pork Chops Posted 9September, 2017 Report Share Posted 9September, 2017 As Tom has pointed out I have a penchant for fixer-uppers. So with this in mind may I introduce to you the latest project. Many of you will have seen this on carsales and I think it's a nice buy as it's got most of the parts needed to finish it, unlike my hotrod which is proving to be quite the money pit.I won't get it until early Oct and it won't start until a month or so after that, so it's be a slow burn.True to my wheel whore self, the first thing I'll do is grab a set of wheels for it as a set have popped up from a purveyor of quality Porsche merchandise well known around these parts.It's a factory LHD car and is still that way and will remain so. German delivered and then went to Japan and then to Aust in 2004. For a long time it sat in a workshop until the last owner picked it up but his circumstances changed and so it looks, have mine! Engine is 2.4 MFI (non matching but within 100 numbers), gearbox is a very early 915, interior is mostly there via Lakewell, all hanging panels are original and it has all the hard to find bits with it. Originally Light Yellow the car will be taken back to good original health and once complete I may flip or keep depending on how my heart and wallet are feeling.Let's work backwards. Here is the final product (though I think this is a '73)As it was from JapanAs it is now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 9September, 2017 Report Share Posted 9September, 2017 Hmmmm, you do like a challenge!Well done, quite a stable you are amassing So it will return to its former colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 9September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 9September, 2017 Hmmmm, you do like a challenge!Well done, quite a stable you are amassing So it will return to its former colour?I need to keep busy. Or, the voices...Colour will be per original, Light Yellow, which I think looks mint on this car. But so many do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFX Posted 9September, 2017 Report Share Posted 9September, 2017 I need to keep busy. Or, the voices...Colour will be per original, Light Yellow, which I think looks mint on this car. But so many do...Wow, I can't believe we are 2 posts in and you already have the colour sorted. This will have to be your shortest build thread in history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknine01 Posted 9September, 2017 Report Share Posted 9September, 2017 Watching with interest, I have a real soft spot for these early targas. Good call on the original colour too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 9September, 2017 Report Share Posted 9September, 2017 Here`s one we prepared earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 9September, 2017 Report Share Posted 9September, 2017 LOVE IT. welcome to the LHD exclusive club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted 9September, 2017 Report Share Posted 9September, 2017 You must have a very tolerant wife - all those car related bills every month would be hard to disguise ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 9September, 2017 Report Share Posted 9September, 2017 Love it keep it as original as possible .........how many builds have you got going know ..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 9September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 9September, 2017 Wow, I can't believe we are 2 posts in and you already have the colour sorted. This will have to be your shortest build thread in history The bad news is I was settling on this colour for the hotrod so that's now undecided yet again... Here`s one we prepared earlier I've seen this before on here and for some reason I think it might be Doug's? But yeah, that's kind of it! Is it still around? LOVE IT. welcome to the LHD exclusive club.Wow an exclusive club! I'm all over that like a rash. Yeah RHD is so passe You must have a very tolerant wife - all those car related bills every month would be hard to disguise ?To be fair to me, they are her cars... Love it keep it as original as possible .........how many builds have you got going know ..?Yes this one will be original but I'm thinking it has to be a little lowered. But that's it for this one! 2 builds as the SC engine is mostly concluded. I missed that cheap black 993 by about 20 minutes on Thursday so I'm lucky I don't have another! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 10September, 2017 Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 I've seen this before on here and for some reason I think it might be Doug's? But yeah, that's kind of it! Is it still around? Not Dougs, it's Gary's, Dougs yellow one is a C3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 10September, 2017 Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 Just do your rot rod in a different yellow .................eg signal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFX Posted 10September, 2017 Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 The bad news is I was settling on this colour for the hotrod so that's now undecided yet again...Ok, so you are making up for this thread being shorter, by extending the other one... and the world is now in balance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 10September, 2017 Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 The bad news is I was settling on this colour for the hotrod so that's now undecided yet again...it's not like you will confuse the 2.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 10September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 Ok, so you are making up for this thread being shorter, by extending the other one... and the world is now in balance The lord giveth and taketh away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 10September, 2017 Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 For some reason I'm now offended.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 10September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 For some reason I'm now offended..Seems it's contagious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okrasa Kid Posted 10September, 2017 Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 You must have a very tolerant wife - all those car related bills every month would be hard to disguise ?The Kid saysApparently its all to do with the pie!Rather than cut it up in ever smaller portions you just make it BIGGER!!!!That's Pork Chops secret. I tried this approach on my wife and she just looked at me as if I was talking gibberish.Several days late after insisting I sell one of my three toys before I buy another she turned around out of the blue and said well it depend on what it is.Clearly I am not as adept as Pork Chops in the execution of this strategy but it appears to have merit and Chopster's track record is laudable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-banger Posted 10September, 2017 Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 Congrats PC.You will love the sound of MFI.not mine, but another pic of the light yellow '72 Targa that Steve previously posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 10September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 The Kid saysApparently its all to do with the pie!Rather than cut it up in ever smaller portions you just make it BIGGER!!!!That's Pork Chops secret. I tried this approach on my wife and she just looked at me as if I was talking gibberish.Several days late after insisting I sell one of my three toys before I buy another she turned around out of the blue and said well it depend on what it is.Clearly I am not as adept as Pork Chops in the execution of this strategy but it appears to have merit and Chopster's track record is laudable! Yes grow the pie, and everyone's slice gets bigger. Could be a great big ponzi scheme but I'm running with it for the time being. Congrats PC.You will love the sound of MFI.not mine, but another pic of the light yellow '72 Targa that Steve previously posted. Thanks Doug. Yes looking forward to my first MFI experience. Interesting that car appears to be RHD so if not Aus delivered is it UK? Other than that it's pretty much the same car. Once mine's done it'd be great to get them next to each other to see how they differ. With left and right hand drive they'll make a nice mirror image of each other. Not paid for yet but hopefully mine in the next couple of weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafikdous Posted 10September, 2017 Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 if you finish this before I finish my tangerine I will be very cross Looking great. Who's doing the panel work for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 10September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 if you finish this before I finish my tangerine I will be very cross Looking great. Who's doing the panel work for you?It's a long race but particularly when you're doing it yourself! Skunkwerks are the body shop. Same folks that did my SC rescue and are currently doing my hotrod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 10September, 2017 Report Share Posted 10September, 2017 I heart early targas. The color is fantastic. Go for 100% stock I say. Great contrast to the wide body hot rod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 11September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 11September, 2017 I heart early targas. The color is fantastic. Go for 100% stock I say. Great contrast to the wide body hot rod.Here is some Targa porn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 30September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 30September, 2017 On the road again. From Newcastle to Colac. Luckily not me driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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