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Ive been a VW man all my life, till I bought a really nice 67 LHD 912

Then I bought a converted to RHD 912

Then I bought this... Feeling very fortunate to get this car. Never thought I was going to get what I wanted for the money I had to spend

Its a Aussie 67 that's been converted to a LWB 2.7on webers. All the hard stuff had been done when I bought it but Ive done a fair bit already to make it my own.

Still more work to do but Im loving it

Must say I feel 4cyl 912s are extremely undervalued... they are such a great everyday car to drive and fun in the hills. The 6 sounds and goes better, but much harder to live with in traffic. Still, its a weekend driver and Im super happy with it

Ill continue to post my progress

And I still feel like a VW man......

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I put the s spoiler on...

Ideally Id have a SWB Aussie delivered 911s, but I don't have that money...

Its a 67 with a long wheelbase conversion so impossible to make it look like a SWB car

The colour is period 70s not 60s too, so I've gone with my next favourite look.... a 70 911s. It came with gold 911s badging already

Im making the most of what I have and Im not complaining....finding an Aussie delivery 60s Porsche at reasonable coin is difficult esp in todays market

The colour is tangerine. Not sure if its a porsche colour...I had paint matched and it came back as vermillion fire ( of Ford 351 GT fame Im assuming)

OG its brown so if there ever was a car that should be called Jaffa......

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On 13/08/2021 at 12:46, Saxon said:

I put the s spoiler on...

Ideally Id have a SWB Aussie delivered 911s, but I don't have that money...

Its a 67 with a long wheelbase conversion so impossible to make it look like a SWB car

The colour is period 70s not 60s too, so I've gone with my next favourite look.... a 70 911s. It came with gold 911s badging already

Im making the most of what I have and Im not complaining....finding an Aussie delivery 60s Porsche at reasonable coin is difficult esp in todays market

The colour is tangerine. Not sure if its a porsche colour...I had paint matched and it came back as vermillion fire ( of Ford 351 GT fame Im assuming)

OG its brown so if there ever was a car that should be called Jaffa......

True.  If it has already had a LWB 'conversion', 6 cylinder installed and the later spoiler added, the forward dating is not a biggie. As they say,' it's your car', and it's what you like to drive. The colour looks great too.

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  • 2 weeks later...

After taking my new car to a porsche specialist Ive been advised that my motor has signs of pulled head studs and subsequent leakage..... I was super disappointed  and quotes for engine rebuilds were lengthy and crazy money

So, behold, as luck would have it, I found a new motor. Built by a highly recommended builder in QLD. 2.7RS spec on PMOs. To be installed next week

Sold my old motor....too cheap obviously....had about 7 in the queue....C701D243-56AF-4139-970D-19AEDB2A352D.thumb.jpeg.cef428a487c1160963784a993f1eae03.jpeg

 

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I decided to get a completely rebuilt gearbox at the same time....I went for a magnesium case 915 to keep it period correct with the motor.

Slightly better ratios too which make it drive around town a bit better (7:31 from 8:31 or something like that)

So this year my car has new RS spec brakes, motor and gearbox. Decided to get my speedo refurbished and re-wound to coincide with the new mechanicals

Big thanks to Brett at flat6 Motorsport in QLD. I sent the car uo to him and he did a fantastic job, was great to work with.

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The new motor and gearbox run fantastic, keeping the revs under 4k for the first 2000ks as advised.....that will take some time in a weekender car

Next on the list are some smaller items

Period correct 380mm momo

New black German square weave carpet

New rear seats

New brushed silver dash and Blaupunkt radio

Replace suspension bushings back to factory rubber

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Always a good idea to use rubber in the suspension bushings on these cars to avoid harshness and noise.  The 'factory' rubber is usually from Prekom these days and very good quality (you can buy direct from Prekom at a substantially cheaper rate)

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Car is mostly finished now… pretty quick 5 month Resto

new oil tank
New rs style front seats, new rear seats, German square weave carpet, new dash facia, gauges redone, 380mm momo. Blaupunkt radio

ive put 1000ks on the new motor so half way through running it in. I Love driving it…..Installed a new scart exhaust (thanks Tom)

next update is replacing the poly bushes with rubber and a few other bits but nearly there. Thanks to Chris fryer for the help

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