Richard Bernau Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 Paid the balance of the bill and ordered a fresh set of plates this morning. That feels like a milestone. Now over to JAZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALEX P Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Richard Bernau said: Paid the balance of the bill and ordered a fresh set of plates this morning. That feels like a milestone. Now over to JAZ. Great stuff RB, what is still to do? Without tempting fate are we talking a few days, weeks, months work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bernau Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 Some welding on the exhaust + new tail pipe (cosmetics) Some new loom to be made - ie., headlights Fix passenger electric window Alignment Check/adjust accelerator pedal and linkage MOT Not sure what else. Sounds like a day's work. So it will take a month... Then I will take a look at the interior again and probably retrim the seats, add heating pads. Maybe leather trim the half cage. I have forgotten what was on the to do list its been so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bernau Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Prediction correct - still hasn't left the bodyshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Rock Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALEX P Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Richard Bernau said: Prediction correct - still hasn't left the bodyshop. I honestly believe that Nige managed to find the only bodyshop in the UK with a working clock and calendar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
World Citizen Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 20 minutes ago, ALEX P said: I honestly believe that Nige managed to find the only bodyshop in the UK with a working clock and calendar. 😁 and Frazer found the only engine builder with a working clock and calendar Keep the faith RB, leather wrapped rear cage sounds very lush Edited October 17, 2018 by World Citizen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bernau Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Its done in the body shop - finally - but they have left a couple of minor things that are in the too hard basket and I missed my slot with JAZ. I would rather have the car at JAZ now as I know Steve will crack on with it. He can't afford to have cars taking up space and runs a decent business that moves at speed. So we move on. Good news there is a plan. Bad news (for my wallet) is I have bitten the bullet on a new wiring loom. Parts of the old loom are showing evidence of less than acceptable rewiring by previous shops and owners. Easier to replace than fix. And we have found a loom at a reasonable price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bernau Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 It's snuck up on me, but now almost done. Car was driven (illegally?) to the exhaust guy this week and he is making a new Y-pipe and fitting a new silencer as both looked tired with less than perfect welding. Electrics now all working as they should and all trim back in the car. A couple of tidy up jobs to do, but they are very minor. Soon have it home .... Maybe pre-Xmas .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALEX P Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Richard Bernau said: It's snuck up on me, but now almost done. Car was driven (illegally?) to the exhaust guy this week and he is making a new Y-pipe and fitting a new silencer as both looked tired with less than perfect welding. Electrics now all working as they should and all trim back in the car. A couple of tidy up jobs to do, but they are very minor. Soon have it home .... Maybe pre-Xmas .... Excellent news, they're obviously thinking of their Christmas bonusses! What's the plan when you get the car back? Use the Boxster for daily kinda stuff with this for your Euro trips or is it a track car, just a toy for tearing around in or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bernau Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 I honestly don't know. It's been so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bernau Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Santa delivered something red yesterday. Got it home last night. 70+ miles of cold, wet, dark M25 bumper-to-bumper hell in a car with no heater, sh!te 911 headlights and a brand new clutch (still being broken in and feeling weird but improving) that I haven't driven in nearly 30 months. Possibly the most stressful drive of my entire life. Many things fixed as a result of many new problems found. I think the car has been spanner checked about 4 times now. Had a long talk with Steve before leaving JAZ yesterday and we now agree we have a good reliable car that won't crash, catch fire or otherwise self destruct. Yes, all of those were possible given the legacy of the previous mechanical work. Some mission critical stuff replaced since I bought the car have included steering rack, large sections of the loom and fuel lines. You can guess the consequences. But all good now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Rock Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strosek34 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Great news Rich, I can image the stress of driving it home with the sh*te weather we had last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevvy Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Nice mate, look forward to the "been for a blast" report. Hope you get a few cold dry days over the crimbo break to enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busybee Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Good stuff. Driving home for Xmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bernau Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Merry IB Xmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewaysfun Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Great pic Richard and great news it's home for Xmas Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeShelter Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Car looks fantastic. Looking forward to reading about it running! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bernau Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 Not much driving going on but lots of polishing and the children got creative with the lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Superb looking car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2D2 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Supercool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
World Citizen Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 😎 bet that's the best thing you've ever had for Christmas, Happy New Year to you RB, anytime you need to have an excuse to blast up here, please shout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bernau Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Need to do a few things - basic heat, fix passenger door lock, paint protection film - before its ready for any real driving. The paint did polish/wax up very nicely. It may have taken a while but the quality of the paint and body work is very good. Even the panel gaps are pretty good and given its carbon doors and bonnet, they fit much better than I really expected. On the paint, you only really see how good/bad it is when you get up close and personal with it - wash, polish, wax. I can only see a couple of blemishes (one tiny matt patch under a roof gutter and a tiny run hidden in a crease) and a couple of mechanics work marks that largely polished out. Even the drive home left a few tiny stone chips though, so PPF seems a worthwhile investment, though its seems very cartel priced around the South East. There are some good things that others won't notice, like I shelled out for the proper genuine 964 impact protection bar at the front so the bumper mounts properly and there is a working OE tow hook threaded hole. Now obviously, a 930 chassis has no provision to fix the impact bar, so that all had to be fabricated. I also have the old carbon intercooler shroud that needs adapting to the new tail. I have a little to-do list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bernau Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 Dropped the car off this morning for PPF to be applied to front, sills and flares. Two day job. Using Race by Design as they are local (East Grinstead) and do cars for Parr, so they know Porsches and recently did a real 965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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