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85’ Carrera - great at 10 paces


Jim Rummy

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Hi all

Thought I’d maybe keep a thread going on this. Some of you do know the car as Jammo’s ‘blackbird’. I helped my friend buy it from the owner after Jammo in 2014 and now I’m helping him by keeping it in my garage and slowly bringing it back up to speed.

Here she is on the day I picked her up in Manchester - she had sat for quite a few months and hadn’t had an mot for 18 months:
 

 

 

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All 4 calipers needed replacing (which made the journey down south interesting!), she stalls intermittently at idle, neither windows work consistently, nor does the sunroof work at all, she’s got the usual rust, leaks from both engine and gearbox, the clutch needs replacing, one shock is shot, as is one of the drop links, various dings on the paint work, the hugely expensive RUF speedlines need a refurb and the ‘lightweight’ rear seat delete turns out to be a surprisingly heavy piece of plywood slung over the back with the rear seats mostly in place beneath! 
 

big thanks to Matt at Type 911 for fresh recon calipers by the way 
 

here are some more random pics:

 

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52 minutes ago, ALEX P said:

+1, I always loved Jambos car.

What ares your mates long term plans for it Mr.Rummy? 

The lot I think - step 1 the immediate stuff - clutch, oil leaks etc

 

step 2 the rest, wheels etc

 

step 3 bodywork and paint!

but not returning to stock, keeping it as jammo intended

1 hour ago, Ian Comerford said:

Good to see it back in the fold though.

Hi Ian, hope all well

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