JohnTurbo Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) Hi folks! Great to find a good forum for the 'best' 911 vintages! I've been an owner for 10 days of a light blue 1982 SC coupe. Its got a somewhat questionable blue interior which - having looked at interior parts prices - I'm busy learning to love. Its had engine/gearbox/suspension rebuilds as well as a respray - so condition appears to be good other than a bit of poor wiring and an intermittant fuel gauge (so far). First picture I took of the SC attached - and the last picture of my previous car, which has gone to make financial room for the Porsche. I also have a 'Caterfield' style kit car fort he track with a cage and a 328i engine. Looking forward to learning about the car here! Edited February 3, 2020 by JohnTurbo typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy352 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Very nice John, is it another Iris blue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondrian Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Welcome to the forum, great looking SC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesworth Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Welcome John, lets have some pics of that questionable interior... Car looks lovely - that's a beautiful colour for a IB 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat fuchs Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Great looking SC...good choice. Welcome and look forward to seeing more pics/plans for the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTurbo Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Thanks folks. Iris blue is correct I think - will check the paint code. As far as interior colours; I think of this clip (only substituting 'bathroom' and '911' and 'white' with 'black') : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTurbo Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 (Though the variety of weird and wonderful interiors seems to be part of the fun!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Great colour John 😁 I'm sure the interior will look great too. Maybe not what you'd want in your everyday car but this is an 80's icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Welcome. Anything is better than a plain black interior IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat fuchs Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Hellblau Light Blue Metallic 30T should be the correct colour for that year. Iris blue is a later colour. Looks great regardless Cheers FF 7 minutes ago, Phill said: Welcome. Anything is better than a plain black interior IMO +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nige Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Phill said: Welcome. Anything is better than a plain black interior IMO Defo, wy favourite was GeorgeK's kiln red Turbo with avocado interior. Edited February 3, 2020 by Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_911 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Nige said: Defo, wy favourite was GeorgeK's kiln red Turbo with avocado interior. Still kick myself that I didn't buy that car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTurbo Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Blue heaven 😉 That red and avocado is incredible!! Hahaha!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busybee Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Must be me but the red and green just doesn’t do it for me at all. Like a tomato 🍅 porsche! 😂 Blue looks fab OP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Have to say John, your car is one of the most original I've seen in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy M Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 When I worked at Newcastle Poly, my office overlooked the garages of flats in Northumberland Road. Every now and then an identical car to that would emerge from one of the garages. Hard to place the exact year but between 1985 and 1993 and, given the registration it could be the same car. There was also a similar colour DB4 which parked next to the church at the same time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesworth Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 12 hours ago, JohnTurbo said: Blue heaven 😉 I'd have the blue interior over plain black any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proporsche Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 welcome John nice 911 blue is different i`s leave it;-) just some hand brake adjustment i would recommend;-) Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTurbo Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 11 hours ago, Roy M said: When I worked at Newcastle Poly, my office overlooked the garages of flats in Northumberland Road. Every now and then an identical car to that would emerge from one of the garages. Hard to place the exact year but between 1985 and 1993 and, given the registration it could be the same car. There was also a similar colour DB4 which parked next to the church at the same time! I will have to look at the receipts for where it lived at that time. It was originally bought from Bradford JCT600. Thanks for the comments folks - as I said I'm learning to love the blue. It could use a clean in the above photo of course! Hoping to keep it mostly original - though I do fancy some early style heat exchangers or SSIs. I don't like a too sporty exhaust note but its really very hard to tell its a 6 cyl at the moment. It sounds like its common for them to be quite modified then? I ditched the lotus because my kitcar is more fun and wanted something to pamper and enjoy on the road (rather than the track - I do a lot of trackdays and have a Nat-B race license) The front tyres are from 2006 too so they're on the list, and maybe the 2012 rears too. A couple more dirty snaps attached. Its living at work (we have a garage for staff car enthusiats to use), while my new garage is being built. (another photo!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, JohnTurbo said: It sounds like its common for them to be quite modified then? Not many on here that aren't modified in some way. That's a garage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesworth Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 SSI's are a brilliant addition to an SC. Fit with a one out non-sport back box it sounds great but not shouty loud or in any way monotonous. Old school raspy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP72 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Get the GT3 silencer with SSis pure flat 6 Edited February 4, 2020 by SP72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busybee Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, SP72 said: Get the GT3 silencer with SSis pure flat 6 That just sounds glorious Shirish 👍😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP72 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, Busybee said: That just sounds glorious Shirish 👍😁 I know dude, I love it - its the sound I’d absolutely be aiming for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busybee Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, SP72 said: I know dude, I love it - its the sound I’d absolutely be aiming for You missing her already? I would be. I’d forget all that Alfa stuff SP and get yourself back in an IB 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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