Really Glad you’re enjoying it and following along! Check out some of our other build series like the 911SC and Karmann Ghia show car if you get a chance
You are not just restoring this 912, I would say that you are making a new car out of it. Ready for another 60 or 70 years. Or even more if the new owner keeps it out of the rust creators. Awesome work to save one from the trash heap.
Thank you! That’s the plan, to build a car that’ll be on the road for another few decades. Like you say, they need looking after correctly but this should be on the road for years to come
I don’t think you could restore a car like this without a jig! It was so over the place even taking measurements would have been a little sketchy and it would have taken considerably longer. Likewise, without the spot welder it would take so many more hours to complete what we’ve managed to complete so far!
Really great stuff. Watching you fabricate all these repair panels, I'm wondering if a repaired panel is as strong as the original. In woodworking, I know that if I use marine epoxy to join two pieces of wood together, that joint will be as strong, or, even stronger than the wood itself. Is that true with steel?
Honestly I think there’s too many variants to comment. Coach built cars were often made up from many pieces (or panels) then linished to create a seamless panel. But if a panel is poorly welded or ground too thin, it’ll always be weaker.
Really enjoyed your progress so far, with only the roof not touched yet.❤
Thank you! 😊
Wow it's like a frilly net curtain, great work bringing it back from the brink 👍
Thank you! Cheers! It reminds me of my nan’s doily’s 😅
More great work, so impressed 👍
Thanks Pat 🙌🏻
Another great episode. Great work
Glad you enjoyed it! 👌
Brilliant content as always 👍
Much appreciated, glad you enjoyed it 👌
I'm absolutely glued to this series, fantastic work, and so good to see cars this horrible getting another chance - the right way!
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Really amazing work you are doing on this absolute basket case restoration, and very helpful to see how you are approaching it rust hole by rust hole!
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great progress!!
Thank you 👍🏻
Lovely job..! 😊
Thank you! 😊
You are not just restoring this 912, I would say that you are making a new car out of it. Ready for another 60 or 70 years. Or even more if the new owner keeps it out of the rust creators. Awesome work to save one from the trash heap.
Thank you! That’s the plan, to build a car that’ll be on the road for another few decades. Like you say, they need looking after correctly but this should be on the road for years to come
bravo ! you are a master
Thank you 🙌🏻🙌🏻
the first min of this video really shows clearly why you need to jig a body for this amount of work.
Thats a mighty fine spot welder.
I don’t think you could restore a car like this without a jig! It was so over the place even taking measurements would have been a little sketchy and it would have taken considerably longer. Likewise, without the spot welder it would take so many more hours to complete what we’ve managed to complete so far!
Nice work 👏 need my 911 front corner repairing also 😅
Sounds like a nice easy one 😅
you're far too young to have this talent.. .well done sir 👏👏
Haha thank you 😂 been doing it nearly 18 years now so you’d hope I’d pick it up by now!
Top job again. Wonder what percentage of the original shell will be left!
Thanks! I reckon it’ll be around 70% new metal! Pretty much the roof, dash and parts of the bulkhead will be OG metal!
Really impressive work, do you intend to restore as 912 or delete original engine? Great video👍
Thank you! It doesn’t currently have an engine so but the plan is to run a spicey type 1 VW engine. Something around the 160bhp mark
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Really great stuff. Watching you fabricate all these repair panels, I'm wondering if a repaired panel is as strong as the original. In woodworking, I know that if I use marine epoxy to join two pieces of wood together, that joint will be as strong, or, even stronger than the wood itself. Is that true with steel?
Honestly I think there’s too many variants to comment. Coach built cars were often made up from many pieces (or panels) then linished to create a seamless panel. But if a panel is poorly welded or ground too thin, it’ll always be weaker.
Fascinating work. I am curious - when you do a restoration like this - what proportion of the shell is original and what will be new metal?
On this I reckon it’ll be around 70% new metal, which has both its pros and cons!
14:03. Amazing.
This piece is from a donor car?
Thank you. Not donor pieces have been used, new metal only.
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