Toolkit

I have now assembled my toolkit.  To non early 911 people it might seem like an odd thing but getting together a complete and good condition kit is much harder than you’d think.  In the end I believe I have all the pieces plus a nice clean bag.  Only the tow hook and sunroof winder could use a replate which I can throw into the next batch.

Needless to say this kit will not actually get used, just stored in the car for the sake of completeness.  I’ll keep regular tools for emergency breakdown work (which of course won’t be happening!).

As an extension to this I have an aftermarket air compressor but I’m happy with this.  I’m not going to lose sleep over not having the genuine pump, most of them are dead after 30 years anyway.  And as for sourcing the original gloves and plastic bag for a flat tyre – I’ll leave that for the concours guys.

First Post!

Here we are!  Welcome to my blog.

I decided to start a blog about my 1983 Porsche 911SC.  It’s my 2nd one – owned the 1st one, a 1982 911SC around 1997 and sold it after only 2 years of owning it.  More about that car later.

When I bought my current 911SC I had every intention of just detailing it and replacing minor bits and pieces all in the pursuit of making it a ‘nice’ weekend car.  Well – all that has changed and it is starting to turn into much more of a ‘project’.  It’s not a restoration, nor a rebuild, but simply my project.

My goal is to refresh all components so that they are either new in appearance and function or with an acceptable level of patina.  I will endeavour to maintain a certain degree of originality and 911 heritage but will allow specific modifications if I believe it makes this a better car.  One criteria is that I can always return this car to 99% original – this means no body mods, roll cages, etc.

The purpose of this blog is to document the progress.  It will serve as a timeline and photographic record for all the work I am doing.  The end result is to have a car I love driving, one that I never intend to sell – unless of course I upgrade to a better 911!

I hope you enjoy the journey.