Porsche 356 Speedster
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| The car as it arrived to our workshop with all the parts | Turning the car on its side on the rotisserie |
Looking at the body, the
car is in need off major restoration
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| This is a shot of the floor pans taken out and the sills removed |
The car returned from
acid dipping which shows the damage and rust every where you look
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The rear end after acid dipping shows similar damage |
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| The doors are extremely bad as well | Side view shot after dipping |
Car red / brown primed,
every section of car needed manufacturing
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| Rear end off the can and top of the N/S quarter panel manufactured | Manufactured O/S rear wheel arch |
As the rear end is off,
we notice how bad the damage is
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| Badly rusted bonnet and comparing it to the fabricated front bonnet section |
Making panels for the O/S
rear engine section
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Panels fabricated and welded in place |
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| New original front nose welded in place | Fabricated engine lid skin and trial fitting the grill in place |
Removed and fabricate
sections, repair of the gear box tunnel panel
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| Front end turned upside down and trial fitted on the body | This is how major the restoration was |
Fabricated O/S front
guard and fitting in place
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Fabricated O/S front guard welded in place |
Fabricated N/S front
guard and welding in place
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Removed outer rear seat corner box section and re make tube |
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| Fabricated panel | Welding front floor section in place | Car upside down and work is being done on the inner sill, primed and fish oil applied |
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| Trial fitting fabricated N/S rear seat section | This is the under body being worked on | Both front and rear floor pans have been welded in place and gearbox tunnel is also welded in place |
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Under body shot of new
sills welded in place
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fabricated O/S wheel arch welded together with newly fabricated scuttle panel | Working on O/S front guard |
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| Fabricated lower rear end section |
Welded in new section on
the dash where radio was situated
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As you can see, this is the old radio panel compared to the new one |
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| Checking the alignment of the front end | All panels file finished and final trial fitting |
Fabricated N/S door skin,
file finished and checking the gaps with the sill panel
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| Rear end being repaired and file finished |
Underneath the rear end
section being primed and stone guarded
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Trial fitting the front bumper bar |
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Trial fitting the soft
top with the windscreen
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Body being prepared for EP primer | Soft top frame plated |
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| Soft top frame painted | Body in EP primer |
Front end with EP primer
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| Under body of car being rubbed and prepared for primer |
Engine lid and bumper
bars being EP primed
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Underbody being painted |
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| Underbody being painted |
Outer body painted
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Outer body painted |
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| A closer shot of outer body painted |
This is how bad the rear
suspension was
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Painting the inside floor |
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| The car out of the spray booth on a trolley | The doors freshly painted | Suspension and drum covers, Note as original how one side is painted and the other is plated |
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| Fitting up front brakes | Final drive fitted together and painted |
View after paint with front brakes on
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| Engine all assembled | Just like new |
Chrome
strips and doors fitted
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| Tuning the engine and tidying up the wiring | Interior trim all complete along with the seat belts we put in |
New handmade tonneau
cover in place as per original
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| Rear shot of finished product |
Another shot of the
rear
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Front view of this beautifully restored speedster |
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| Another shot of the front after the final polish and detail |