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964 Project - 'The Red Baron!'

Awesome work Chief.

When I saw your car at Oulton it looked great, it'll be in another league up there with BB by the time you've finished.
 
cheeksyboy said:
Awesome work Chief.

When I saw your car at Oulton it looked great, it'll be in another league up there with BB by the time you've finished.
Thanks sunshine, I'm trying to get into Frank's league :worship:
 
Zingari said:
Good work Chief :thumb: I had a look at the nuts on my thermostat housing - yep very crud laden with rust. Another think added to the list :x

I take it the car will be ready for the Thursday meet :dont know:

Brian, I like your optimism, but I think Zanzibar will be making a show.
 
Wow - thanks for the kind words Chief.

It seems these cars are all about leaving our marks on them.

Some girls come and go - others leave foot prints on our hearts that will last forever.
 
Some girls come and go - others leave foot prints on our hearts that will last forever.

Others leave footprints on the headlining - which sometimes can be carefully removed :grin:
 
Can't believe the work it seems everyone is doing to their 964's.. Great attention to detail and a credit to you Chief :thumb:
 
Thanks for all the kind comments everyone....
Just by way of an update, I have dropped the oil lines over to Pirtek for them to put new flexi ends on. They are not supposed to rotate on the long metal pipes. They are also braising up a bit of damage to the metal pipework for me. So this weekend will be re-painting the pipes and cleaning up and painting the oil cooler. OPC have just had an order off me that should see the Christmas Party all paid for, so more later :grin:
 
I have been following this thread with interest and I must say its great to see owners taking the plunge/getting stuck in like this. Often we can do a better job than any Indy/specialist could ever do on these cars and here is another prime example.

:worship: :thumb:
 

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wizard993 said:
I have been following this thread with interest and I must say its great to see owners taking the plunge/getting stuck in like this. Often we can do a better job than any Indy/specialist could ever do on these cars and here is another prime example.

:worship: :thumb:

Go on Wizz the GT2 needs a stable mate :grin:
 
clinchy993 said:
wizard993 said:
I have been following this thread with interest and I must say its great to see owners taking the plunge/getting stuck in like this. Often we can do a better job than any Indy/specialist could ever do on these cars and here is another prime example.

:worship: :thumb:

Go on Wizz the GT2 needs a stable mate :grin:

lol......I still harbour a desire for another slice of air cooled pork!
 
Right Fella's,
"Today I have mostly been" (anyone remember the Fast Show?)
Well mostly cleaning and painting....
After finishing up re-building the calipers Friday night on a clean bench it was down a dirty Saturday for the rest....
You have seen the state the Oil Radiator was in so over the last week I have been popping in the garage to spray Gunk (other brands are available) into the cooling vanes to break down the crud and ditritus. This seems to have done the trick, so off for an early bath.

Next was to do the same with the Thermostat Housing

Now degreased in the bucket it went for a soapy hot wash.
I removed the paint from the Oil radiator with a wire brush on a drill ready for some mat black heat paint.


Whilst drying it was time to mask up the housing before sand blasting with my little home made version. First masking tape then over the top with duck tape to the blaster doesn't destroy anything.

First some etch primer, then a little red oxide. Whilst we're waiting for that to dry out of my home made spray booth comes the rad.


As per the Oil Tank I have gone with gloss black. The tank was powder coated so I have had to wet paint then lacquer over to get them looking the same.


The long Oil Pipes to the front of the car I have had new hoses put on and braised to cover a little nick in the pipe. The pipes do not rotate now, which is a good thing. I suspect the oil has been misting out of the rubber unions and covered the rad. On closer inspection I couldn't live with the metal pipes as they were. The powder coat was starting to come off in places so best start stripping it off.

You can clearly see the corrosion on the brass pipe. After some Nitromors I went at them with the sanding wheel on the drill.



So all done with that little lot. I will be dropping them into my pal who painted the calipers for me as I want these 2K etched then gloss black per the rest of the oil transfer stuff. Being brass I didn't want to take any chances with home paint.
Right so Lets have a look at the fan......

This has clearly seen better days.


After removing the actual fan, you can see all the crud that builds up. As it's sticky oil, everything sticks to it, including grit and mud.



This is what a new one looks like!

So that's it so far. I have dropped the pipes off for paint and then found the most amazing bunch of chaps down the road from me who are going the dismantle and re-furbish the fan. The guy said the he wouldn't book it in as he would work on it in his lunch hours! (sounds like a cash job to me :wink: ). There we go then.
All the best,
The Baron
 
Looking great, mate.

That brass pipe looks too pretty to paint. How about "au naturelle"??

That thermostat housing looks better than when I last saw it! You've even got the drain-plug out.

When you were cleaning and degreasing, why didn't you use a parts washer? I'm sure I've seen one at your place.

I see you used the Bosch paint booth. Nice. Is that the one with the front extraction door?

Now get those bits stuck on and get down with us to Spain.

EDITED to correct spelling, typed in a hurry.
 
Nice work Chief :thumb: How you fixed doing mine as a foreigner :dont know:
 

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