22 October 2014, Wednesday .
Restoring a 1970 Porsche 911 T with Zenith Carburetors
The engine as you see, for a 1970 car is ok
The original stickers are there. but the electric instalation was mixed
The Zenith Carburetor from the car
Restoring one of the Zenith Carburetor
New gaskets in the Zenith
Almost finished
The gearbox from the car
Another lookd from the gearbox after cleaned up
The pistons
The engine seems to be ok
Begin to clean the engine parts
One Zenith finished
Second Zenith to repair. You can now compare with the other one. quite a difference
Both ready and wainting to be assembly in the engine.
Gearbox clean
Another look for the aluminium gearbox
Dismantle the rear
Dismantle the front
Another picture from the front
Dismantle the doors
Dismantle the drivers side
Rear dismantled
Inside almost complete dismatled
Another picture
Lot of mparts to dismantle
Luggage compartment
Another picture
Still a lot of pieces to came out
Another picture
Original stickers
Working in the wires
Only missing the dashboard
Preparing to dismantle the dashboard
Almost done
The front wings already out
Another picture
And a picture from the other side
After the sand blast
Another picture
Almost no rust, only small details
Rear almost ready
The rear was almost ok. not so much to do
Front need a little more work. Small parts
Testing the parts to fit
Some of the work done
Small but importatnt parts to restore
As you can see there is always work to do
Tryng bonet and then doors before go to the paint.
Almost ready for the paint
Small works
Adjusting the doors
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Adjusting the front
Adjusting doors right side
Small reparation in the rear
Almost ready
ready for paint
Ready for paint
Rebuid the engine
New bearings
New chains
Preparing to assembly the engine
Assembly of teh engine has begin
Another view of the assembly of the engine
Another rpicture
New gaskets
New chains
New spark plugs, new engine gaskets
Assembly the engine
First carburator on place
Carburators on place
Engine almost complete
Waiting for the body
Already painted
Another view
Side view
Front suspension
Assembly the brakes
Assemble the axles
Another view
Rear tail lights already on place
Electric part and dashboard begin assembly
Begin assembly the front part
Rear almost ready for assembly the engine
Left side
Right side
Working on the dashboard
Another view
Front with headlights
Rebuilt the gearbox
Another view from the work
Engine and gearbox already on place
Another view
Another view from the engine
New fuel tank
Another view from the fuel tank
Assembly the exhaust
Assembly the exhaust
Testing the engine
Another view
Exhaust on place
Another view
Another view
Almost ready
Another view
Left side
Engine testing
Engine compartment almost finished
Ready for the new interior
Another view
Another view
Engine compartment
Assembly the interior
New interior leather
Testing the engine
Front bottom with new fuel tank
New complet exhaust
Ready for testing
Front
Looks like new
Another look
Applying cavity wax for protection
Applying in the underframe
After all wax
This is how it looks like after the cavity wax.
This how it looks like, now that is finished.
A reborn Porsche
Like brand new
New leather
Another picture of the interior
Engine totally rebuilt
Ready for the new owner
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Sérgio Rodrigues
email: sergio@ssrclassic.com