roarmac Registered User

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 271

Rebuilding the 959

Wayne has been an incredible help and has used a lot of his time to back my up on the project, a real enthusiast



When I bought the project it was pretty much in the same condition as we have seen form previous threads on the forum. Quite beaten up. Has a major hit on the left side, just in front of the left door. The sill, post, wheel housing needs a lot of work, or better replacement. It needs to be put in a jig which I think will take place at Porsche classic in Stuttgart. They seem at the moment the only on that will do a job like this, and the only one which can provide some proper papers after the job. I'm fairly certain any good body mechanic could have done it, but being such a special car the smartest will be to get the factory on the case.



At the moment quite a bit has been done taken it apart. The engine, the whole drive train, interior, fenders, roof is off.





Classic will receive it as clean as possible before they start repairing it..



Taking the engine out was not that difficult, Wayne helped me out with the info from the manual which made the whole thing quite easy. Getting it in again is going to a bit more tricky. The shifter rod is going to be a pain gettin on while trying to get the box/engine in place. Luckily that is way down the road, and I have probably forgotten about the whole problem when I'm about to install



What is left now is dissemble all the electronic in the hood. There is quite a bit I can tell you. I will provide pictures of the massive Circuit/electronic cable cluster that is in front of the passenger seat foot area. I have decided to try to leave that..... It will be a years work to figure out of all those cables. I do neither think that they will need to be removed for the body straightening job at the factory



Pictures to come in the very near future



Roar Thanks a lot Wayne.Wayne has been an incredible help and has used a lot of his time to back my up on the project, a real enthusiastWhen I bought the project it was pretty much in the same condition as we have seen form previous threads on the forum. Quite beaten up. Has a major hit on the left side, just in front of the left door. The sill, post, wheel housing needs a lot of work, or better replacement. It needs to be put in a jig which I think will take place at Porsche classic in Stuttgart. They seem at the moment the only on that will do a job like this, and the only one which can provide some proper papers after the job. I'm fairly certain any good body mechanic could have done it, but being such a special car the smartest will be to get the factory on the case.At the moment quite a bit has been done taken it apart. The engine, the whole drive train, interior, fenders, roof is off.Classic will receive it as clean as possible before they start repairing it..Taking the engine out was not that difficult, Wayne helped me out with the info from the manual which made the whole thing quite easy. Getting it in again is going to a bit more tricky. The shifter rod is going to be a pain gettin on while trying to get the box/engine in place. Luckily that is way down the road, and I have probably forgotten about the whole problem when I'm about to installWhat is left now is dissemble all the electronic in the hood. There is quite a bit I can tell you. I will provide pictures of the massive Circuit/electronic cable cluster that is in front of the passenger seat foot area. I have decided to try to leave that..... It will be a years work to figure out of all those cables. I do neither think that they will need to be removed for the body straightening job at the factoryPictures to come in the very near futureRoar