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at a local oldtimer restoration specialist, who had bought it to fix it up for rallying.
Having driven mostly Peugeot in rallys, his sponsors asked him for something more
'spectacular' like a Porsche. He looked around for one and finally bought this car from
someone in Germany, who had spent some time and money on it but then left it to rot in an
old barn, a fate not uncommon to oldtimer cars. The problem was it's year of build. Since
it was supposed to race in a 'before 1965' category, some minor changes would have to be
made. Later on these changes proved to be
not so minor, but almost impossible. And, given the state of the car, at lot of time and
money would have to be spent, and the car was once again abandoned. And this is the state
that i found it in, back in 1994. |
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At a first glance,
the car seemed incomplete. Most of the interior had been removed, no windows, etc.
As it turned out, almost every part was there, the car was disassembled and most of the
expensive stuff was in a reasonable state. |
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Notice the gearbox,
the air filter and the heat exchanger lying inside the hood compartment. There was also a
lot of stuff that i really wouldn't know where to fit, so this is going to be an
interesting puzzle. The rest of the parts included the chairs, and a set of very
nice Fuchs wheels. O, and six original porsche wheelcaps in good condition. |
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The body turned out
to be the worst part of the entire car. A lot of rust, and several holes in the underside,
the result of standing outside in the rain for many years. Notice the hole at the rear
wheel suspension, it is a short wheel base version, proving it's age to be correct. If i
had known how bad the body really was, i would probably never have started this at
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There were actually
two engines with the car, a 2.0 liter and a 2.2 liter. The 2.0 is the original engine, so
that will be the one that i am going to fit. What to do with the second one i don't know
yet. Maybe some of the parts are exchangeable, but i doubt that. If it fits i can probably
use it as a spare. |
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