I haved owned my 951 10 years now. Before it i owned a 944 some years. It's quite understandable also your son grows
up to like 944 models as well.
Since my son is a poor student, the only possible way to buy a 944 was to get a project car. These cars are much more expensive here in Finland, because of the worlds third highset car taxation.
This project came for sale at the end of last year. We considered it, but the asking price was not too attractive for us. We forgot it, but in February we found out it was bought by a guy with whom i have done some parts business earlier. He bouht this car to breake it for parts.
He had already sold steering rack, brakes, and some other minor parts. Luckily we managed to trade this car for some extra parts i had in my store and what he needed for his 911 project, so total we paid for it was just some parts worth few hundred euros.
We saw this car in "live" early in March, vistited thre several times and wondered would it be wise to get it or not.Well, the desicion was made and first step was to trailered it home.
This 944 Turbo was sold 31.12.1987 in Switzerland by Amag in Schinznach-Bad; Aargau. First owner lived in Hergiswill. Car was sold in 1998 to Sweden and it was imported to Finland 2005. Soon after that it suffered the classical engine fire syndrome. Car has been sitting ever since
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First step at home was to drive some electricty to power windows to get them closed. Car has been sitting for years because of the engine fire. Last few months it has been outdoors with open windows.
Now my son was able to wash the car. Next step is to remove the rest of the interior, drop off the whole undercarriage. All undercarriage parts will be media blasted, and poweder coated; aluminium parts with clear powder. Also engine room needs a lot of attention because the fire damage. First a total clean up procedure and new fresh paint. We have a spare hood which also needs some fresh Diamond Blue paint, because it's Satin Black Metallic. Lot's of work to do; luckily i have a lot of spare parts to accomplish this project. This is a father-son project and a good learning possibility to my son.Remains me when i started to work with cars with my own father
Couple of months ago, my son wondering, will this be a wise move at all to buy this?
In April:
Time flies, the same spot in the '90's
Back in April
Because i am just about to start my new business, i have been too busy to help my son.
Some progress though, we removed at the end of April the rest of the interior and dropped off the front suspension and few other parts for clean up and rebuild. Now just have to remove all the rest pieces from engine compartment, so it can be re-painted. A friend of mine promised to do it. Should get good results since he is a professional hot rod builder. http://www.herstiautoshop.com/koti.htm
Few picturs from April:
Most of the interior removed.Burgundy will be changed to linen
Removed front suspension and few other parts
One night sleep, and story continues. Dissassembled most of the frontend. Only few electric wires left. When we removed the wires we will wash the engine bay with pressure washer and then we can start to prepare it for a fresh paint.
I also started to make a new badgepanel with integrated GTS style lights. Here's molds more or less finished
Opposite side of the molds
The finished product should look like this (panel for my own car, i am not going to use those light units)
We also managed to find quite many missing parts for son's project. Brake system missed booster, but a friend have some extra ones, so we get one for a good price.Another friend gave us a good steerinck rack. Brake caliper issue has to be solved, but another friend of mine fabricate a kit like this for my son, so it will be a guideline to caliper selection
Some progress this week. We removed last of the wiring harness from engine room including the fuse box. Today some elbowe grease, washed the wheel wells, bottom, engine room etc. Tomorrow we will start to prepare engine room for the new paint.
Got most of the 22+ years road dirt away from wheel wells
To be continue []
up to like 944 models as well.
Since my son is a poor student, the only possible way to buy a 944 was to get a project car. These cars are much more expensive here in Finland, because of the worlds third highset car taxation.
This project came for sale at the end of last year. We considered it, but the asking price was not too attractive for us. We forgot it, but in February we found out it was bought by a guy with whom i have done some parts business earlier. He bouht this car to breake it for parts.
He had already sold steering rack, brakes, and some other minor parts. Luckily we managed to trade this car for some extra parts i had in my store and what he needed for his 911 project, so total we paid for it was just some parts worth few hundred euros.
We saw this car in "live" early in March, vistited thre several times and wondered would it be wise to get it or not.Well, the desicion was made and first step was to trailered it home.
This 944 Turbo was sold 31.12.1987 in Switzerland by Amag in Schinznach-Bad; Aargau. First owner lived in Hergiswill. Car was sold in 1998 to Sweden and it was imported to Finland 2005. Soon after that it suffered the classical engine fire syndrome. Car has been sitting ever since
I like to use pictures, so hope you have enough bandwidth [
]
First step at home was to drive some electricty to power windows to get them closed. Car has been sitting for years because of the engine fire. Last few months it has been outdoors with open windows.
Now my son was able to wash the car. Next step is to remove the rest of the interior, drop off the whole undercarriage. All undercarriage parts will be media blasted, and poweder coated; aluminium parts with clear powder. Also engine room needs a lot of attention because the fire damage. First a total clean up procedure and new fresh paint. We have a spare hood which also needs some fresh Diamond Blue paint, because it's Satin Black Metallic. Lot's of work to do; luckily i have a lot of spare parts to accomplish this project. This is a father-son project and a good learning possibility to my son.Remains me when i started to work with cars with my own father
Couple of months ago, my son wondering, will this be a wise move at all to buy this?
In April:
Time flies, the same spot in the '90's
Back in April
Because i am just about to start my new business, i have been too busy to help my son.
Some progress though, we removed at the end of April the rest of the interior and dropped off the front suspension and few other parts for clean up and rebuild. Now just have to remove all the rest pieces from engine compartment, so it can be re-painted. A friend of mine promised to do it. Should get good results since he is a professional hot rod builder. http://www.herstiautoshop.com/koti.htm
Few picturs from April:
Most of the interior removed.Burgundy will be changed to linen
Removed front suspension and few other parts
One night sleep, and story continues. Dissassembled most of the frontend. Only few electric wires left. When we removed the wires we will wash the engine bay with pressure washer and then we can start to prepare it for a fresh paint.
I also started to make a new badgepanel with integrated GTS style lights. Here's molds more or less finished
Opposite side of the molds
The finished product should look like this (panel for my own car, i am not going to use those light units)
We also managed to find quite many missing parts for son's project. Brake system missed booster, but a friend have some extra ones, so we get one for a good price.Another friend gave us a good steerinck rack. Brake caliper issue has to be solved, but another friend of mine fabricate a kit like this for my son, so it will be a guideline to caliper selection
Some progress this week. We removed last of the wiring harness from engine room including the fuse box. Today some elbowe grease, washed the wheel wells, bottom, engine room etc. Tomorrow we will start to prepare engine room for the new paint.
Got most of the 22+ years road dirt away from wheel wells
To be continue [
]
