Porsche 911 75 Targa resto

[maxakarudy]

I bought this tired 75 Targa recently, previous owner got scared off when he sent it to a garage to restore, I'd agree it's probably beyond a commercial restoration, so to cut his loses he needed a fool to step in & take it over, que the fool....


As the shell was already stripped, I took it staight to the blasters

[maxakarudy]

Made a rollover jig, so I've got access to everything, surprisingly the sills are very good & the body has been brased, otherwise I would make the shell structurally solid before attempting this.
The floors are completely gone along with everything that it's attached to, I've bought a complete floor pan & healboard, but will fabricate all the repair panels around it, footwell panels, inner sills & gearbox tunnel.





I'll start with the front lower inner wing, the often rot along here

Made a contour of the shape, turned a flange, added the radius & other half, tacked & tigged together







Offered up, scribed & welded up



 

For those interested in learning a bit more in depth panel beating/metalshaping, here are two well known sites specifically dealing with metalwork....

www.allmetalshaping.com

www.metalmeet.com

[mrbounce]

That is some pretty good fabrication work! Well done that man - Bookmarked!

Is it just the shell you have or are there loads of other bits in boxes??

[Stiff]

Excellent stuff, love these early Porkers. Saw a nice Targa the other week at a place I do some work for, it had come in as a p-ex. That needed a full respray really but the garage owner had been offered a very nice sum as it stands so I think he decided to offload it before getting into this ^ kind of territory, lol
Bookmarked.

[shielsy68]

tidy work

[Alpina99]

Excellent
Really looking forward to following this thread and all future updates

[k1664]

Bookmarked.
That repair panel looks a touch fiddly to make up!

[joem83]

Awesome work on the repair panel!

Shocked by how much it resembles a sieve though!

[strikey]

presumably pre-galvanized era? mind you even that only slows those bloody tin worms down. will be following fabrication of this quality very closely.

[keyring]

Bookmarked, some work to take on, but I can’t wait to see it progress!
The repair panel fabrication you done looks great!

[jonsey]

I'm guessing you've done this sort of fabrication before. I'd have had to buy that panel as I'd have concluded it's impossible to make. Fantastic skillage

[maxakarudy]

Thanks guys for the positive feedback.

I'm a couple of months into this, so have a little stock pile to post, most of it's just boring patch work stuff, you know the thing.

However the more challenging things I'll try & document the fabrication approach I take.

I have my own sign fabrication business, so I have all the kit available to fab what I need, which makes life easier, but still takes a lot of time

If you notice in one of the pictures some aluminium wings on the wall, this the thread that shows how I made them..

forum.retro-rides.org/thread/197557/martins-restoration-mash

More to follow

[darrenh]

bookmarked at the fab !

[giuseppe]

wow looks cool! and what a skills! :-)

[strikey]

Jul 23, 2018 9:59:08 GMT maxakarudy said:

so have a little stock pile to post, most of it's just boring patch work stuff......

here is the issue... that's the interesting stuff!!

[munky]

Wow - just when I thought I had my hands full!

Then again, you have the skillz... mine seem to be lacking(!)

This is my 75 coupe money pit

I spent 4hrs this weekend, trying to get the bonnet and a single wing fitted in a state I’m happy with. Still more to do to it.
The supplier of the wing says ‘allow at least 20mins per side for fitting’.

If only you lived a little closer!

[maxakarudy]

Yes Porsche resto's & parts are a premium, but they are going one way, upwards!

So you want see the little stuff too, no problem.....

I was really pleased with this little shape, just hammered & shaped over anything in the workshop




The black outline is where it lives now

Another intricate little shape

And will need tidying up when the floor goes in..

[samta22]

Amazing skills - bookmarked!

[peteh1969]

Will you be fashioning the front wings from Aluminium?

Standard 911 or 911 Flat Nose?

[maxakarudy]

Jul 24, 2018 18:09:21 GMT peteh1969 said:

Will you be fashioning the front wings from Aluminium?

Standard 911 or 911 Flat Nose?

Like this?