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[forloveandglory]

Hello, I'm new to this and maybe I just start with a litte introduction.
My name is Kai, I'm from Berlin and surprisingly I'm into cars, especially classic ones.
I owned various cars during the past couple of years. Here are a few, you might like.




2000 Rover Mini, Last Edition, Sienna Gold, max speed was around 105 mph.





1968 Porsche 912, Blood Orange, straight from California, still miss this one.





1986 BMW 520i, Dolphin Grey, slammed it one week after these photos and killed it one more week later.




1968 Opel Admiral, 2,8 liter straight six, probably the most American car built in Germany ever.




1969 Opel Rekord Caravan, Cardboard Box Beige, tatty but loved, pretty low.




1967 Austin 1/4 Ton Pickup, some Landrover colour, 1275 injection engine, officially a truck.


My recent car is a Porsche 924, built in 1978. Couldn't resist to buy it, just because it looks quite redneckish.
I'm working at this car for the moment and a build thread is gonna follow soon.





Last, but not least, my girl shares the love for cars and owns this little beast.



It's a 1971 Dodge Demon, sporting a 318cui V8 with some goodies attached. It's an almost horrible ride, unless you've got the chance to race somebody. That's what this car was built for, some simple dragstrip action.

[forloveandglory]

Now the more interesting part

Last year a friend of mine was looking for a classic car, he could use as a daily ride. He had no clue about classic cars at all and asked me for some help and support. While we were checking various options, I stumbled upon this Porsche 924. Sold in 1978 it was old enough to be a legal classic car in Germany (30 years minimum), this saves you money on insurance and taxes and allows you to enter city centres without having a modern engine with low emission.

As a good friend I talked to guy who sold it and we had a phone call for almost an hour. He owns various cool cars, an original Strosek Porsche 928 e.g., his wife didn't like the 924, so he gave it away. When I visited him for a test drive I fell in love with this car. Though there are three details, which would keep me from buying it. Normally. I don't like red cars. I don't like ATS Classic wheels. And I don't like those aftermarket glass roofs from the 80s. I bought it anyway, knowing this friend of mine would understand it.

This is how it looked in the beginning. ATS Classic wheels in a special Kerscher edition. 7x15" ET16 in the front, 9x15" ET-19 in the back. A bodykit that makes the 924 look more like a 944 and a front bumper that was originally mounted at a Porsche 924 Carrera GTS.









During winter time somebody crashed into my bumper and ruined it. Finding this one again is pretty hard, so I gave it to a guy to fix it. He's building boats and knows how to handle this plastic stuff. Probably it would have become a mess, if I'd tried to fix it by myself.





Gave it a quick wash before I took some last spins in it this summer.







Tried the original wheels for some fun. This is how it looks like.





Some weeks ago I brought it into my workshop to make some serious changes to it. Last time it looked like this.





And the work starts. The broken bumper is off. The front axle is off. Some more parts are off as well. Well, not on this picture. But you can trust me.





Playing around with some parts I collected in the meantime. The scoop is from a 924 Carrera GTS and will become a part of the new look. The wheel arches on the other hand won't, since it doesn't really suit the car.






Collected some more parts and everything is coming together slowly. Took me more than a year to get clear front indicators and these were no bargain at all. But I had to have them on my car. The suspension parts are almost complette. Some old parts have to be refurbished before I can get everything back together.

[forloveandglory]

In between I took off the rubber spoiler, since it was shrunken und out of shape.
Bought another big rubber thingy already, but I quite like it without it. Maybe I'll keep it this way.
944 script has got to go and maybe I should lose the black rubber part at the bumper as well.
Does anyone has an idea what's underneath?

[forloveandglory]

So, hurried up with my office work and spent some time in the workshop.
Only a little progress though, but at least there's something finished.

I picked up these wheel arches.
I might need them in the future, since I wanna use wider wheels.
About 2" wider, to be precise.
They will need some treatment to fit.
But this will happen much later during this (damn slow) build.





Also, I got my cracked bumper back.
Looks like work in progress now but it's almost finished.
Only a little sanding needed, some filler and it's done.
Test fitted the white indicators again.
Love the much cleaner look.





And yes, there's something finished.
Something quite tiny though, but finished.
The connection rods between wishbone and stabilizer are ready to be used.
Added a stainless steel nut and washer, that's it.



Since I'm still undecided which colour it'll be, I was playing around with some stuff.
Maybe I should go for the Harlekin look from VW?

[forloveandglory]

Next up I cleaned all the bits and pieces to be ready next week.
Furthermore I assembled the suspension strut.
Still not on its wheels, but I'm getting closer finally.




I'm already afraid, I want some real coilovers in the near future.
Can't afford them right now though.

While redrilling the holes for the splint pins in the stabilizer I wasted a couple of drillers.
Maybe I should learn to be more patient.

[forloveandglory]

Actually I just wanted to paint stuff like the wishbones, dust covers and some more pieces with POR15.
But it dried pretty fast (didn't remember that) so I couldn't resist to finish a little more.
Now the passenger's side is almost ready.
Can't wait to see if it really gets lower or I just burnt some money by not buying the H&R coilovers.




Sorry for the blurry photos, there will be some better images coming up, when I finish the front.

[forloveandglory]

This morning I found the time to finish the front suspension.
So both sides are done and all my doubts were justified.
I built myself an off-road car. Bloody hell, that wasn't the plan.

Sure, it'll all come down a little more, but never the promised 50 mm.
It seems like there'll be more raw engineering skills needed to fix that.

Anyway, here are some photos.




Passenger's side.



Driver's side.




Inside.


Still, I can't afford the H&R coilovers right now, I'm sure this would have worked much better. But I'll find a way to get that thing lower.

[tyfighter123]

Welcome to the board. Your project looks awesome keep up the good work. By the way where did you find the clear indicators?
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Porsche 924 1977 N/A
Mustang GT/CS 2007
Porsche 924S 1987 (parts car)(cut up and recycled)
Porsche 911S 1976
Porsche 931 1980
Porsche 931 1980 (parts car)

[forloveandglory]

[morghen]

Welcome to the board !
i think you're the first member from Berlin.

If the wheels dont fit under the 944 body then they are too wide for the 924 and you should not use them.
The front bumper you have is not plastic but glass fiber.
After you are done with the front lowering you will have a big job to do for the rears.

good luck and keep posting !
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[Harm]

Ha, ein neues Mitglied der beeindruckendsten Stadt in Deutschland.
Experienced Berlin as very inspiring and motivating during
the nineties and spend several great summers there.
Welcome aboard!
Harlekin would do but the amount of panels is poor

[tyfighter123]

Harm you know where to get everything for these cars! Thanks
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Porsche 924 1977 N/A
Mustang GT/CS 2007
Porsche 924S 1987 (parts car)(cut up and recycled)
Porsche 911S 1976
Porsche 931 1980
Porsche 931 1980 (parts car)

[forloveandglory]

Thanks for the kind words.

And extra Dankeschön to Harm.
A great source for the clear indicators.
Especially for the taillight conversion.

Today I was messing around a little.
The driver's side plastic housing is broken, a good reason to test my idea.
Still needs some improvement but this is gonna look great in the end.

[joejax]

WOW! Absolutely fantastic! Love the pics. Really nice work. Welcome to the Board.
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I got nothin'
Uhhh...you got any pics?

[Catamax944]

Looks awesome but try not to overdo it with the mods (i'm referring to the headlights of course).
The reason it sits too high are those bottom mount camber plates , with stock mounts it would have been much lower.
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'86 944 Club Sport replica
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