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edredas
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 861 Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 7:22 am Post subject: Another new project. |
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I picked up this Alpine white '87 924S a few months ago. Originally, I planned to use it as a parts car. However, I've been thinking that this car is just too nice to rip apart any further, so I'm going to try and put it back together.
I have the title and I probably only need $400 worth of parts to make it drive-able... giving me a pretty nice car for $1000 total. The plan is to make it a daily beater. It has some dings and is an automatic, so it will be perfect for daily use. I already have two other 924S' that I can take when the roads get twisty.
This one will be for getting groceries, going to work, and sitting in traffic...
I have most of the parts needed to get it running again. This will be a long term project. I plan to make it a martini tribute, complete with stripes, red carpet, and white phone dials. _________________ '84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
'88 924S -Red, Daily Driver |
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edredas
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 861 Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Here's more pictures of the project car. There is a lot to do, but it shouldn't be any problem. The engine turns over freely. I will rebuild the top end and replace all the seals. Looks like all I need to complete the engine is an alternator, full exhaust, and speed and reference sensors...
_________________ '84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
'88 924S -Red, Daily Driver |
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Rasta Monsta
Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11724 Location: PacNW
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 10:18 am Post subject: |
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Excellent, my 2.5 brother.
_________________ Toofah King Bad
- WeiBe (1987 924S 2.5t) - 931 S3
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edredas
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 861 Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, Rasta.
I'm going to start pulling the engine sometime this week. I'm going to replace the flex damper with my N/A clutch left over from my 951 swap. It would be a giant waste of time to build this engine only to have the flex damper break.
_________________ '84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
'88 924S -Red, Daily Driver |
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hdrider19
Joined: 03 May 2016 Posts: 193 Location: Catawissa Missouri(40 mi sw of St Louis)
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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While parts cars make our world go around its nice to see somebody save one from being parted out. If I had not bought my 87 924S when I did it was going to be parted out. I applaud your efforts to save another one! _________________ 87 924S |
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edredas
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 861 Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, for saving yours too! I figured that I can always buy another parts car, but this just seemed like a fun project.
So far I haven't done anything but look over the car and try to figure out what I need. I picked up some parts parts Friday. Also, these are the seat covers that came with my '88 that should look great for this martini tribute.
Speaking of which, anyone got a link to some martini stripe kits?
_________________ '84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
'88 924S -Red, Daily Driver |
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Strictly Attitude
Joined: 16 Oct 2016 Posts: 19 Location: West Sand Lake,NY
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:26 am Post subject: |
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looks like a fun project!! |
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edredas
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 861 Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:16 am Post subject: |
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I received this today. I'm going to use this instead of a badge on the nose panel.
_________________ '84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
'88 924S -Red, Daily Driver |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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edredas wrote: | I'm going to use this instead of a badge on the nose panel. |
I like it! Source? _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Strictly Attitude
Joined: 16 Oct 2016 Posts: 19 Location: West Sand Lake,NY
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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that would be cool to paint around on an actual nose emblem sorry I'm an airbrush artist and custom painter. A little pinstriping paint could make that happen easily. |
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edredas
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 861 Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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I found it on ebay. I have no idea if it will actually hold up to being on a car, but for $5 I thought it looked cool.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191992174748?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Strictly, that would be interesting. At the moment I'm thinking about doing something like this...
_________________ '84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
'88 924S -Red, Daily Driver |
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Strictly Attitude
Joined: 16 Oct 2016 Posts: 19 Location: West Sand Lake,NY
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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That would be cool looking!! If you do it let me know I can give some guidance on it. would you go paint or multi layer vinyl or just vinyl? |
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edredas
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 861 Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:20 am Post subject: |
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I believe that's a single strip of printed vinyl. I don't plan to do any painting on the car, just going to wash it and put some stickers on it. _________________ '84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
'88 924S -Red, Daily Driver |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:37 am Post subject: |
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edredas wrote: | just going to wash it and put some stickers on it. |
Cheapest performance upgrade EVAR. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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edredas
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 861 Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:48 am Post subject: |
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Should be really fast considering the size of those stickers
_________________ '84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
'88 924S -Red, Daily Driver |
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