74 Targa 2-year restoration complete - PHOTOS added

[ghost]

EIB62 is finally finished. Started in June 2015 and finished in Oct 2017. MOT obtained and car is on the road. Drives like new, probably because most of the car has been rebuilt using genuine Porsche parts throughout. The only original outer panel is the front bonnet. Engine has been completely rebuilt and runs beautifully, All suspension rebuilt/replaced. The car drives perfectly and is finished to concours standard, irrespective of cost.

 

[scubadick]

Souds great, where are the pics?

 

[Gazoak]

Yes, no good telling us all that leaving it to our imagination. I look forward to seeing the pictures.

 

[ghost]

I tried, but it's such an effort to add pictures! You'd think with all the subscription revenue pcgb gets it could afford to add some mega cheap cloud storage. Most forums do these days.

I'll have to link them to my cloud photo store. Watch this space...

 

[ghost]

I have hundreds of photos taken during the restoration. On apple iCloud and Photobucket. I've given up trying to post them here.... I have stuff to do.



It used to be easy from Photobucket and now it's not. :-(

 

[ghost]

 

[terry993]

Wot no pics 77 targa owner

 

[ghost]

Cylinder barrels welded/restored

 

[ghost]

Everything has been completely restored, engine, body... the lot. Painted, re-chromed, replaced where need. The goal was perfection. All the nuts and bolts were re-zynced if retrievable, otherwise replaced with genuine Porsche parts - I kid you not! Receipts for 10's of thousands of pounds.

 

[ghost]

Souds great, where are the pics?

Now added

 

[ghost]

Yes, no good telling us all that leaving it to our imagination. I look forward to seeing the pictures.

Now added - what a mammoth task!! Photobucket no longer works, but FLICKR does

 

[scubadick]

Top effort, car looks great. I hope that you have many years of pleasure driving your Targa.

Richard

 

[Gazoak]

That is a fantastic car. I think that era of Targa looks best in black as it highlights the stainless steel Targa bar, chrome headlight surrounds and cookie cutter wheels. A credit to you and it looks like you left no stone unturned.

 

[ghost]

That is a fantastic car. I think that era of Targa looks best in black as it highlights the stainless steel Targa bar, chrome headlight surrounds and cookie cutter wheels. A credit to you and it looks like you left no stone unturned.

Thanks for the compliment. I agree about the black, which is the correct finish as per the COA. It was a special order colour in 1974 and as far as I know, is a very rare colour for that period. Look fabulous with all the chrome window surrounds, which were also re-chromed. She's very shiny. My son says she has a look of "Hollywood" about her.