My 944

[edh]

I'd be amazed if that mileage was correct...143 or 243 maybe Elliot @ porkaparts has loads of 944 stuff - I'd start there, or maybe look for a non runner / mot failure 944 for sale - might work out cheaper

 

[steve_cramlington]

New to this forum just bought a 1982 Porsche 944 to do up, has 43k on it genuine (i am told) but someone has ripped the interior out of it
at some point, I think it was going to be used as a track day car and never was.

Will get some pics up of it as soon as i can.

Needs loads for it but the first thing is a good condition carpet (no holes) in black, can anyone help? (couldn't find the wanted section if there is one)

anyone know of any good 944 breakers in the uk?

Thanks for your help.

 

[steve_cramlington]

Thanks for that will give him / them a ring tomorrow, I have had the car HPI checked tonight and the milleage seems to check out ok but you never know apparently it was stuck in a barn for 15+ years, I have tried to include a couple of pics below lets see if they work []

 

[944 man]

Its possible, but very, very unlikely. I have owned two low mileage 944s, both sold in 2003: a series one 1985 @ 65,000 miles (bought at 50k) and a series two 1987 @ 53,000 miles (bought at 28k). When I bought them twenty years ago they were both unusually low mileage cars and I spent a good while finding them. When I came to sell, had it not been for the fat history files then people wouldn't have believed that the mileages were genuine, because they were so low. This was ten years ago and mileages this low now are almost unheard of. Without a service book, receipts and MOT certificates which overlap to substantiate the odometer reading, I wouldn't accept that the true mileage was below 143,000 miles, as Ed has suggested.

 

[944 man]

You have to consider too, that it is far from an original car... Do you have a picture of the interior?

 

[andy watson]

Hi Steve, and welcome! Where abouts are you? you will find lots of help and info on here hope you can get along to some meets and show off your car keep an eye on the events section and take a look at - http://www.facebook.com/UKPorscheTransaxle Enjoy the car

 

[craiginuk]

Hi Steve, welcome! Looks like a nice car. Is there history of the belts being done recently? If not put that top of the list. And enjoy! Craig

 

[david924s]

Mileage is not so important as condition and service history so dont worry too much unless you paid big for the low miles. My previous 1986 924S was showing around 48,000 miles when I bought it but the place I got it from showed me the history (which was huge) and it showed a certified (by AFN Porsche) speedometer change at 62K miles back in the early 1990s. When I sold it the clock and all MOTs service etc for previous 20 years showed the mileage on the car was genuine except for the clock change after some 6 years so I could have been dishonest and let it go with 65K on it. I made sure I gave all the history and made a point of the mileage correction when I sold it made no difference to the sale and or price it was still a 26 year old car with around 130K miles on it and fully serviced so no issues. I know the early cars had problems with the speedometers so maybe yours is the same or maybe it is genuine. Whatever it looks like a nice one I like the early cars and especially the square dash.

 

[steve_cramlington]

Far from an original car lol, you can say that again will post some pics below of the interior not great to say the least, definitely a project. Belts not don't yet but its almost top of my list, top is the fuel leak from the back or oil leak from the front (Oh well at least it was cheapish) Floor (seems fairly solid)

duno what happened here this is just a mess

With speaker removed

Will be sealing up the floor later today and starting to install new sound proofing will think this is going to turn into a bit of a build thread.

 

[craiginuk]

Yep there are not many speakers that fit in a 944 front door as the original hole is dinky. So you sometimes see pics like this with cutouts. But interesting profile he went for

 

[benjj]

That is the rear speaker, not the door. Not great metal cutting skills!

 

[steve_cramlington]

Lol, yeah could have done a better job with a rock and a blunt spoon. Looks like the guys at porkaparts have the parts I need so thanks for that edh Went to JTF today and picked up some Hammerite rust killer and prevention paint only colour I could get was Brown but it only cost £1 per tin but it should do the trick.

First coat, looks awful but will be putting Dynamat through out anyway.

 

[Eldavo]

If Cramlington is your address rather than your surname then I could be your new best friend given that I replaced the dashboard and entire interior on my car this year

 

[steve_cramlington]

Cramlington is my address not my name, sounds good where are you?

 

[Eldavo]

Gosforth. Happy to help out in any way and can point you to a very good (and reasonable) garage if needs be. I'll PM you my mobile number and could maybe take a look at your project?

 

[steve_cramlington]

Got a few more little bits done on the car today. Sound proofed stage 1, the drivers footwell and back seat, gona tackle that bodged rear speaker tomorrow.

 

[944 man]

Looks as though the captive seat mounts have failed and been bodged, too.

 

[steve_cramlington]

Bodged seems to be the keyword with the previous owner done anyone have a pic of what these should look like as when I got the car the seats were held in with one nut!!! I have a fair idea but is one corner of the seat supposed to sit on a rubber ish adapter?

 

[944 man]

I can describe it. Series one cars are secured through the seat rails by four hex-headed 6mm bolts (better to change to cap headed nuts as per the series two cars which used six as the seat belt buckle was moved to the seat). They fasten into captives which was essentially a piece of flat metal which has been tapped and then fixed between a double skin on the floor. Its quite common for the tiny spot welds to come free on the captive 'nuts' (why they didnt make them out of a square blank instead of a round one I cant imagine) allowing the captive to turn, creating a massive pain in the arse problem. Two possible solutions are: i] drill through the top skin and weld the captive securely to the cabin floor or: ii] drill through the captive with an 8mm bit and through the floor then secure the seats using 8mm cap headed bolts, nuts and spreader plates - although you can re-tap them for an 8mm fine bolt, which I did, but only if the captive nuts are secure. Drilling through is not ideal but sometimes theyve been previously bodged to such a degree that option i] isnt possible.

 

[steve_cramlington]

Great cheers for that, looks like they have snapped the bolt inside the captive nut, will try and drill them out tomorrow, got a little further with car today, fixed the bodged rear speaker, inserted a wood panel behind and cut a hole in it then to finish it off covered the whole thing in sound proofing. Before

After

Had a quick test of it on an old head unit and it sounds fantastic. just the other side to sort out now.