Very interesting indeed, especially to see the RS on the jig. When he said the end of the chassis leg was 30 mil out, is that 30mm (seems a lot) or 30 'mils' , i.e. 30/1000ths of an inch (nothing). I assume the former, but in that case I am impressed that you got the rear quarter on when you bent the car and/or that it wasn't visually obvious before. Keep up the videos. Great content!
It was about 30mm. You have to appreciate that a tiny movement at the start of the chassis leg becomes a much larger deflection by the time you get to the bumper mount. I think we always knew there was a bit of movement, at the time I was young foolish and poor :-)
@Review Master That does indeed sound a pretty good gig for a young car enthusiast. I had to buy the cars in order to drive them :-) Glad to have been links to Harry's Garage, the godfather of UK motoring video channels !!
If a car otherwise looks to be in decent shape, no obvious defect or rust, is it worth stripping it down to bare metal as part of repaint? I’ve been told that sometimes it can make things worse if metal is not treated properly. I assume you’ve gone down this path because you want to know exactly what you have and also given the high value of an RS, and not because it necessarily needed it, but how would you advise someone with a regular 964 who just wants to refresh for cosmetics purposes?
Short answer is yes. A 964 is an old car now, around 30 years. It will have had various bits of paint in it's life and until you get all the paint off you don't know what rust is there. So to do the job properly take the paint off as we have done. It prevents problems with previous paint / repair reacting with the new paint and also reduces the overall thickness of paint meaning things look sharp. In terms of making things worse you don't leave the bare metal exposed for long, in our case the metal had an epoxy base coat then primer. The shell was already primed before the doors, bonnet and wings were stripped so it's all done in an organised way. The choice of paint and materials is of course important and we will touch on that in a later video where I hope to speak to a representative from the paint manufacturer who can explain far better than me. Having stripped all the paint off I now have absolute assurance that there are no skeletons in the cupboard. As a final point if anyone tries to tell you the paint on a 30 year old car is original walk quietly away and leave them to their delusion - notwithstanding museum quality cars that have never been driven. We had an incident recently where someone was talking about a car they had owned with original paint. They knew it was original because the paint thickness meter showed even readings across the whole car - until we told them we'd had the whole car painted as part of the prep work to remove scratches, stone chips and the general patina of 15 years on the road.
@@allanlai_ Ah, that's a bit of a long way then :-) I do get out there once in a blue moon either en route to Shenzhen or else as an air miles leg LHR - HKG en route to Thailand. My understanding is there's a fairly healthy Porsche scene out there.
The engine is now finished and sitting on a shelf, The car body is now completed and awaiting re-fitting. We need to make a couple more videos to catch up !
As replied elsewhere the car is now in the workshop waiting for us to jump back on it with re-assembly. Paying jobs keep pushing in ahead of the queue.
@@henryf9175 thanks for the update, guess there is no hurry on it with the winter coming. I love the blue color and interior, will be a beautiful specimen when completed!
Henry you may be horrified to hear this but you have a habit of cutting people short. You ask a question when interviewing a partner and then either finish their answer, add on, or ask the next question while they’re still responding. It keeps things moving, but comes off a bit rude, and that is opposite to the personality you otherwise project. Love your videos, calm manner, experience and perspective.
You aren't the first to say that. These aren't carefully planned and scripted videos with lots of post production. On top of that many of the people I'm speaking to weren't massively keen to be in front of the camera. They're good at what they do but not natural presenters. With that in mind I'm trying to support them and make them feel as comfortable as possible. At the same time I'm trying to steer the video in some semblance of a direction so that a topic gets covered. Also keep in mind I don't do this for a living. The male modeling obviously pays the bills :-)
