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Restoration Journal of a 1958 Porsche 356A Cabriolet
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Ready to Go Home
My complements to Bill and Mick at Hamilton Classics. Annie looks amazing and better than we expected. It's hard to tell that this is even the same car. Not only that, but the job was finished earlier than expected and within the budget that Bill had given to me. Good work, no surprises, great guys to work with. What more can I say? By the end of the day, I was convinced that sending the car to have the body finished was the right thing to do. Never in a million years could I have straightened the body as well as these guys did.
While at the shop today we installed the j-pipes, exhaust, battery, and gas tank. At first attempts, the starter would not turn over. All we heard was the click of the solenoid. We pulled it out only to find that I forgot to install the new starter shaft bushing. I must have removed it at some point during the earlier work with intentions of installing a new one.
After installing a new bushing and reinstalling the starter, we ran the starter for several minutes and never saw a drop of gas from the fuel pump. Once we cleared the plugged fuel line in the tunnel, she started up as soon as gas hit the carbs.
Time was spent balancing the carbs and adjusting the accelerator linkages. I also reset the valve clearances again due to excessive tapping nosies that we heard. We went on to adjust the clutch cable and shifter linkages. With everything in it's place, we started her up and ran through the gears. So far so good. If we would have had room to get out of the garage, we probably could have driven around the yard.
It was such a relief to get all of these little adjustments made with Bill's help. I would have been chasing some of these little things for days.
We were unable to bring her home since I waited too late to get a trailer reserved. And I refuse to rent from Uhaul again. I have arranged to rent an enclosed trailer for late next week and should have her in our own garage by the weekend.
   
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Sunday, December 24, 2006
New Coat of Paint
As you can see from the photos below, the paint job is complete. We plan to pick her up later this week. While still at the shop, we will have the windsheild installed, do an alignment, and start her up.
  
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Thursday, December 07, 2006
Headed to the Paint Shop
A couple weekends ago Theresa and I spent an afternoon with Bill and Mick as we painted the inside of the doors and hardtop with POR15 and helped them with adjusting the height of the front and rear suspension.
They now have the car primered and off to the paint shop. Here are some of the latest photos of Annie on the way to the painters.
In the meantime, I have been working with the aluminum trim and other fasteners cleaning them up for installation once we get Annie home.
   
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