When I bought this car it was running and driving, but it went in the shop because a rear brake was dragging. That was a couple of years and many , many thousands of dollars ago. Now we have all new brakes, front brakes upgraded to S calipers with new pistons, seals,bearings and rotors. The suspension has all new bushings, new stainless steel flex brake lines. The rack and pinion has been R & R'd with new heavy duty "turbo" tie rods. Much undercar sheetmetal repair has been redone, the bare tub was prepped, then all interior areas painted, door jams, under hood etc. fenders refitted and final paint work has been finished and re-assembly is nearly done. Mostly new rubber, new euro headlight assemblies, lots and lots of new trim, this was going to be a show ready car. Its not quite finished, but I got a new project (1938 Rolls Royce Phantom III), so this car needs a new home.
The Weber carbs have been removed, cleaned, checked and reinstalled. The engine was removed, the compartment detailed, the timing chains and cam timing checked, and the engine reinstalled. The problem turned out to be the distributor, which was from a 911E and had the wrong timing advance curve. A new 911T unit was installed with a Pertronix pointless electronics unit. There was also a problem with the new floorboards I fabricated and installed. The throttle wouldn't go all the way open. Wow, what a difference now! It really runs strong all the way to redline. The inspection of the engine confirmed that extensive work had been done as indicated in the shop invoices which I got with the car. Although this work was done years ago, the car doesn't seem to have logged many miles since. My guess is that the brake problems kept the car from being driven and the owners since had puttered around the problem but haden't solved it. Now the brakes are one of the outstanding features of the car. Oh, the wheels were aligned, and that helped high speed tracking. I am driving it daily now.
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