Restoration: '70 S

Hello and welcome to safetycolours.com. This site is mainly about the restoration of my 1970 Porsche 911 S Coupé.

Now it's "Finished"

We could debate whether old cars are ever really finished. But since they don't really belong in a restoration thread, this can be the place for a few photos of the end result:

Restoration Story

Browse away, if you like a bit of detail.

Featured
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Fettling
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Amateur Hour is Over
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First Drive
Oil Leak(s): Progress
Oil Leak(s): Progress
Lightweights and Seats
Lightweights and Seats
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Oil Leak(s): Oil Cooler?
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Engine Out Again
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Driveshafts
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Borrowed Throttle Bodies
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Engine In
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Summer
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Front Mounted Oil Cooler
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Engine Bay Stuff - Oil System
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Engine Bay Stuff - Fuel System
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This is a Lot Easier...
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Headlining and Screens
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Throttle Linkage Simplification - “Morse” Cable Scheme
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Through-Tunnel Plumbing, Etc
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Oil System
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Oil Tank
Progress; Electrical
Progress; Electrical
Progress: Suspension and Brakes
Progress: Suspension and Brakes
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Meanwhile, back in 2018
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Eric Clapton's Home Movies...
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The ex-Eric Clapton Porsche 911S ... blah blah blah
Porsche 911 suspension refurbished by Fenn Lane Motorsport
Suspension
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Pedal Cluster
Porsche CDI speed switch control
MFI "speed switch" control from CDI+
CDI+
CDI+
Dash
Dash
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Wiring Loom
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Finished Shell
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Colour!
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Stonechip
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Seam Seal
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Exotica
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Oops. Good save, thanks DDK
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Paint - Early Prep
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Rear Panels - Fitting / Gapping to Shell
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Rear Number Plate Panel
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Rear Bumpers
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Painter
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And it's Goodnight from Barry - Shell Complete
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Front Wings
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Gapping and Visit
Gapping - heavy lump experiments: Results
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Gapping - what about that big heavy lump in the back?
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Sill Closers and Oil Pipes
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LH Door Rebuild
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RH Door Rebuild
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Original Paint
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A(nother) Cautionary Tale: Bonnet
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Underside Finished
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Stripping by Hand
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Roof - Stripping
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RH Screen Corner
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Scuttle End
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Front End Inner Assembly
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Battery Boxes
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Suspension Mounts
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Teaser
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Front Panel Preparation
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Front Pan
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Front RH Inner Wing - Repairs and Finishing Off
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Front RH
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Front Pan Backdate
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Front End - Battery Boxes, Inner Wing Repair Sections, and Moaning
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Front End - Preparations
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Rear End
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Rear Slam Backdate
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Rear End, Continued
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Rear End
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Parcel Shelf
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LH Rear Screen Flange and Corner
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RH Rear Screen Flange
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Oil Tank Area
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RH Quarterlight Flange
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RH Torque Tube Area
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RH Sill Cavity
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RH Torque Tube Area
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RH Floor Edge
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RH Floor Edge Small Repair
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RH Rear Inner Wing: Front Edge
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RH Seatbelt Mount
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RH Sill
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RH A-Post Base and Nearby
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LH Torque Tube Area. Surely it must be finished this time?
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LH Inner Sill
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LH Torque Tube Area - Problems
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LH Torque Tube Area
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LH Torque Tube Area
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LH Rear Inner Wing: B-post Area Repair
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LH Floor Edge
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Rear Window Flange LH
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Top Front of the LH Rear Inner Wing
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LH A-Post Base
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LH Torque Tube Area: Centre Web Fabrication
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LH Floor Edge Etc
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Base of LH Inner Member
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LH Floor Edge Out
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Centre Tunnel Dents
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Don't Have Nightmares
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Front Inner Wings - Conclusion
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Front Inner Wings - Evaluation
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RH Sill Etc
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LH Sill and Torsion Tube Area
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Pulling: Before and After
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Pulling: Strut Towers
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Pulling: LH Side and Rear
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Pulling
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Status Summary: Front Screen Area
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Status Summary: Front Pan and Front Inner Wings
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Status Summary: Rear inner wings and Torque Tube
Status Summary: Back End
Status Summary: Corrosion
Featured
Remove Paint, Find Truth
Blasting - the Merciless
Porsche 911 1970 shell for restoration
Delivered to Barry's House of Fine Welding
Off to Blasting
Panel List
Another Diversion
Diversion
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Full Stockbroker Spec
More History
Buying Stuff
History
History
Orange Bruce
2 Years???
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Shell on to Dolly
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Engine and Gearbox Out
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So... what do we have? Bad news section
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So... what do we have? Good news section
VIP Visit
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Barry Carter
Inspiration
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Parts - Highlights
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Parts
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Collecting from Southampton
On a Boat
On a Boat
Leaving Queensland
Leaving Queensland
Australian eBay
Australian eBay
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