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For various reasons, I've not provided any updates on the 964 front since I've acquired the car.

The MOT had expired (the seller initially thought it ran until Feb 2012) so first job was to get a new ticket.  What I hadn't noticed when looking at the car was how low one of the rear tyre treads was. I thought that they had 2-3mm but one was worn down to 1.6mm in places - right on the limit - so one advisory notice there. It was going to be failed for no tell tale on the rear fog light until I pointed out that the front fogs also have to be on for the rears to work, and then the tell tale light works.  Why did they wire the fog lights like that? Anyway, it passed the MOT inspection so I now have a years ticket.

The following day a new pair of Continental Sport Contact 2 rears were fitted and the new tyres are 255/40R17, rather than the 245/45 R17 Uniroyal's that were fitted previously.  They fill the arches properly and look great but this has created another issue, the offside tyre occasionally scrapes the oil pipe that goes to the tank.  I'm hoping a set of 3mm spacers will be sufficient to cure this issue.

The list of jobs to do is growing and so is the online shopping basket.

A few weeks ago I finally finished the nearside floors and part of the wheel arch. Today was another step forward when the body was mounted onto a spit made from a couple of engine stands.  Unfortunately the stands are about an inch too low and the body won't spin 360 degrees but a least I can get to the underside now.

Progress has been slow and I didn't realise how long ago it was that I last updated the site.  The offside wheel arch is the current focus of attention at the moment. The idea is to get the chassis structurally sound so that it can go onto a rotisserie and then finish off the body work.  As the rear spring mounts are attached to the chassis member that attaches to the side of the wheel arch and the floor, it was essential that the wheel arch and floor were solid.  A small repair to the chassis member was made one evening (so that I had a reference point to ensure the rear didn't sag) and then a section of the floor with the shock absorber bracket was cut away.

The inner wheel arch had seen many repairs and these repairs were failing.  Rather than buy a new inner wheel arch at around £170 I cut out the minimum I could and using cardboard templates I cut a sheet of 0.9mm steel to an approximate shape.  Plenty of hitting it with a hammer had it formed to shape and again the Cleco pins were a huge help in allowing the work piece to return to the same spot for making and forming. The new panel was then butt welded into place and finally a repair section for the floor to wheel arch was fabricated and welding into place.

Someone forgot to charge their camera battery so no photos at the moment.