THE BRAKES IS BROKE! -The Porsche saga part deux

Welp, the seasons are a changin’.. so it looks like one of the world’s slower moving projects has turned a bit.

Okay, on this episode, we have successfully rebuilt the brakes on the 1968 912.

-Hey look, there's Frank in the background! -Boy, he sure looks happy!


This was a bit tough, as they were the original EVERYTHING. So, we had to coat the calipers and let them sit for a bit, as the rear were frozen and I really didn’t want to cut them.


Had to order THREE (!) different sets of front discs to get the right set. It’s a long story… trust the guys at Sierra Madre Collection on the west coast and NO ONE ELSE. -they know their stuff!

Anyway, we replaced all the lines (went for rubber. Something tells me I will be replacing these again come spring with a set of braided stainless.) pads, brake grommets, discs, calipers front and rear and the bleed valve screw.

-A pretty tough job bleeding them btw. You have to do it like three of four times, as air seems to get stuck.

Also replaced the master cylinder and brake relay.

Whew.

Now about that rust…

Stay tuned.

Peace,
joe

1985 560 SL and a NEW BATHTUB!

Since we have a bit of time to kill on our hands with the Porsche rebuild, I thought I would take a stroll down memory lane.
So here is my old 1985 560 sl. -I did a frame off an old ’66 230 sl, but that’s for another day/night…

This one was okay. NOT my favorite. Bought her from a painter in SanFran. He had work done on it in a local MB shop and couldn’t afford to get her back out. So we struck a deal and i couldn't resist, as I had fond memories of my old 230 Pagoda. -SHOULD have bought another one of those...

Anyway, had it shipped back to the East coast. She was pretty beaten down when she arrived. -But her back-story checked out and her records of ownership (a one-owner. she had belonged to said painter’s sister. She moved, sold it to her baby brother, etc).


Anyway, when I find the old before pics I will add then.
HEY, here they are. -man, the interior was like a -15 on a 1-10 scale. seeing these old pics really makes me question my sanity.

and the paint job looked really great from about 50 ft... at night...or in a low rez photog in blinding daylight. but i digress...






Oh, there’s the original tool kit, WITH that little top clamp thing.

Changed the serpentine belt. Had a heckofa time getting the timing right… anyway, then the usual: wires, plugs, all major fluids changed out. She also had a broken motor mount (?). Might have been from the cross-country transport.

Stripped all her paint off and had her repainted the picked up a new set of MB disc rims and a sexy set of Dunlop’s from the fine folks at The Tire Rack.

After the paintwork was done I dropped it over at Fairfield Auto Upholstery (as usual) and let Gregg work his magic with the new hides, dash, top and carpet coming from World Auto Upholstery.
She was pretty fine.

Strange end to this one. Kells and I are at the Home Depot in Westchester NY and a guy comes up to me in the parking lot. We make a deal right there, he follows us home (with his wife).

They stop at the bank on the way and I signed her over to him.

If we had never gone to look at bathtubs, we’d probably still have her.

-Actually, probably not.

Peace,
Joe