lhd 997 rebuild

nippycars · Post by **nippycars** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:34 pm

am just part way through a LHD 997 rebuild and thought i'd put a few pictures up to show these cars are worthy of restoring as are so rare now,
Originally sent to the States in Surf blue from new, but purchased by a German classic car restorer in 2012, i was fortunate to meet him at the Sept autojumble where i was displaying a 970s i had just finished, he made some very nice comments and asked if i'd restore his cooper, well 2 weeks later it arrived in the back of a sprinter, it appears to have been raced in the past with some mod's to the floor which resulted in a new floor assembly being built, its now nearly to accept the main body.
hope you like the pics..
http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u39 ... 6913e2.jpg
http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u39 ... 565c85.jpg
http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u39 ... b68970.jpg
http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u39 ... 0ea598.jpg
http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u39 ... ac6c35.jpg

more to follow soon,

Post by **rolesyboy** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:55 pm

Yes I do. Man it looked pretty good beforehand. Those floors are a work of art. Love it and love the spirit levels

bmcman.ie · Post by **bmcman.ie** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:48 pm

crap work as usual freddy!

Post by **Nevsmini** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:15 pm

Fred,
I love the chassis jig you have for restoring the cars on clever! Ian you bet me to it

But the colour! what can I say class and I'm not bias on surf blue

. Great work as always!
Nev

Etienne B. · Post by **Etienne B.** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:43 am

Very very convincing approach ...
I'd like to see more of your work !
Etienne

nippycars · Post by **nippycars** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:17 pm

Thanks everybody for your comments, especially Ian,
am going to put loads of pictures up just to show how consistently crap i am!!

Nev, as its your favourite colour, i might even let you see the Surf blue 970 i'm doing

,

Post by **coopertim** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:05 pm

Hey Fred!

Is that where my panels ended up? Very worthy if it is!

Tim

nippycars · Post by **nippycars** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:23 pm

Hi Tim

most of them, the boot floor is in a 998, had to get another boot floor for this one, the inner wings aren't allocated yet,
i think the rest will go on this one,
am chuffed with my purchase from you, cheers.

miniminor · Post by **miniminor** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:15 am

Fab work - surf blues are def the best

Keep it up!

nick@dunsdale · Post by **nick@dunsdale** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 7:58 pm

Bump

I am getting update withdrawals lol

nippycars · Post by **nippycars** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:10 pm

All behind the scenes stuff, but am actually on the 997 tomorrow,

970s and 998 ready for paint now so can get the welders out, more pictures very soon,

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