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My Cars

Driving to Essen Techno Classica

April 13, 2010

Since our first visit to the Essen Techno Classica back in 2006, I have always wanted to drive my own car over. The sight of all those great old classics on show and for sale made me miss my 911s, and Dusseldorf city centre seemed an ideal place for a cruise around amidst ancient German [...]

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The Orange 911: Fresh Again

April 2, 2010

I picked up my orange 911 Carrera 3.0 (The Orange) from Tuthills today. The boys dropped the worn steering rack out and swapped my Turbo tie rods over to a good used rack I supplied (bought from MBS Porsche Parts), fitting their re-machined rack spacers/lock stops at the same time. These allow a decent-sized spanner [...]

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Today at Tuthill Porsche

March 26, 2010

My orange 1976 911 Carrera 3.0 is due for an MOT, but there’s been play in the steering rack for a while now. As I am exceedingly time poor at the minute, I dropped the car down to Tuthills at lunchtime to get them to do it. I hadn’t run the car since August 14th [...]

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Porsche 911 SC Wiring

March 22, 2010

Spring has finally sprung in the UK. The weather here was a balmy 12 degrees this afternoon, so I took the opportunity to get stuck back into the jobs on my Varmint SC after two months with no activity. The last thing I touched on this car was the fusebox. The fuel pump relay wiring [...]

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My Early 911 Project

March 13, 2010

I’ve had a longhood for a while now and have been to and fro on selling it or keeping it. My business plans for the next two years leave almost no project time, so I’m getting close to selling and letting someone else have the fun of building it up. A friend of mine is [...]

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Spring is Coming: Back to Work

February 14, 2010

Temperatures finally rose high enough today to encourage me to tackle some outstanding jobs on the cars. Number one emergency was the Land Cruiser, which has had sticky starter syndrome for a few weeks now – right when it was needed to be at its most reliable! What happens is the starter stays engaged after [...]

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