What an awesome thread and what a wonderful car you have!!!
What an awesome thread and what a wonderful car you have!!!
1966 911 Coupe - Slate Grey - 304598 - still in restoration!
Member #1616
Definitely agree. With the early oil breather cover and solex air cleaner I have been assuming that a 65-66 911 must have been in a junkyard nearby. It would be amazing to trace the car back through ownership to learn more. Before New Mexico the car was near Durango Colorado. This would have been around the late 80's to early 90's. That's as much as I know (outside of knowing the original owner's name)
Thanks Stephen!
1968 911 S
Searching for transmission # 2281852
EarlyS #4172
I notice the distributor is a marelli unit.
As I know, the marelli is only for 2,0 T and 2,2 T not a 2,0 S
1968 911 S
Searching for transmission # 2281852
EarlyS #4172
Wonderful story!!
Thanks Mark!
I fished out the driver's side rear axle earier this week. Was rebuilding it today but I found damage in the CV joint. Have to weigh my options now. Continue with the rebuild or replace the axle assembly. I will probably return the rebuilt kit and at a minimum replace the drivers side axle. I started with the drivers side because the transmission side CV boot was destroyed. The wheel side was still pretty well greased and doesn't display the same damage internally. Hopefully the two joints on the passenger's side are in good enough shape; I'll have to look at them a little more closely.
1968 911 S
Searching for transmission # 2281852
EarlyS #4172
It has been a long time coming. We started the car for the first this morning. Definitely running a bit rough so there is more to work on. Here is a video of the first start.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ybsHsoDpyBk
Last edited by Druepy; 11-13-2022 at 08:59 AM.
1968 911 S
Searching for transmission # 2281852
EarlyS #4172
The video of the initial start-up was not running on all cylinders. We have really been battling with carb issues. Hopefully, they will get sorted soon. We have the brakes together and working along with the ebrake. H1s, euro turns, and brake lights are in. Much more has been happening but it's hard to summarize it all. Below are a few random pictures since the last update.
1968 911 S
Searching for transmission # 2281852
EarlyS #4172
Huge shoutout to Paul Abbott (1QuickS here on Early911S) at Performance Oriented! He offered me tremendous help and guidance. With his help we were able to clear the idle circuit of blockage and the car is now running on all 6 cylinders!
1968 911 S
Searching for transmission # 2281852
EarlyS #4172
wow and wow,
what great stuff.
can you detail more about the idle circuit blockage? was it just a jet, or a deep hidden corner?
Current long term ownership: 63 Cab, 71 911, 74 914