Restoring a 1968 Porsche 911L

Well here it is, July and we finally got the car relocated over to Ken's house. At that point we were able to get the car sprayed in epoxy primer. No more rust preserving liquids to spray on bare metal while we figure out what to fix next. That's done. With the major rusted panels and areas fixed and/or replaced, the race is on to finish the body before the end of summer ... again. We removed the doors, which at the time

Here's Rick rolling he car up to the trailer. We were able to literaly roll it up the ramps and lock it down.	Here is a great pick of me following Rick on the way over to my house.	Here is the arrival of the car at my place.
My father and Rick gearing up for a long morning of sanding and grinding.	Here's Rick's father Jim sanding the metal based filer in the rear tailight area.	Here's Rick taking care of business on the front windshield seams.
Mel and Jim grinding metal and removing old door seal glue from the door jambs.	Here's Jim using a dremel to remove the old paint and crud from the windshield washer nozzles.	Rick and Mel removing the front doors.
The door being caried out.	Here's Rick beginning the long task of remasking the car of epoxy primer.	Here is me blabbing to Rick. Something about getting out of it while you still can ....
Here is the car masked for epoxy.	Here I begin my rounds shooting epoxy.	Squirting some epoxy on the right rear quarter panel....
Drivers side door jamb and rocker areas.	Here she is. FINALLY! All metal coated.	Another nice photo of the completed shell. Now comes high build surfacer and sanding blocks.

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