Restoring a 1968 Porsche 911L

We finally finsihed the car 4 hours before it's first show! Finished at 3:30am and the show was at 7am that morning at Part's Heaven in Hayward, CA It was a wonderful day. We saw a lot of interest in the car and met a lot of very cool enthusiasts. 3rd place was the order of the day but that's not bad consider we did nothing to the car before bringing it out. We had no brakes as of 11am the day before the show, the "S" trim was not installed, dash was not fabricated, nor was the kneeler bar, seats had not been installed or assembled, chrome bumper pieces still hadn't been installed, no front carpeting yet and we were still installing the rear bumper pieces! It's a miracle we did it all. We worked from 10am till 3am the next morning, non stop with only a break for dinner. We had no time to clean, wax or buff the car before that time so, considering that, I think we pulled of a miracle.

Rick installing the door panels	Ken buffing out the rear bumpers	Rear bumpers and license panel installed.
New bottom seat assemblies being built.	Ken buffing out the rear engine lid so the "porsche" letering can be installed.	Rear lid after buffing.
Finished seats.	Car rolled out in preparation for seats.	Car still didn't have front brakes 18 hours before it's first show.
Jim installing the rear lettering.	Ken and his Dad got the brakes working just after noon. Thank god!	Dash and kneeler bar still had to be fabricated and installed.
Here the car is the next morning after being trailered to the show.	The judges doing their thing.	Finally finished.!!

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