SC Coupe Restoration

[JTR70]

Looking good Tom, Congratulations on your channel, great stuff!

[tperazzo]

If you've seen any part of my project there are always "creative" or strange methods that I come up with.

This week there is a new one to add to the list.

I finally overhauled and assembled my front suspension after overcoming:
1) A bent suspension arm
2) Severely worn link and king pin bushings
3) Worn C link carrier
4) Torsion tube/chassis out of alignment
5) Damaged torsion grub screws
6) Cracked backing plate

The non conventional thing this time is my offset torsion tube bearing. I'll upload some smaller pics tonight, but here's the video link.

https://youtu.be/KKOrsoStbyY

Thanks for watching, and thanks again to jbrooks!
Tom

[JTR70]

If you're looking for heavy duty link pins, look to off-road race market.

[Jbrooks]

Tom

This tool is to check the front axle tube alignment in the chassis. ( S28 in the manual ) . Email me your shipping address, don't worry about the shipping I have a FedEx account I will enclose a return label in the box. I am in no rush either but I will get it moving this week,

[tperazzo]

Tom
I am watching your video now, I have the 3rd tool you spoke of in the beginning of the video, VW256a front axle tube alignment tool, If you want to borrow them, the check the alignment of the tube for twist let me know I can ship them down to you.

https://youtu.be/u1YHp8PwlD4

john

Awesome John, thanks. I was thinking of VW259 for checking the C links, but 256a seems like a cool one too. I'm not in a hurry, so please send it to me. I'll pay the shipping.
Thanks,
Tom

[Jbrooks]

Tom
I am watching your video now, I have the 3rd tool you spoke of in the beginning of the video, VW256a front axle tube alignment tool, If you want to borrow them, the check the alignment of the tube for twist let me know I can ship them down to you.

https://youtu.be/u1YHp8PwlD4

john

[tperazzo]

I did some investigating on my front suspension today.

Luckily I didn't find any bent parts.
Any good recommendations on king pin kits that are decent quality?
Thanks
Tom

[JTR70]

Congratulations Tom, She looks really nice!!

[Phil Planck]

Tom, glad your back at it. Looks outstanding.

[Jbrooks]

Tom

The 911 paint looks good, go get the 356 assembly on YouTube

[tperazzo]

My car is back home! I got a little side tracked by a 911, but I hope to get this back on the road!

[jjeffries]

Gents, re paint curing and booths: I visited a beautiful new (production) shop in Hartford Conn a couple of weeks ago and in all three (!) booths they had carpet-like tiles on the floor. These are from the Pig Mat company and have a VERY slight stickiness to them to attract dust and overspray; each morning before fhe day's work commences, the painter vacuums the floor with a domestic-goddess type upright Hoover, and that's it. These tiles last 2-3 months then simply pull up and are replaced. Between that and other hygiene, there's just about zero dust in their paint, so as Bruce says, very little sanding of buffing because their Sata guns match factory textures/orange peel very well. Of course this shop also has a momdo axial-flow compressor, refrigeration-drying and filtration for the air. I asked how much their supplies cost each month: $25k. It all gets billed-out of course, but...the good stuff costs $$$. All the body techs use these nifty little Hilti workstations with built-in vacuums for all sanding/grinding tools. Result? Zero bondo dust anywhere. This is surely progress, especially for the health of the guys working there.

Complete contrast: two weeks ago I did a fender on my 74 Alfa GTV, using a twenty year old can of acrlyic lacquer (still perfect!) in AR501 Red and my HF gun. Applied it one day, wet sanded and buffed to gorgeous perfection the next...instant gratification. It is not durable, and it will crack in the future, but it sure is fun. Best to all, John/CT.

[John Pierce]

Congrats , Tom. I've been following your vlog and you're doing a great job with that 911.

John

[tperazzo]

356 paint updates coming soon, but in the mean time Hagerty featured my 911 build. There are a few details wrong, but happy they took the time write the article.

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/05/25/tom-perazzos-porsche-vlogs

[JTR70]

They nailed the color Tom; Both in direct sun and indoors. Can't wait to see it in paint...going to look amazing!
Justin