Kirk
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If you haven’t seen my intro, take a look at it here, it gives some background on where I am going with this build:
http://www.ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?p=304116#post304116
The car is a 1986 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa. I have other cars that are pretty. The plan with this one is to make it into a daily driver that is comfortable, but that looks bad ass. But I want to go beyond the normal convention for Porsche 911’s and build something that is rough and raw with a bit of a rat rod feel to it.
I’ve had the car for a year and have sorted out all of the mechanical issues with the car. It’s pushing about 250 HP and with Porsche brakes and suspension it goes, turns, and stops very well. I’ve got the bits and pieces to install a new interior, which will be a two tone black and white look, but fairly conventional. I want something comfortable, so the interior will be reasonably nice. With an adjustable torsion bar suspension I can make the car low, no problem. I’ll probably drop it down to a ground clearance of 3 – 3.5 inches, the same as my other cars. The exhaust is already loud with a gutted cat and free flowing muffler. In fact, with the cams the engine has the exhaust has a really sweet rumble to it, almost sounds like a V8.
So I’ve got most things in order except for the exterior styling and that’s where I’m really looking for some input. I want it rough and raw, but realistically this is an ’86 so it’s not going to look as sweet as a 30’s rat rod. I’m thinking that rather than going retro I’ll go the other route and look at a modern interpretation of a hot rod 911.
So here’s what I’ve done in the rear – the car already has wide, steel turbo fender flares. I removed the 1980’s style intake louvers to give the vents a more modern look. The rear bumper is gone, but all it held was the license plate. The plan in the rear is build a custom license plate bracket and just hang the plate in the middle, right below the center “Porsche” reflector. I’ll use LED bolt lights to make the plate legal. Otherwise the engine and rear tires will be exposed like in the picture attached (not my car). The wheels fit the bill – HRE 19’s with 315 tires on them, good and meaty. The center Porsche reflector is back lit and will be wired to the parking lights. I may flip the reflector upside down (EHCSROP) just to kind of screw around.
I am thinking about using the stock bumper mounts to attach some 2 X 3 tubing that will wrap around (welded angle cut sections) the car a bit on each side, but will be open in the middle (kind of like the Plymouth Prowler front bumper). This will match what I am thinking about for the front. Bumpers would be either painted flat black or rhino liner coated.
Looking for thoughts and input…
Kirk
http://www.ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?p=304116#post304116
The car is a 1986 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa. I have other cars that are pretty. The plan with this one is to make it into a daily driver that is comfortable, but that looks bad ass. But I want to go beyond the normal convention for Porsche 911’s and build something that is rough and raw with a bit of a rat rod feel to it.
I’ve had the car for a year and have sorted out all of the mechanical issues with the car. It’s pushing about 250 HP and with Porsche brakes and suspension it goes, turns, and stops very well. I’ve got the bits and pieces to install a new interior, which will be a two tone black and white look, but fairly conventional. I want something comfortable, so the interior will be reasonably nice. With an adjustable torsion bar suspension I can make the car low, no problem. I’ll probably drop it down to a ground clearance of 3 – 3.5 inches, the same as my other cars. The exhaust is already loud with a gutted cat and free flowing muffler. In fact, with the cams the engine has the exhaust has a really sweet rumble to it, almost sounds like a V8.
So I’ve got most things in order except for the exterior styling and that’s where I’m really looking for some input. I want it rough and raw, but realistically this is an ’86 so it’s not going to look as sweet as a 30’s rat rod. I’m thinking that rather than going retro I’ll go the other route and look at a modern interpretation of a hot rod 911.
So here’s what I’ve done in the rear – the car already has wide, steel turbo fender flares. I removed the 1980’s style intake louvers to give the vents a more modern look. The rear bumper is gone, but all it held was the license plate. The plan in the rear is build a custom license plate bracket and just hang the plate in the middle, right below the center “Porsche” reflector. I’ll use LED bolt lights to make the plate legal. Otherwise the engine and rear tires will be exposed like in the picture attached (not my car). The wheels fit the bill – HRE 19’s with 315 tires on them, good and meaty. The center Porsche reflector is back lit and will be wired to the parking lights. I may flip the reflector upside down (EHCSROP) just to kind of screw around.
I am thinking about using the stock bumper mounts to attach some 2 X 3 tubing that will wrap around (welded angle cut sections) the car a bit on each side, but will be open in the middle (kind of like the Plymouth Prowler front bumper). This will match what I am thinking about for the front. Bumpers would be either painted flat black or rhino liner coated.
Looking for thoughts and input…
Kirk