mhackney
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Hello, I`m Michael and I live in the Boston, MA area. I`ve been a classic Porsche enthusiast for 16 years or so. My first car was a 1962 Twin Grill Roadster (Porsche 356) black on red and was a garage queen! I loved that car but as it appreciated in value I couldn`t justify driving it. Porsches should be driven - often!
So I got a 1970 911S, white on black, to drive... often. It was a nicely preserved car and a lot easier to keep looking good in white. But then it started to appreciate and I couldn`t justify driving it.
So I ended up with a 1983 Porsche 911 SC Cabriolet in Moss Green Metallic on Champaign and Brown leather. I drive it lots, about 12K miles a year and she has 169K on the odometer today. It is a fantastic machine but I haven`t done any detailing or even polishing the paint since getting it 8 years ago. I know, but it was either drive or detail. I was looking at the old girl a few weeks ago and thought "Wow, I bet she would look fantastic if I polished the paint and got the swirls out, fixed the door edge chips and dings and some front end chips and some other minor things." So I`ve spent 6 weeks doing exactly that. Meticulously filling chips with color and many many thin coats of clear and then carefully sanding (Meguiar`s block) and polishing. The door edges took the longest and although they aren`t perfect (maybe another 10-15 coats of clear would do it) they are MUCH better than before and most people wouldn`t notice. I just finished the final prep for sealant today and hopefully tomorrow I`ll seal (if I can get an answer to the question I am about to post about white spots in tiny paint chips). And then I can finally get some good photos of the old girl. This one is the day she arrived 8 years ago.
Once I have the paint work and bumpers and other plastic and wheels one, I`ll put some attention to the interior.
So I got a 1970 911S, white on black, to drive... often. It was a nicely preserved car and a lot easier to keep looking good in white. But then it started to appreciate and I couldn`t justify driving it.
So I ended up with a 1983 Porsche 911 SC Cabriolet in Moss Green Metallic on Champaign and Brown leather. I drive it lots, about 12K miles a year and she has 169K on the odometer today. It is a fantastic machine but I haven`t done any detailing or even polishing the paint since getting it 8 years ago. I know, but it was either drive or detail. I was looking at the old girl a few weeks ago and thought "Wow, I bet she would look fantastic if I polished the paint and got the swirls out, fixed the door edge chips and dings and some front end chips and some other minor things." So I`ve spent 6 weeks doing exactly that. Meticulously filling chips with color and many many thin coats of clear and then carefully sanding (Meguiar`s block) and polishing. The door edges took the longest and although they aren`t perfect (maybe another 10-15 coats of clear would do it) they are MUCH better than before and most people wouldn`t notice. I just finished the final prep for sealant today and hopefully tomorrow I`ll seal (if I can get an answer to the question I am about to post about white spots in tiny paint chips). And then I can finally get some good photos of the old girl. This one is the day she arrived 8 years ago.
Once I have the paint work and bumpers and other plastic and wheels one, I`ll put some attention to the interior.
