1984 Carrera Targa


Disassembling and inspect all components
Repair of some rust areas
Restoration of components
Fitting RUF style bumpers and body work
Assembly after painting
Interior
Engine and Transmission
The Targa Top Rebuild

Fitting RUF style bumpers and body work

I decided to ditch the stock bumpers and convert this 911 to RUF style bumpers.

The Bumpers came in, so I started to fit those. The front bumper was not bad at all, needed some minor corrections..

The rear bumper was very bad. I had to cut it in 3 pieces to make it work.

It was so bad, I had to cut additional slots to line it up. It looked like it was twisted.

After fiberglassing it back together, it finally looked as it should.

I test fitted the mirrors which will be used.

So I was working on the driver side door, and learned that the Coupe and Targa doors not completely the same. The original door was rusted, so I have a replacement one. I noticed that the section where the window frame mounts are different front and back. Here is the replacement door:

Here is the original door

Here the other end of the replacement.

Here the other end of the original.

So I made 2 small pieces to weld in.

Now it's like it should be. I'm glad I found this now, and not after all was painted.

In the garage I made a little booth to get the pieces primed.

The bare metal got some etching primer first.

I was surprised that the primer didn't made a big mess.

Here are some of the first few pieces painted.

I started the suspension assembly, so I can roll it on the trailer and bring it to the shop for painting.

And finally primed the rest of the car. Will take it to the shop tomorrow.

Here is the car back from the paint shop.

Here are the front fenders

Before I start to mount any body parts, I will go and sort out all the wiring. Starting with the fuse box.

Started sorting out and testing all wires.

Fixing some connectors. Here before and after

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Disassembling and inspect all components

Repair of some rust areas

Restoration of components

Fitting RUF style bumpers and body work

Assembly after painting

Interior

Engine and Transmission

The Targa Top Rebuild