Restoring a flood damaged 968 Cab
09-13-2022, 06:32 AM
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Restoring a flood damaged 968 Cab
in July 2021 Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium was hit by torrential rain with flooding following soon afterwards. The floods in the Eifel region of Germany was particularly severe with heavy damage to infrastructure and destruction of roads and bridges. The image below should give you an idea of the scale of the flooding
When I saw the photos taken at one of the Porsche dealers in the region I immediately thought about buying one of the flood damaged cars for restoration.
But life got in the way and the idea of finding one of these cars faded from my memory. But in December 2021 a friend of mine who breaks 968's and 944's shared a foto of a flood damaged 968 that just arrived at his workshop. The 968 was a victim of the floods in Germany and he bought it with the intention to break it for parts. However, when the car arrived, it was clear that it was in better shape than expected. The body was in great shape and it looked like the motor did not ingest any water. And so a plan was hatched...
He placed the car on a lift and when he drained the oil it was confirmed that the motor did not have any water in it. The next step was to swap out the DME with a known working one and get a jump box on the battery. Within a couple of second the car fired up and settled into a steady idle
That afternoon I drove to his shop and after a quick inspection we sealed the deal and I got myself a new project.
I have been documenting the restoration of this car on my Youtube channel. So if you want to follow along you can see the playlist here
the latest video can be found here
I have already learned a lot from the posts on this forum and hope to give back by sharing my experience and hurdles with the restoration of this car.
When I saw the photos taken at one of the Porsche dealers in the region I immediately thought about buying one of the flood damaged cars for restoration.
But life got in the way and the idea of finding one of these cars faded from my memory. But in December 2021 a friend of mine who breaks 968's and 944's shared a foto of a flood damaged 968 that just arrived at his workshop. The 968 was a victim of the floods in Germany and he bought it with the intention to break it for parts. However, when the car arrived, it was clear that it was in better shape than expected. The body was in great shape and it looked like the motor did not ingest any water. And so a plan was hatched...
He placed the car on a lift and when he drained the oil it was confirmed that the motor did not have any water in it. The next step was to swap out the DME with a known working one and get a jump box on the battery. Within a couple of second the car fired up and settled into a steady idle
That afternoon I drove to his shop and after a quick inspection we sealed the deal and I got myself a new project.I have been documenting the restoration of this car on my Youtube channel. So if you want to follow along you can see the playlist here
the latest video can be found here
I have already learned a lot from the posts on this forum and hope to give back by sharing my experience and hurdles with the restoration of this car.
Last edited by Johannvb; 09-13-2022 at 06:35 AM.
09-13-2022, 02:52 PM
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Been following along for a few months now. Love the videos and to see how much progress you've made so far. Tackling this car wasn't for the faint of heart! Glad to see it will live on though as a whole and not in parts.
09-15-2022, 07:13 AM
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10-10-2022, 06:24 AM
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After weeks of fastidious cleaning and rewrapping the wiring harness, the time has finally come to start building up the interior again
For now, I am just reinstalling the carpets en the seats. The next step is to test all the electricals including the windows and roof mechanism. Once I have all of this debugged and working I will reinstall the dashboard and start focusing on the mechanicals.
For now, I am just reinstalling the carpets en the seats. The next step is to test all the electricals including the windows and roof mechanism. Once I have all of this debugged and working I will reinstall the dashboard and start focusing on the mechanicals.
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Last edited by Johannvb; 10-10-2022 at 09:11 AM.
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