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Porsche 944 S2 Coupe
Baltic Blue
97000 Miles
Restoration

This car needs some tender loving care. A pre-loved Porsche. Last registered keeper was a member of the House of Lords, it has low owners
and is in superb mechanical order. It has been sorn for a number of years.
The plan here is to turn this tired and weathered soul into a Superstar. Full cosmetic restoration including
repairs to the sills and lower front wings and a full respray in original Baltic blue. The cabin to be fitted with Marine blue leather as the original
Studio Plaid cloth is very sun faded, any new panel or section replaced would be far too bright. Any worn or missing items to replaced with new.

Many images below show how it arrived to finished and everything in between.

Work in progress.

Boot carpet was Linen coloured!?!

After a simple wash..

The work begins.. Some images of the bodywork upon each visit to the bodyshop..

The winscreen didn't need to come out thanks to a removebale seal..

Sills and lower wings to be cut, bad bits removed, new bits to be fabricated..

Many weeks later...

Built back up and ready to leave the bodyshop!

Beautiful finish, smooth like enamel..

It lay at the workshop for 2months, When I went to collect it, it wouldn't start. Fault was traced (guessed) to be the immobiliser chip.
A speedy delivery of a new chip from Hamilton & Palmer, a new socket too as we were advised it could be either at fault..

Chip did not work so we fitted the new socket and it worked! (crude test below, now been fitted properly!) Car lives again..

Back in our garage for parts two, three and four of the rescue process (cabin, servicing, detailing)..

Starting to look like a car again!

..until you open the door!

Seats out. £3.47 in mixed coins collected, thanks...

No love lost over those...

Deep cleaning begins..

Missing canvas patch replaced..

Marine blue leather (with leatherette/vinyl rear squab) fitting in progesss..

Replacement carpet..

Replacement new centre console, no holes for old alarm LED's thanks..

Replace sunroof switch..

Replacement gear shifter in nice condition..

Much better.. different car now!

Pedals.. nothing wrong with the current items, but these are shiny and new, it's all in the details..

Tricky to fit, use a hairdryer to heat them, much easier. Finished pic was too dark, here is work in progress..

New carpet mats. These are the best you can buy, better than OEM. These are made from late 80's/90's Mercedes stock and will still
look like that after 175k miles and 30years!