It's been over a year since I had a project car, so I've been looking for a while. I'm quite a fan of certain German cars from when I was growing up in the 80s and have owned and rebuilt a couple:
I've always fancied a Porsche 944, but have stopped short of buying one as I just don't like the 4-cylinder engines in them. The prices of all things Porsche is starting to run away, so I began looking again for a 944 that I could put some work into to improve in the same way as my previous cars before they became out of reach. Fate smiled on me a few weeks ago when I came across a project for sale that seemed to fit all of my criteria.
Today both cars were delivered. I feel like the automotive version of Noah right now with 2 Masers and 2 Porsches!
Who would want an old 924, especially a yellow one? Normally I wouldn't give it a second glance, but it has a special ingredient that I couldn't ignore:
It's heart is a 4.1 litre V8 built by Rovertech/V8 Developments. It's a proper, period conversion offered back in the day by a now-defunct company called UVA. This is a genuine UVA 984. I have loads of history with the car. It emigrated to Australia with its owner almost 20 years ago and was repatriated with the same owner some time later. Somebody cherished this car, I'll share more of its history on this thread if anyone is interested.
The shell is a bit tired and was stripped out a long time ago, the car used in a CCC challenge. My plan is to remove all of the running gear from this car and transplant it into the 944, turning that into a track car for myself and my son. The engine has over 260bhp and a ton of torque so will be plenty powerful enough when a standard 944 weighs in at 1100kg. The car will go on a diet, so the resultant power to weight ratio will be somewhere close to my GS. With excellent weight distribution (transaxle gearbox) it should make for a fun car on track.
I've always fancied a Porsche 944, but have stopped short of buying one as I just don't like the 4-cylinder engines in them. The prices of all things Porsche is starting to run away, so I began looking again for a 944 that I could put some work into to improve in the same way as my previous cars before they became out of reach. Fate smiled on me a few weeks ago when I came across a project for sale that seemed to fit all of my criteria.
Today both cars were delivered. I feel like the automotive version of Noah right now with 2 Masers and 2 Porsches!
Who would want an old 924, especially a yellow one? Normally I wouldn't give it a second glance, but it has a special ingredient that I couldn't ignore:
It's heart is a 4.1 litre V8 built by Rovertech/V8 Developments. It's a proper, period conversion offered back in the day by a now-defunct company called UVA. This is a genuine UVA 984. I have loads of history with the car. It emigrated to Australia with its owner almost 20 years ago and was repatriated with the same owner some time later. Somebody cherished this car, I'll share more of its history on this thread if anyone is interested.
The shell is a bit tired and was stripped out a long time ago, the car used in a CCC challenge. My plan is to remove all of the running gear from this car and transplant it into the 944, turning that into a track car for myself and my son. The engine has over 260bhp and a ton of torque so will be plenty powerful enough when a standard 944 weighs in at 1100kg. The car will go on a diet, so the resultant power to weight ratio will be somewhere close to my GS. With excellent weight distribution (transaxle gearbox) it should make for a fun car on track.
