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It was about a month before I got a proper answer on what is going to happen with the Porsche. Everyone agreed with me that the Porsche will be worth more in one piece than what they would be able to get for the components. I had to put a list together of all the damaged parts to get a quote.
Chassis wise there were a few damaged components. As this was a proper rebuild there was no taking short cuts. If something was damaged in the crash we were replacing it with new components. I got the quote from Bailey cars and it was pricey. The CFO asked me to split the parts up in 3 groups so we could order it over the next 3 months. I didn’t need all the parts at once so this suited me fine.
I found a small crack in the one rear upright and this ended up being a very expensive part. This was a billet machined unit made from 7075-grade aluminum.
Allot of time passed before I had enough bits to start with the rebuild. My main goal was to get the car back on its wheel. This just makes it so much easier to work with the car.
So the build starts.
I got all the suspension mocked up and everything seemed to be sitting in the proper place. I measured up all the mounting points and everything was sitting in an acceptable place. Next up was getting the rear frame of the car in place and welded. The frame was built by Bailey cars but the mounting flanges were left off as those had to bolted onto the car to get the alignment correct and then welled to the frame.
This was a really slow build as I only got about 2 hours a day that I could spend on the car. I had an hour before work and then my hour lunchtime. It felt like this was never going to be done. I just had to get the rear frame done so that I could send it out for powder coating. One that was done the car would look more complete.
I think Mike would have been proud of the way we were rebuilding this car. This was going to be the best build ever.
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