Gleaming Kleen - 1973 Porsche Carrera 2.7 RS

Thought I would share this iconic car with you:thumbsup:

For those that do not know about the history of the RS

The legendary Carrera RS is widely regarded to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest roadgoing Porsche ever. The 1973 Carrera RS is sought after by collectors worldwide and is considered by many to be the best 911ever produced. It’s precision handling, light weight, powerful engine and classic lines are what makes this the ‘holy grail’ of 911s. Its primary purpose was to homologate the car for competition use, which required the construction of a minimum of five hundred examples within twelve months. Eventually, the cars proved to be so popular that the production run was expanded several times, with an eventual total of 1580 (1308 were touring version) cars being built. The cars themselves featured larger more powerful engines, flared rear wheel arches to accommodate wider wheels, numerous deletions and alterations to reduce weight, improved suspension, and a few cosmetic alterations, which would become the car’s trademark. With its distinctive contrasting striping and wheels and the simple and functional “burzel” or ducktail, the styling of the RS is iconic.

The incredibly successful history of the Carrera RS is far too long to chronicle here. Suffice it to say that it won the Daytona 24 hours even before it was homologated. A few weeks later it was victorious in the Sebring 12 hours and later in 1973 won the Targa Florio. Porsche finished the year as joint European GT Champions with a host of other race and rally victories to its name

0-60 MPH in just 5.5 seconds with a top speed of 150 MPH.
2.7 Liters
210 HP
188 Ft. Lb of Torque
Weight: 1075 kg (the sport lightweight even lighter)

This car was first owned by british racing driver John Fitzpatrick

Car received the usual pre-wash, wash and decontamination stages

This shot was cropped to show the actual condition of the paintwork


50/50- left side corrected


Few "before and after" shots












































Once all correction was complete paint was refined with Megs 205


















One all machine polishing stages were complete Swissvax Cleaner Fluid was applied to all paint work including door jambs and then the first coat of Swissvax Divine was applied (first coat). This was left to cure whilst I carried on with some of the smaller jobs like polishing the exhausts and conditioning all the seals with Swissvax seal Feed, applying Swissva Autobahn to the wheels and dressing tyres with Swissvax Pneu.
















After a hour or so wax was buffed off and then the following morning a second coat of Swissvax Divine was applied which was then later buffed off after working on the interior. Few hours later paint was wiped down with Swissvax Quick Finish.

And the end results after 30 hours of work:grin:






























































Thanks for looking

 

Drool. That's an absolutely stunning car.

 

that's a beauty!

 

Sweeeeeeeeet, nice work Jay!

 

It looks BETTER now than the day it was new.
That was a treat for me. Thanks. Great Job!

Joe D.

 

:thumb:

How did you get the spaces in between the vinyl outlines to come out so perfectly? It looks like the decals were laid down onto a fresh paint job

 

by using a DA and low RPM's - required a few hits

thanks to all that commented

 

such a classic..... beautiful work!

 

great job!

 

Very nice work it look great nice attention to detail. May I ask what you use to polish the exhaust, was it #0000 and the refined certain metal polish, followed by a metal sealant?

 

That looks awesome, impressive work Jay!

Just a question - you didn't need to mask up the decals before polishing? Some types of decals don't need it and some suck up polish like nothing else, change colour etc. Would be nice to know if I came across one of these.


Kind regards,

Ebbe

 

Great job!

 

Amazing shine and wetness! Beautiful finish demonstrated in the before and after pics. Great work Jay!

 

Looking good

 

Stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

great work!

 

Beautiful work!

 

absolutely spectacular!

 

Supercleaness in the UK, great pics and correction!.

 

always top notch stuff