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iwantacarrera · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 99 Location: Ravenshead, England

I have a '80 ROW 931 now. I was looking at building a Carrera GT rep as I already have the Turbo nose, rear arches and 15" rims for the job.

Yesterday I was flicking through our national 'boy racers' magazine for a friend building a 'modified Mk4 Golf'. Anyway, to cut a long story short, there was a custom 924 on one of the pages.

Fitted with GT/944 bodystyling, rollcage,lowered and detailed with some 17" polished 996 rims it looked very nice. I kind of liked it because it didn't go silly and kept true to its Porsche origins with the parts.

It also improved on a few key areas with modern lighting, interior trimming and uprated suspension.

Has anyone else seen a good 924/944 given the custom treatment?

What do you guys think?
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1981 Porsche 924/80 Porsche 931 GT rep

macBdog · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:26 am Post subject:

That sounds really cool, id love to see some pics. Whats the magazine called?

Im really not sure how I feel about the whole custom issue. I know the 944 skirts, nose and rear end look good on a 924 but then youve also lost some of the character of the 924 as a design in itself. I used to be all for tasteful custom jobs and have even thought of some 944 body pieces for my car, but then I think... it wont be 100% 924 anymore.
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1979 931 with a 350 chev
1973 911E with EFI

924guy · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:51 pm Post subject:

I havent seen many of what you describe, but it sounds nice. It took me a long time to decide to change the look of my 931, i do love the 924 body in its purest form, but then again, these cars have the hearts of racers, and i decided that i will go with some changes, but keep in the spirit of things, so to speak..Which is especially important to me since i have the "SE" option..its only a marketing package, but unusual nonetheless..
my plans, which im just starting on, include the carrera gt kit, which will stretch out the fenders a bit. But to keep in line with what makes my car special to me, i had replica decals made(with a bit more lenght to accomodate the extra curves), identical to original, which will be applied after paint. In addition i had a special "SE" hood decal made, similiar to the "S" hood decal, but im not sure if that will work once i get the top mount intercooler and required scoop in..Ill keep the flat dish wheels, but may swap to 7&8" widths instead of my original 6"/16's set. ill enhance the back end with a valance to cover up the spare tire well and clean it up a bit..and a few other enhancements as well.. in the end i hope the result will be a semi custom body, that still pays tribute to how she came out of the factory..just a bit meaner looking, with a bit of extra power to back up the looks.....
i think you have to let your car "talk to you" and at some point, itll tell you what it wants..all you have to do islisten to it...

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Eric
78 924
82 931 SE "smokey"
99' VehiCross
Y2K Honda Insight
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Vince Ponz · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 3581 Location: Florida

Eric,

Redo the 928 wheels using the method I used on this site. Go to wheels or suspension for the lowdown. Total cost about $15 and elbow grease. About one can of elbow grease should do it. Ask for it at any Home Depot.
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"Never let them see you sweat"
77.5 924 modified track car
79 931 Euro stock
88 924S SE
87 911 Targa stock

iwantacarrera · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 99 Location: Ravenshead, England

PORSCHEV · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:37 am Post subject:

Build it to what you want...thats what I did and Iam very happy with the results...my own unique car.
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1976 924
5 lug conversion, 17'C2 wheels,custom body work,327 vette engine.

1978-#53 "D" track racer.