Porsche 90 1 was first produced in the autumn of 1964, but at that time, the trademark dispute between Porsche and Peugeot (Peugeot claimed the right to use the three-digit car model with "0" in the middle) was legally beneficial to the French brand, so Porsche appropriately changed the name of the new model to 9 1 1 until the first year of production (/.
Among them, the first batch of 82 cars were Porsche 90 1, which became one of the rarest cars among Porsche brands because of its long history and scarce production.
It should be pointed out that although these 82 cars are marked as 9 1 1, the chassis code and production number are marked as Porsche 90 1. Do you want to know how rare this car is? Until 20 14, Porsche searched all over the world for the collection it wanted to buy, but failed to find an original 90 1.
After 20 14, all this changed. Two German TV crews came across two Porsche 9 1 1, which seemed to be early. They are rusty and dusty and abandoned in the warehouse.
A staff member of the TV station was very curious about the old Porsche. They checked the abandoned Porsche in the corner. After a short study, they thought that one of the cars looked unremarkable, but he thought it was an extremely rare Porsche sports car. Even in this abandoned state, they still think it is very valuable.
After leaving there, they called the Porsche Museum in Germany and revealed the news of these two cars. One of them is an early Porsche 9 1 1, and the second one has a vehicle identification number of 300? 57。
Porsche Museum (Porsche? The museum's classic car collection manager Alexander Klein (Alexander? Klein I first heard the number 30057 on the phone, I was so surprised that I almost dropped the phone. He said, "Is its chassis code really #57? Do you know that?/You know what? Do you know that?/You know what? Only 82 Porsche 90 1 were produced before Porsche 9 1! "
Porsche decided to find out the truth. They specially sent a special team to Brandenburg in eastern Germany to inspect the discovered warehouse. They finally confirmed the two cars. The first car, 1968 Jin 9 1 1, was in poor condition. But what they found behind the warehouse made everyone very excited.
In the corner of the warehouse, you can see a little red under the thick dust, which seems to be the early appearance of 9 1 1, leaving it helpless. Rust has corroded most of the car body. Only the dashboard and brakes can be seen in the car, and the engine in the engine compartment is still there.
But the most important thing is that the chassis code and factory nameplate of this car can be seen clearly. The team confirmed that the chassis code of this car is 300? It left the production line in the autumn of 1964.
Porsche really wants this car. After contacting the owner, it happened that the owner always wanted to sell it, so Porsche transported the car from the abandoned barn to the Porsche Zuffenhausen workshop in Germany for further inspection. Many Porsche brand experts were invited to the headquarters. After a lot of inspection and research, they agreed that this car was the original 90 1.
Porsche didn't waste time, and immediately paid the owner 107000 euros to buy this 90 1. The company also agreed to pay an extra 65,438+04,500 euros to buy another 65,438+0968 gold 965,438+065,438+0 in the barn.
Porsche's maintenance team began to study this thing called "No.57". A repair order on No.57 shows that the engine and transmission installed in this car are no longer original accessories. However, their models are the same. So far, so good. However, many parts have been corroded and rusted beyond repair and need to be replaced. Even so, KunoWerner, the workshop manager of Porsche Museum, was ecstatic after seeing the car.
Let's talk about the origin of this rare Porsche 90 1.
According to Porsche, this rare Porsche 90 1 was bought from its original owner several years ago. He likes driving very much, but when he got married, he felt that this small sports car was no longer suitable for his needs. Instead, he parked it in his barn. As the years passed, the position of the car in the warehouse was pushed closer and closer, and then the car gradually fell into disrepair in the corner.
A few years later, influenced by ambition and enthusiasm, the owner bought a golden old Porsche 9 1 1. His original purpose was to repair the two cars. After he started two restoration projects for some time. Like many car lovers, he faced the facts and gave up maintenance because of lack of experience and other reasons.
One day in 20 14, the TV crew at that time stumbled upon the barn and found the two Porsche cars.
Porsche's professional repair team started their three-year repair project. At first, the team took the whole car apart and carefully kept all the available parts. Even if a part is proved to be beyond repair, it may play a valuable reference role. In order to keep the original flavor of 90 1 as much as possible, the team adopted the slogan of "repair first and then change".
Putting chemical reagents into the whole car body to remove paint and rust is much milder than sandblasting, and the team can clearly see the exposed metal surface of the car body, just like when the car is manufactured. Werner explained: "You can see exactly where it needs to be modified or repaired."
When the paint and rust were removed, he was ecstatic to find that more than half of the original car body could be repaired. The work of repairing the 9 1 1 metal fuselage shell produced in 1965 lasted for 12 months. The restorers slowly weld, cut and crush the shell of No.57. Although we only deal with a bare car shell, we should be more careful, because we will assemble the car on this basis later, including installing glass, headlights, bumpers, door handles, decorations and antennas.
This process is called "fine grinding" and the team must be required to work accurately enough because it involves the reserved gap. So if there is any slight deviation, it must be reworked or adjusted.
The maintenance team used modern painting technology on the car paint, which can provide better anti-corrosion effect. The maintenance and transformation of six-cylinder engine has also proved to be a challenging task. After the cylinder head was removed, the piston was carefully repaired in their room. Porsche engineers used a combination of heat, rust remover and Porsche's most precious repair product "time and patience" to repair the crankshaft.
The engine crank-connecting rod mechanism rusted in the cylinder. In order to keep the original parts as much as possible, the technicians tried their best to take them apart and then select the usable parts. First, remove the cylinder head and the additional pipeline. At first, there was no obstacle, but after removing the cylinder head, they found that the piston was completely rusted in the cylinder barrel. It really takes experience and patience to decompose it. Technicians first used a lot of rust remover, then slowly separated the piston from the cylinder wall by thermal expansion (heating the cylinder block), and finally removed the crankshaft and piston. After cleaning, the cylinder block and cylinder head can continue to be used, and the right camshaft has been repaired, while the left camshaft has been replaced with new accessories because it is seriously damaged beyond repair. ? Only part of the engine took the whole team more than 120 working hours to restore its former glory. In the spring of 20 17, it was started on the test bench for the first time.
The engine of this classic Porsche sports car started again, which proved that everyone's efforts were not in vain. At this time, the repair work inside the car body was also carried out in other departments, but they encountered the problem of ashtray.
The back third of the ashtray of the original car has rusted, and the chrome-plated bracket and a larger rectangular cigar holder have completely disappeared. Since there were no spare parts for this car in the warehouse, the team began to reassemble the ashtray and cigar rack from scratch.
Porsche designers created a wooden mold, and then restorers painstakingly reconstructed a customized ashtray with the latest 3D printing technology, using a combination of new materials and original fragments.
In the autumn of 20 16, the maintenance of mechanical parts finally came to an end, and then the maintenance of seats and roofs began to be gradually completed.
The craftsmen tried to copy the interior according to the original printed pattern, so that some exposed screws were the same as when they left the factory that year. The original car glass is intact, and it can be kept after simple repair, but the wiring harness cannot be repaired. The maintenance team found a harness replacement from the later F series 9 1 1.
With the completion of chassis repair, the last step is to combine the engine and the body to restore the original glory of No.57. The repair work of this car was completely completed in the summer of 20 17, which took about three years.
No.57 has been kept in the Porsche Museum since it was restored, and it still exists today. It is the oldest version of Porsche 9 1 1.
As for the golden Porsche 9 1 1 in the barn? What about the fate of? Porsche has not been repaired, and it has remained in the state when it was discovered.
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