I've bought a baltic blue 964 nicely run in with 159,000 miles.
It has just been serviced by NiceExcellence and gone in to have a noisy tappet sorted and oil leaks sorted.
The car is oozing oil from every hole.
I have taken it to several indys for opinions and quotes, and to see where I should get it fixed.
My local indy is a chap called Martin Brown next to Shirleys Garage in Meriden, who I called on first. The problem is, being a one man band, it will take longer.
I also tried RSR Autotech in Bromsgrove on recommendation by Clinchy, and finally settled on Zentrum in Nottingham, recommended Big 'Un, and there is a nice thread on here of his rebuild. Cunno and Mistercorn also confirmed they were decent, and my car was booked in for 30 July, scheduled for 2 weeks.
On an early morning breakfast run on Sunday morning we passed a 4x4 driver who recognised the car, and had been negotiating to buy it.
He said that there was one chap who is the undisputed king of building 964s, a bloke called Martin, in Meriden!
So after a further chat with Martin I have decided it is he who will be doing the job. There will be a few mods and updates on the way too, to make it a bit more special.
It will take longer than Zentrum, (looking at a month) and possibly cost more, but as he is my local indy and has done work for me before, that's the choice I have made.
As a side-note, whilst on the breakfast run with Sausage and Adam2712, my wife commented that you dont get the "kick in the back" with the 964 that you do with the 996. Lets just wait and see!
I will be posting updates and pics as we go.
It has just been serviced by NiceExcellence and gone in to have a noisy tappet sorted and oil leaks sorted.
The car is oozing oil from every hole.
I have taken it to several indys for opinions and quotes, and to see where I should get it fixed.
My local indy is a chap called Martin Brown next to Shirleys Garage in Meriden, who I called on first. The problem is, being a one man band, it will take longer.
I also tried RSR Autotech in Bromsgrove on recommendation by Clinchy, and finally settled on Zentrum in Nottingham, recommended Big 'Un, and there is a nice thread on here of his rebuild. Cunno and Mistercorn also confirmed they were decent, and my car was booked in for 30 July, scheduled for 2 weeks.
On an early morning breakfast run on Sunday morning we passed a 4x4 driver who recognised the car, and had been negotiating to buy it.
He said that there was one chap who is the undisputed king of building 964s, a bloke called Martin, in Meriden!
So after a further chat with Martin I have decided it is he who will be doing the job. There will be a few mods and updates on the way too, to make it a bit more special.
It will take longer than Zentrum, (looking at a month) and possibly cost more, but as he is my local indy and has done work for me before, that's the choice I have made.
As a side-note, whilst on the breakfast run with Sausage and Adam2712, my wife commented that you dont get the "kick in the back" with the 964 that you do with the 996. Lets just wait and see!
I will be posting updates and pics as we go.