My Cars: 1983 Porsche 944 Lux

My 944 is a project, won on eBay due to its very cool registration number if you’re an air-cooled 911 geek like me.
This car was first UK registered in August 1983. It has seven previous keepers. I bought it in 2008. The roof of the garage it had been stored in since the 1990s had collapsed and rainwater had leaked onto the battery. Flooding battery acid eroded the metal beneath and let water into the cabin. The water filled up the cabin and turned mouldy. The car was dragged out some years later covered in mould and with rust in the floors.
The battery acid had destroyed the ECU (located under the battery tray) so I bought another ECU, but the engine would not crank or start. Specialist advice was to change the complete wiring loom and buy another engine as this original engine was seized. The car has a few rust issues including rust in one sill, which is a common weak point on 944s. The sills have to be cut out, replaced and repainted.
I liked the number plate, so I bought the car planning to transfer that off and sell the rest.It turned out that the car was too good to do that. Previously sold by Nick Faure, it is quite an early non-PAS car and likely one of a handful remaining.
Sadly, the tweed Recaro sports interior was an absolute biohazard, so I had to dispose of it. I broke two other 944s to get early Sports Recaros in black leather and black leather trim. It currently presents as a rolling shell in non-running condition, with rust in the battery tray and one sill, and no interior, but we can figure that out one of the days. Money no object, I would EV this car, fit electric air conditioning and use it every day. Some of the original paint might be saveable: we will see.
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