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Blakbird's 959 Restore 3 years 10 months ago #59909

My guess is 5859 had no square thingy, and the 58059 and later had them.
Usually the 4 digit number was the early versions and it lasted about 6 months or so before they improved each model.
That's my understanding anyway.

Sometimes you see a 4 digit number and thinking its a typo, but it's not.
Can be seen as a early production number.

I know Fox and Hornet among others had the 4 digit numbers.

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Blakbird's 959 Restore 3 years 8 months ago #60989

hi i must of missed this post
um the early porsche 959 and later one theres a lot different parts
gearbox arms chassis and the front shocks are all different in some way
how did u get on the build
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Blakbird's 959 Restore 3 years 8 months ago #60999

how did u get on the build

I guess I forgot to keep posting updates. Here's the latest.

I cleaned up the og MSC and installed all the old electronics. I also soaked the tires in glycerin but they are still very hard. Maybe they always were. At this point the car was driveable and I took it out for a spin. Note that the shocks are still empty here because I am missing gaskets and tubes.


Next thing to do was restore the shocks. I sourced a bunch of different gasket materials as shown, and using the thinnest rubber sheet and some punches I was able to create my own gaskets. They fit and function perfectly. The second picture compares an original gasket with my replacements.




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Blakbird's 959 Restore 3 years 8 months ago #61000

Next thing I did was try various kinds of tubing. The tubing needs to be able to swell for volume compensation, so it's important that the stiffness be right and not just the appearance. The version shown seems to work perfectly.


After installing the tubing and filling and bleeding the shocks (which took forever), I used some metal polish to give them a nice shine. Before and after shown.


Finally, I was able to source a 0.3 Ohm resistor with the right spade sizes. I like this much better than the 0.2 Ohm which I thought was too fast at the low speed portion of the MSC.


Here the chassis is effectively "done". I took it out for another drive on tarmac and the handling is vastly improved with the shocks filled. A real joy to drive.


The body is another story. I still don't have the roof tail lights, the mirrors, the drivers, or the light buckets.
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Blakbird's 959 Restore 3 years 8 months ago #61008

Well it looks brilliant :) I'm glad you took it for a run, A joy to see it moving for sure :)
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate :)

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Blakbird's 959 Restore 3 years 8 months ago #61022

Wahooo too nice 959. Congrats

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Blakbird's 959 Restore 3 years 8 months ago #61028

Very sharp 959 Blakbird!! Well done!

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Blakbird's 959 Restore 3 years 8 months ago #61030

super cool bro now we need a RUNNING VIDEO lol
i'll keep a eye out for the other parts u are after
only thing the post its not really going at this time so maybe soon

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