The failing paint on my 993 started the ball rolling on a refresh project: why not take care of the stuff I knew it needs before sending it out for a respray?
The priority here is to avoid shipwright's disease and fix what needs fixing while staying away from the madness of while you're in there-itis. The last time I did this, my '72 'cuda 340 was in parts for more than a decade and a running work in progress for another 5-6 years. Ain't nobody got time for that.
The trans has been problematic since I got the car, so it's going off to Brian Copan. Could pull the trans and leave the engine in, but it needs valve cover gaskets, caps+rotors+dizzy belt+wires, and timing chain cover seals for sure, so it seems best to drop it:
So far I've managed to avoid removing all the suspension in favor of cleaning in place, but there really should be a 12-step process.
Isn't powder coating great?
