Porsche restoration progresses

After a lengthy strip and repaint by Carbody (who as ever have done a stunning job) the Porsche chassis is now back in the workshop. In the time it has been away progress has been made on the chassis components, many of which can now be installed. It is always a good feeling to start bolting freshly restored parts back onto a car. 

The Chassis in fresh paint

The first component to be fitted will be the fuel cell. This gets folded, covered in talcum powder and squeezed through a small hatch in the passenger compartment before being folded out and filled with foam. 

The fuel cell hatch

Although it wears a factory chassis plate (and is the only non-factory 956 to do so), 106B differs from the standard 956 in that is has a honeycomb monocoque. This necessitates a slightly different fuel cell which ATL have produced for us. 

106B’s new fuel cell

More to follow as progress is made.