I bought a Mint Green 964 from Japan - With One Major Problem

I've FINALLY secured my first air-cooled Porsche - and am partnering with @ebaymotors on the build! Let's see how rad this thing looks and drives before we start tearing into it! #ebaypartner

[PaulSprangers]

If you install the manual gearbox, you should mount the clutch and flywheel of a 964RS: it’s a single mass flywheel and gives you a lot more responsiveness! Nice project!

[wesbourne]

Stoked to help with this one and happy to see it join the collection! Let the fun begin.

[Stealth.Sierra]

You’d be amazed at how much of a difference a full tank of gas will make in terms of the understeer

[j.moneyfilms]

Well, this is a good sign that youtubers are gonna start scooping these up thx to Jimmy and Lz😂

[jeremywwuu]

Front bumper frowny face super easy to fix, it’s just a bunch of tabs from the inner grille that you have to bend and pop back into place 👍 So excited for this build, I work with these little froggies every day and they’re beautiful machines.

[xxhotelcrazyxx]

964 owner here, welcome to the club! Just had my rwb conversion finished July '23 after waiting 4.5 years. These cars are amazing! They are cars to keep for life! Air-cooled 911 ownership is a very special privilege!

[thejobrien]

Welcome to the aircooled world! Glad you caught the oil thing, it should be checked when its warm and up to temp and it should be right right in the middle of empty and full on the stick. Not sure about the 964 oil gauge but on the older 911s (like I have) the gauge is notorious for being wrong/faulty/dead so the best reading is typically done on the stick when at running temp. Have fun with it!

[FreshcakesWaffle]

Finally got Yourself a Classic Porsche!

[TomHamilton-rgcp]

Great story. Super rare color for the model.
Swapping out the trans for a 5 speed is the thing to do. Just make sure that you find one with a limited slip. They are found both open and LSD. Easy to check in a car or out. Turn one of the output shafts and the other should turn the same direction with pressure resistance from your other hand. Thats an LSD. The rest of the conversion is simple too. Contact one of the salvage companies and they usually have a complete kit for sale. Need to change out the speedometer too. That way you get away from the automatic gear indication on the face plate. If my memory is right, no need to worry about any wiring harness issues as Porsche tried to cover the car configured in any circumstance with one harness. The G50 transmission is a highly sought after unit for older car conversions so be ready to pay a few bucks. Make sure to put in a flywheel that doesn't have a rubber center. They tend to stall easily without the original dual mass flywheel. The automatic and its parts might have some slight value to the right person, but they are not popular as you can imagine.
I had a 91 964 and had a bunch of fun with it. Wish I still had it too.

[jeandrewagener]

Thx for being such a cool guy Adam. Love the content

[petetofani]

Awesome find! Love air cooled 911. Really look forward to this project.

[joshparks]

This is so awesome!! Call me crazy but this would look so good with color coordinating plaid inserts into the seats!!

[Angry_Abarth]

I think you should do a full dry ice cleaning on wheel wells, suspension and underbelly! See what all that factory stuff looks like!

[williamhoitink]

my neighbor who taught me how to drive stick on his air-cooled 1978 911 SC convertible recently passed away. it was an awesome experience learning on that car, and i wish to own one some day. cant wait to see more future vids!

[mikl]

Welcome to the air cooled Porsche world. They are great little cars and as a pro driver you will learn to appreciate what they really are and how far ahead they were. Looking forward to watching this build. I’ve built 2 outlaw cars a 67 911 R/RS and a Magnus Walker inspired 78 SC/R. Be prepared for the “purist” they can be brutal, for the most part, people love them.

[DiZZoLabs]

You need a ruddy Mint plate trim. And thanks for answering immediately that it wasn’t going wide body my mind was racing. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[TheBullockFamily]

Excited to see Adam and the gang teaming up with some big time sponsors like E-Bay motors. I see them support other channels then you get like two maybe three episodes of a build at least Adam and Mike pump out the content on the regular.

[Adriengue]

I bought my GRANITE GREEN METALLIC 964 1 month ago with the same philosophy as your « vibe car » philosophy. I’m learning about it everyday and it’s a dream. Thanks for documenting your journey with it, I’m sure I’ll learn a lot about my car with your videos !!

[jeremy_bragg]

I’ve painted a bunch of these. They love to rust around the windshield and rear window. As well as pretty much all the little nooks and cracks. That car looks really clean! Make sure you cavity wax it up after the clean up job.

[TheFastrider]

Love seeing a young dude being so excited about the door handle sound (we all love it as well), just find it hilarious that engineers have been making all these digital handles with motors, when new generations actually are loving analog feel and sounds! Great stuff!