1988 Porsche 911 Carrera CS detailed

[jk83]

The 911 Carrera Club Sport (CS) (option M637), 340 of which were produced worldwide from August 1987 to September 1989, is a reduced weight version of the standard Carrera that, with engine and suspension modifications, was purpose built for club racing. The CS had a blueprinted engine with hollow intake valves and a higher rev limit, deletion of: all power options, sunroof (except one example), air conditioning (except two examples), radio, rear seat, undercoating, sound insulation, rear wiper, door pocket lids, fog lamps, front hood locking mechanism, engine and luggage compartment lights, lockable wheel nuts and even the rear lid "Carrera" logo, all in order to save an estimated 70 kg (155 lb) in weight. With the exception of CSs delivered to the UK, all are identifiable by the "CS Club Sport" decal on the left front fender and came in a variety of colors, some special ordered. Some U.S. CS's did not have the decal installed by the dealer; however, all CS's have a "SP" stamp on the crankcase and cylinder head. The UK CS's were all "Grand Prix White" with a red "Carrera CS" decal on each side of the car and red wheels. Although the CS was well received by the club racers, because it cost more than the stock 911 but had fewer "creature comforts", it was not well received by the public in general. Consequently, according to Porsche Club of America and Porsche Club Great Britain CS Registers, only 21 are documented as delivered to the U.S. in 1988 with 7 in 1989, one to Canada in 1988 and 53 to the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1989.

Yesterday saw an early start and a trip to Maidenhead where we were met by the owner and an initially clean looking white Porsche.

The usual safe wash procedure complete it was taken inside where it was clayed and polished.

I didn't get many photos during the job as it quickly became apparent that it was going to be a long day!

These shots during the paint correction show how dirty the paint was even after claying. You can clearly see the area that has been polished as it is much whiter.

...and the same wing in direct lighting after correction...

A section of the bonnet before correction..

...after the heavier cutting compound has removed the oxidisation, swirls and general haze but left its own buffer trails..

... and after the final finishing polish and now all ready for the protective layer.

And 10 hours later having had 2 people working on it solidly it was all finished.

thanks for looking.

 

[Glenn Mc]

Oooo, lovely, is that Wilds's ???

 

[Jan]

hehe yes that is Honorifics.....what a beauty!!!!

 

[Phatgixer]

Yoda's old spitter!

 

[Jan]

....why do you call him Yoda?????

 

[Phatgixer]

old and wise like him it is

 

[Jan]

old and wise like him it is

 

[Ian_km]

Brilliant job, I love those old CS's

 

[daz]

love the car so much,

such a keeper

 

[jk83]

Thanks for the comments.

Why do you call him honorific? Must say thanks to him for waiting around in the evening as the job took a bit longer than expected!

Beautiful car in excellent condition. Now all tucked up for winter and ready for the spring

 

[Jan]

Honorific is because "honorific" means Mister, and one of our lot always called him Mr Wilds, couldn't bring himself to call him "Mike" out of respect!!!!! so the name stuck!!!

He is a bit of a legend