Feb 8-12, 2020 - What I really wanted to do was replace all of Gretchen's engine bay hardware with new yellow zinc plated pieces, and have all the sheet metal parts re-plated in the original zinc chromate finish. But, being on a limited budget, that's not exactly what I did.
January 1, 2020 - I realize that two consecutive blog posts focused on cleaning a greasy engine is not very interesting to read about, so I'll try to be as brief as possible here. Being tedious, repetitive work, I found I often put myself "on autopilot" as I cleaned.
In November of 2019, after many years of dreaming, planning, and saving, and after two years of actual searching, I located and purchased this Zermatt Silver 1988 Porsche 944S in pretty decent, but not quite perfect shape.
