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The more cars I work on, the more I realize that what I have is just fine.

I had a 1984 944. Loved it too, had an Audi 4 cylinder but was very quick. Great braking, seats were low like the Z's. Drove under my buddies Camaro leaving a parking lot. $2,000 to fix the headlights and paint the front. The lights were the kind that roll over and up, connected together with a bar. A few months later a guy turned in front of me and I couldn't stop in time. T boned his van. Went to court over fault, he was in his 70s going to the mall to walk at 7am. I was 21 and supposed to be at work at 7am so I ended up eating that one, paid $5,500 for it with a cracked windshield. Paid $800 for the new glass then $2,000 for the rear ending accident. Over 8 grand I spent and drove it for a little over a year. Great car though! Traded the totaled 944 for a ZX straight up. 8 years later I bought a 911SC, that was a mechanics car for sure. Took me half a day to change 6 spark plugs and held 13 quarts of high dollar Kendall oil. I'll stick with these Zs until minimum wage goes up.

And all this time I've seen the hang ring, I thought it was for pulling you out of the ditch when over steering. The bull scrotum is popular around here also. Some guys will weld very large lug nuts to a chain to hang off the back end. Nuts of steel. Bonzi Lon

You'll never make enough money to afford to pay someone to keep it out of the shop. You just have to suck it up and realize you're working for Porsche while you own a 944. Great car, fun to drive, quite expensive to maintain. Had one for about 20 years until I could no longer justify the upkeep and repair costs. On the other hand, I've owned several 914s during the last 30 years and find them to be much more user friendly - even my current 914-6 which I've owned for over 20 years. Dennis

The hatch seal shouldn't interfere with the tail lamp cover, as it is just about the same design as the original. Maybe it wasn't installed correctly?

Here are some pics of how she came to me after finding her locally on eBay....

The door tag says 11/69, def worth saving imo ( 69's are even rarer than 70/71's ). I see alot of work and cash involved.

Well my first question is, Why did you start a new thread?????!! This is really a continuation of your other thread where you posted about the vacuum advance problem. These threads are really more helpful if kept together, so when someone comes along with the same problem they can find the answer in ONE place. As for opinions, you seem to be a very independently minded young person. A number of persons have made suggestions. Many of which are still waiting for responses. You will get more help if you follow up on peoples suggestions or the feedback will stop.... As for the dizzy, if I could install it with points and make it run, that is what I would do before you disassemble a perfectly good dizzy. If the car runs good with the points then you could leave the points in or try to make the Pertronix work again by moving the vacuum advance. That would eliminate the Pertronix and the entire dizzy as being the source of you problem.