Then it was on to the fun stuff - motor extraction!
Apparently there is a Hatfield/McCoy thing with the 944 crowd on whether tis best to extract out the top or the bottom. I went for the top style. Along the way I noticed that it's a good thing I never intended to drive it as a stock 944 because it was missing motor mount bolts, 1 out of 4 crossmember bolts and the front sway bar was askew on the one side.
By Friday eve I had the top side prepped and was ready early Saturday morning for what I expected was going to be a simple completion of the final steps. But the Porsche had other plans - turns out the motor is seized so I could not disconnect the flex plate. 4 hours later I emerged the victor but along the way I had to drop the cross member, loosen the rack and pinion, remove the DS wheel, drop the DS shock tower and control arm and to a whole lot of wiggling. I lost track of all time. The place looked like a war zone. But - the damn thing is out now.
Can you spot the boat anchor in the last picture?