Thanks.
After a week out due to a Covid outbreak in the house, I was feeling 'normal' this morning and headed straight outside, after a week of planning in my head what I was going to do, namely;
1. Strip the interior
2. Repair the seat mount
3. Repair the loom
Well, I got number 1 completed, but as is often the case I was side-tracked by 'vanity projects' so we will call this update 'scope creep'
I was looking forward to doing the seat squabs having never done it before. Others spoke so highly of this job that I knew it was the sort of thing that would be enjoyable and almost do itself
WTActuaF!!!
Each job I do on the car seems to be worse than the last, and this just added to the tally. There are a few things to consider here;
1. Remember the advert from the 70s/80s with a bloke hanging off a board below a helicopter, his overalls being glued to it beforehand? That glue is like what my girls use at school for paper compared to Porsche glue!
2. The seat squabs in a 911 could frankly get away with being attached by gravity alone, what were they thinking? Are the carpets and squabs structural?!!
Anyway, my plans to remove the carpet in sections and use as templates for the new set soon turned to dust as they came out in one big fat gluey mess. They pulled the sound deadening with them. This was wet - despite 2 years in the dry. No wonder the car steams up.
Sorry, getting ahead of myself. Before I did that I needed to remove the rear seats. A simple screw in affair...
Yes, that's an impact driver. After half an hour of smashing it with a hammer I was wondering if I was well enough to be in the garage. So I pressed on with the carpets.
This one tore the leather, which is hard like plastic. I might just get away with it
Some time later
In case you are wondering, you have unwittingly stumbled into a 'spot the difference' competition. I took the above pics because they are all relevant to various stages, but from thumbnails frankly I cant tell the difference, so over to you to do the hard work! Ultimately, 3-4 hours separates them, and in my winter overalls pulling so hard on them I really couldnt tell if I had a fever. I found glass from previous break-ins that I thought I had cleared earlier on. The centre tunnel was a particular highlight - removing the pressing that the electrical connections mount on and then pulling like hell from the pedals back up the car. It really was fun.
And then I was left with a gluey mess. WD40 removes sticky stuff apparently. So does vinegar. So does soapy water. All these methods work on sticky things, but none of them work on Porsche glue. I planned a bonfire.
I settled on a plastic scraper, removed the worst of the sponge and called it a day on that job, grateful I have an industrial hoover.
The good thing is, the shell is spotless. Despite being sat in a water-bath for the last 2/3/who-knows how many years, it is mint. No creases, no rust, nothing.
At this point, I should have started on the seat mounts, given all the flammable materials are out of the way, but instead I worked on a little upgrade I will share later. Then, I started working on a 'vanity project'......