73T Resto - Back to Tangerine

[911GP]

Hi Mike,

Your car looks to be in much better condition than mine was. Good luck. If your engine bay decals are original and in good condition, you may wish to carefully remove them and refit them after painting.

Kind regards
Gitesh

[911hillclimber]

Nice shell to sort out, several small patches and you are ready to panel up.
My German car came to the uk in the early 80s and was similar then so you are doing well imho.

I think that rear inside wing is factory though my Xmas 72 built T has a solid panel and is original.

Low volume factories did make n mend to avoid waste.

[DarthMJH]

Hi Mike,

Your car looks to be in much better condition than mine was. Good luck. If your engine bay decals are original and in good condition, you may wish to carefully remove them and refit them after painting.

Kind regards
Gitesh

Hi Gitesh,

How can I tell if they are original. They are a bit tatty, but do these look original?



Cheers

[911GP]

Hi,
Originals were printed on foil and I would say your ones are original but I cannot be sure from that pic. They often had some variance in colour between them so don’t be concerned by this. Mine were in worse condition so couldn’t really use them (see the first page of my restoration thread).

I am not an expert and others here will know better but from what I have seen, repros have a different finish (some are brushed), some have different thickness (too thick or too thin), some are not printed on foil, can be a different colour, may have a different font and or font weight, or may have differences in the details printed. One caveat: it was quite common for Porsche to use different suppliers for parts so there may have been different types. I am not saying the repros are wrong but just different to what I had. After all, why would somebody go to all the effort of making something different to the originals they are working off?

If you choose to keep yours, be careful removing them since they are thin aluminium foil. Try to keep them as flat as you can when removing. Use a solvent to assist. Alternatively, if you are keeping the same panel, maybe you could keep them as is and cover them up before painting?

Gitesh

[DarthMJH]

As the car was stripped Paul continued to strip the wings, doors, engine lid and bumpers











These were then sand blasted. The wings must have been replaced in the 80's when it was first restored as the condition is excellent, just a few minor dents.

[DarthMJH]

I didn't take any pictures after sandblasting apart from the doors, as I wanted to get peoples opinions on what year they are from.

I believe this near side door might be original as it had some orange paint in there.



I am not sure what the hole on the top left does, (this is the top of the door). When I stripped it, it was covered by black gaffer tape, so don't know why it is there.



This is the offside door and it has a slightly different pattern inside. I believe this is from a later car. Is that correct?

[DarthMJH]

The shell has now been blasted and we can really see what we are up against

Offside footwell from both sides





Nearside front quarter



Offside front quarter



Rear seat (other side fine)



The back of the front arches





Footwell area needs a bit of panel beating



Floor pans are good apart from the edges





A coat of primer to stop the body shell from rusting.





Now the fun starts, the welding.

[911hillclimber]

Still looks good to me.
Lots of easy to repair areas, rear torsion bar tube areas are fabulous!

Hope you can keep the pictures coming.

[Darren65]

Paul seems to think this might be factory, as the primer was the same and it is spot welded exceptionally well. He says maybe the factory used a rear quarter from a 72 and then welded the panel for the oil tank.

I think Paul could well be right Mike, lots of strange things happened at the factory. Looks to be much that's original on your car and think the inner sills might be too!

All the best and good luck with the rest of your build

[misteralz]

The hole on the door is where the electric mirror adjuster is on my 964.

[DarthMJH]

The hole on the door is where the electric mirror adjuster is on my 964.

Thank you

[DarthMJH]

Paul has been busy over the past month.

Floor work

Offside









Nearside

[DarthMJH]

Rear apron







73 lump added





Rear parcel shelf

[DarthMJH]

Stud replacement

[DarthMJH]

Front and rear inner 1/4 panel work