I mentioned at the start of this thread that one of my aims was to ensure that the interior of the car is restored, in a way that, as much originality is put back into the cabin as possible.
When your starting with a car with little or no original interior you can imagine this was always going to be a challenge for a 67S; especially when many of the interior parts are one year only.
Over the last couple of years I have had many a late night scouring the internet for many of these parts, after nearly 2 yrs of hunting parts I am happy to say I have been able to get hold of every single piece that was missing on my car, and most importantly the majority are in great original condition so the interior will have an authentic original feel to it.
I will be posting a few updates over the coming months focussing on the interior, to start with I thought it would be best to start with the items that were in the car when I purchased it. The original dash and gauges were really the only original interios pieces which had been retained by the previous owner.
Objective for the dash was to remove the original black vinyl and repair and re skin using the original vinly. I know this is probably not to many peoples taste, as when the majority of people start off with a full restoration most are completed with brand new interiors.
After a fair few calls and speaking to various DDK members I went over to Garry Halls place (visualfx). Now I had seen Garry’s work on a few ddk members cars, so I was pretty sure I was taking my interios to the right place, also Garry is restoring another 67S RHD so after spending an hour or two chatting about all things 911 and swb I new I had left my dash in more than capable hands
A few pictures of the dash, clearly shows a few battle scars and that whitish milky faded colour to the vinyl,
These swb early dashes are pretty fragile, they are manufactured from a plastic type material which when warmed is pliable to a degree, It was quite evident looking at the under side of the dash what may be lurking under the vinyl. Once the vinly had been removed this is what Garry was left with.
And the worst pictures:
These pictures are what appeared on my mobile from Garry earlier this week, I had prepared myself for worst after he asked me to give him a call to discuss……….
Was relieved to hear from Garry that it was still salvageable……..
So after a few hours fibreglass repairs followed by covering the two section of the dash in a thin black fibre material (sure garry will step in and provide the correct term for this...), this is what we ended up with:
And a few pictures of the dash with the original vinyl re-fitted, cleaned and polished:
Garry working his magic.....
