Going to look at a fantastic 1973 911S tomorrow. Need a bit of advice.

[NorthernThrux]

Man this car looks great.
Maybe I missed it somewhere, but is that the finished look for the fuel tank or will it be refinished (as new) later?
Keep up the great updates and pics.

Thanks. I'm not sure what I want to do to be honest. It is an unmolested tank from a '73, with all the wear and tear that 46 years brings. It is darker than the picture suggests. I'm mostly erring towards sympathetic restoration, but it's a grey line this case (esp. in this case, lol!). Probably should clean it up a bit as per sithot's link.I dunno. It's a lot of work. Hmmm.

Ravi

[gled49]

I thought you’d be getting a finished car back after that long, guess not.

[NorthernThrux]

It's been a process. Once I understood the billing model, it made more sense and became less frustrating. Robert charged a dramatically lower shop rate for me than for regular time-sensitive stuff like race engine rebuilds and other kinds of pressing mechanical and body work. Basically this was a rate for when he had nothing else in the shop going on. Fill-in work if you like, And with a shop as busy as his, idle hours are few and far between. I think he averaged about 3 weeks a year. After I figured out this logic, we switched to a sweat-equity model where I hunted down parts and did interior stuff like the seats, carpet etc and he did the mechanical and body work and talked me through those processes. Wiring (outside of the engine bay) was my job, as is finishing the interior details etc.

I've learned a lot from him and from people here, The journey is as much fun as the goal.

Ravi

[NorthernThrux]

All wiring done except the defrost idiot light. Tar applied on driver’s side interior pan. New vinyl on the dash fascia from left to right. Fixed hole in glove box, still need to re-flock. Steering wheel on. Horn goes beep, beep. Fasten seatbelt light works and buzzer worksas does the handbrake light.

Finally that radio hole is filled in with a plate and covered. Car had no radio from the factory but had some Clarion piece of junk when I bought her.

Tach and clock on the way back from Seattle Speedometer.

Tomorrow the blower and new hot air hoses goes in and maybe some carpet.

[NorthernThrux]

One of the things you notice as you work on these cars is just how rebuildable everything was. I swapped out a mid ‘70s SWF turn signal switch with the round arm for a correct one with the stamped steel handle. The correct one can be completely disassembled and the contacts and mechanism cleaned. The only slightly later one can’t, at least not without bending tabs and drilling out rivets. The beginning of the disposable era in automotive repair?

Ravi

[csbush]

What did you use as a source for the grey glove box flocking? I have only found black, which would still be nice, but mine is currently grey. Love all the details of your progress!

[NorthernThrux]

I used http://www.flockit.com/index.php/pro...l?options=cart in charcoal grey. Might be a tad darker than original, but hard to tell as my glove box liner may have faded through the years. Get the charcoal grey adhesive too.

Ravi

[skinnerd]

I used http://www.flockit.com/index.php/pro...l?options=cart in charcoal grey. Might be a tad darker than original, but hard to tell as my glove box liner may have faded through the years. Get the charcoal grey adhesive too.

Ravi

Another way to go with this:
I found a nice flocking kit on Ebay....there are many colors like charcoal grey.
Then I got a matching grey acrylic paint at the local craft store.
Lightly sand the inside of the glovebox, vacuum, apply the paint with a small brush and then "waft" in the flocking material with a plastic squeeze bottle.
You'll get a professional result for about $20.

[NorthernThrux]

That’s essentially all the kit I ordered was. Enough to do the door pockets and glovebox for about $20 with a cardboard puffer pump. Probably the cheapest thing I’ve done to my car, lol.

[NorthernThrux]

Fog lights wired in using a Kroon reproduction harness. Colour coded exactly as in the Porsche workshop manual, but the harness also comes with a colour reference diagram. Very thoughtful. Also comes with a Porsche relay, but that does have Made in China printed on it. Easy to fix if you have a bagful of “Made in Germany” period correct Porsche relays which you bought on Ebay.