PorscheQueen

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a boot floor plate (the whole panel) for Porsche 911, year 1969 - 71/72 (early model).

The original part number was 911.501.035.00

I am looking for both LHD and RHD, must be brand new.

If anyone has one, please do get in touch, contacting me by email is probably best - deborah.v.bell@gmail.com

Thanks,
Debbie

theiceman

I have no idea what a boot floor plate is

Uwon

theiceman

Well i was going to suggest restoration design anyway

raspritz

But what is a "boot floor plate"? Something in the frunk? But there is no floor plate there.

oldskewel

Here's what the google says:
http://www.sierramadrecollection.com...69-p26647.html

theiceman

if you asked me to find that part on a car i think id be lost for years !!!

psychoideas

Does he not mean the whole panel that the smugglers box lid is attached to? Hence the ref to Left or Right hand drive.

PorscheQueen

Hello everyone,

Thanks for all the replies.

What I am looking for, is the whole panel. Like in this photo.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Debbie

raspritz

These are at least theoretically available from SMC as reproductions:
http://www.sierramadrecollection.com...72-p31694.html

If you are looking for an OEM NOS one, good luck. I doubt many left the factory.

Rich

PorscheQueen

Thanks for the link. Yeah, I'm hoping someone in the forum might have one sitting around somewhere (wishful thinking perhaps), or know of someone who may have one.

Grateful for any leads or help whatsoever. My hunt is definitely harder because it needs to be new!

Thank you,
Debbie

raspritz

OK, time to ask. Why does it need to be NOS? A salvage piece taken down to bare metal and done right by a high-level pro will be far cheaper than NOS (which you'll probably never find anyway) and won't take away from a 100-point concourse win on the lawn at Amelia Island or anywhere else in the world. Are you trying to win a bet that you can build a 1969 911 from NOS parts?

PorscheQueen

No, there's no bet. I just need the build to be very good quality. If that's the case about making one, are you able to make the panel, and if so how much would it cost? Or maybe know someone that can?

Thanks for all your help.

raspritz

Debbie,

You don't "make" the replacement panel. You let your top-level Porsche body restorer harvest one from a junker and restore it to better-than-new. I'm surprised you don't know this if you are trying to do a build of "very good quality". The real question is what does "very good" mean to you, what are your goals for the car, and which of a thousand choices you'll have to make are worth it in pursuit of your goals versus which are not. I've been restoring a numbers-matching 1969 911T for four years; it will be finished this summer, aiming for a top-level driver/low-level concourse winner. I have been in continuous discussion with my top-level Porsche restoration bodyshop/paint shop > interior shop > mechanic shop as to what I want to do at virtually every decision-point given my goals. In my opinion, searching for a NOS "boot floor plate" is among the least important places to spend time, effort, and money.

An interesting question is why do you need a "boot floor plate"? That is an interior frame component that is not normally damaged by rust, and it would take a fairly remarkable crash to damage it, a crash that would almost certainly render the car a poor candidate for restoration.

Rich

PorscheQueen

Dear Rich,

Thanks for your reply.

To be honest, my boyfriend is restoring the car and he's the one who has asked me to find this part. I'm open to suggestions to NOS alternatives. You sound like you know what you're talking about, please can you help me? I need the part to be good quality and don't want to end up with a cowboy job, so if you can help or can point in me the right direction of anyone that can I would be most grateful.

The part is required because it was rotten, so it needs to be replaced.

Thank you - I appreciate any advice you can give me,
Debbie