Its a lot of work but worth the pay off ..........Enjoy

 

you guys seriously need to stop thowing pics like this out,

it really makes me want to tear the interior out of my 81.

 

Now ...that is sweet....exactly where I want to end up....except it's gonna be black inside cause black is faster .. LOL... Wow..very nice..

Later,
Tom

 

Thanks - it took a lot of work. Ive been told by my tech - the interior paint is colored as the factory Porsche racers ....... I hope my brain cells dont fail me on that one - LOL

Thanks again

Web Edit: Sorry Tom - I dont want to hijack your thread.

 

Nice work Tom!

Dry Ice: my local Safeway has it, right next to the regular...ice.

Drewster: Sa-weet! And wow, what a bunch of work that must have been.

Re black or white or gray interior color.

I recently read in Grass Roots Motorsports I think it was, that they painted their interior and engine bay white so it would be easier to see everthing, trace wires, etc.

Makes sense.

I think white or light gray is the way to go.

Keep the pics coming Tom.

 

If your local grocery store or meat market doesn't sell dry ice, try a party or theatrical effects store.

 

you dont need to burn the stuff off . Just get it soft, and that happens with the heat gun in a few seconds. The stuff comes right off.

mk

 

Wow Drew that is incredible ... nice job.

 

Thanks Heinrich -

99.9% of all credit goes to Dan Warner ... owner operator of http://www.exoticmotorwerks.com/default.htm

Notice Rich Andrades race car on the front page .....

I just helped tear the interior down.

 

Well...spent a few hours at it again today and was able to get some of the tar stuff off. Started at the tank area and just started picking at it with a strong putty knife. It came up really easy in big chunks (it was cold here so that probably helped). Took about 1/2 hour or so for that section. Then I went to the passenger side behind the front seat. Started there and just using the putty knife..that back part took about 2 hours or so. Most of the problems were when I encountered the body sealant for those big circular plugs..the tar just stuck way too hard. After that John Davis popped out to lend a hand. We tried a heat gun at first..but that was slow going so we broke out a torch and heated up a few sections along the tranny tunnel...and they came off really easily. Decided against heating with a torch any more since I had a small leak at the gas tank. We got the car up on the lift and took care of that too...it was just the filter at the outlet of the tank was a little loose..snugged it up and we were good to go.. Also yanked the console, and all the extra wires and electrical stuff leading to the back (defroster, sunroof motor etc.).. after all that I was pretty tired and it was a long day..but felt I made lots of progress. More to come..

BTW ..Drew..no worries..please post more pics...it's just inspiration for me... plus we have to get Lizard to start stripping out his interior too LOL..



later,
Tom
89GT
82 Track Car in progress

 

Nice work Tom, although the Iphone pics are a little blurry

Good job fixing the fuel leak, nice when it turns out to be something simple.

Keep the progress reports coming !

Chris

 

You're both inspiration for me. I'm having trouble getting over the first step in irreversible stripping.

 

Everything is wet here except the oversized, bad-tempered ....

 

Matt it gets easier after the first show ... and the extra pocket money sure helps

 

Shhhh.... don't tell Andrew.

The funny thing is that my interior is so asstastic that stripping it would be an improvement. It will never be as nice as Drew's. Wow.