[rothaus]

Here is a little update:

I started to clean more engine parts. No comment needed.















The parts not seen in this picture will be stripped and plated










I started to take a look at the seats.


The hinges looked pretty rough.


But I was able to clean them up.


Taking the seat bottom apart.




I think I will need to find replacement for the old horse hair stuff and replace it with some foam.



I also want to find a way to make the seat bottom a bit more firm.

That's it for today.
Cheers
Engelbert

[86911TLCAB]

did the hinges get that way by just polishing them or did you do something special?

[rothaus]

Originally Posted by 86911TLCAB

did the hinges get that way by just polishing them or did you do something special?

I just polished them, they came out nice.

Now I need to get new covers for the front seats, and the bottom foam. I took the rear of the seat apart and the under section look nice.

Cheers
Engelbert

[rothaus]

Continue on the disassembly of the seats.



These seat shells are not painted from the factory. I think they never expected these cars last that long.



I cleaned them up a bit.



And gave them some paint.



I got a set of new covers on the way, as well the bottom foam.

Next the seat belts.



I hate when people put masking take on parts like this and then the tape stays on it for over 10 years or longer.



They cleaned up OK, and are ready for assembly.





The rear seat came out nice as well after some scrubbing.



I picked up some vinyl today, to recover the rear shelf and the rear side panels, knee pads, etc.

Cheers
Engelbert

[rothaus]

Back on the car again. Assembling some of the dash parts.

Good we have digital pictures.



Sorting out the dash wires.



Installed the recovered dash pad



One gauge at the time.



This will be all LED, except the alternator and oil pressure light.



Next, the Tach. In the early 911's the turning signal indicator lights are also BA7s bulbs.



Top left and right the turning signal indicator lights. Left and right in the middle illumination, bottom is the high beam indicator.



Speedometer, 2 illumination, and the parking light indicator. The other one is for the clock.



Looking for a good clock. 3 in the test and 2 are working.



We got light. Some of the gauges have a little fog on the inside of the glass, especially the speedometer. Maybe need to open them and clean.



The ashtray light is now also LED, in this case the same as for the gauges.



Here is another view from the front where the light is located.



Cheers
Engelbert

[rothaus]

I made some progress since the last post.

Re-assembling the seats.





I got new foam bottoms.



On goes the new cover.



Adding the back.



Here they are ready. I still need to powder coat the mounting brackets for the seat belts, and install the rails.



Moving to some small stuff, cleaning up the dash trim.



Installed the sound mat.





Get the tail lights ready.



I forgot that one of the screws from the rear cover was broken. So I tried to drill it out. These screws are hardened, damn.



I had to mill it out with the Dremmel tool and a hard metal bit.



Drilled the hole for M7 thread.



Made a bushing and put it in with threadlock.



Saved a housing, and we are back in business.





Need to get new lenses and gaskets. These will get all LED bulbs.



That's it for now.
Cheers
Engelbert

[catron1]

Very Nice Engelbert!

[B r i a n]

Looking good!

[Jazzbass]

WOW! Those seats look amazing. Great work as usual.

[rothaus]

A few more things to add to the list.

Installed the antenna and the tank door pull.



Fitted the tank door



Made some new door cards. I will install RS America door panels and hardware for now, since the pockets are not very nice. This give me time to think about what to do with the pockets and that stuff. I also like the clean look of these panels.



I laso made new cards for the rear side panels, they were a bit tired.



New vinyl.



Also started to install some interior.



A lot more work to do.

Cheers
Engelbert