70's factory paint process

[GradyM]

Just wanted to post this for others to see.Quite interesting to see how the cars were painted and run down the assembly line.Definitely a good watch.
YouTube - Factory Paint Shop Footage, Early Porsche Vintage

[ROW911SC]

Very cool. I noticed they were painting the car with the fenders on. How did they protect the plastic trim between the fender and the cowl?

Also, scary to see those guys spraying with very little protection...

[GradyM]

The plastic cowl to fender seals slip in afterwards.

[jjeffries]

Thanks for telling us about this. Once in YouTube, I saw there was an 18 part German TV series about restoring a 1970 911T Targa. Have you guys already seen that? Really sweet! I speak some German so could mostly follow along but even if one could not understand the words, these are still well worth watching. Very cool!

search in YouTube for this first episode, then the others pop up in sequence.
porsche 911 T restauration #1 - german

I wish we could have TV shows like this. John

[Coldface]

Nice videos. I've never realized that Dennis Hopper worked for Porsche. You can see him for a monent around 38th second of the film.

[Augustus]

Originally Posted by GradyM

The plastic cowl to fender seals slip in afterwards.

Grady,
How do they slip in?
I cannot get mine in. I've tried freezing them, couldn't get them in. So I softened them with hot water, still can't get them in....whats the secret??
Thanks.

[KNS]

Loosen the fender bolts a little (only the first five or six if I recall), then the seals will slip in.

[bluemane500]

when you open the doors there are allen head bolts you must loosen and last fender bolt near cowel under hood, use some rubber care and make sure old seal is completely out ,sometimes removal of allen heads is needed , and when you install make sure seal does not block the holes,, its very simple

[962porsche]

most of the time porsche puts one little tack weld on front of the forward most bolt on the fender to cowl panel you may have to get a putty knife and slid it down between the two panels and hit the knife with a hammer to cut the weld . then you can pull the fender away from the cowl panel and slide the beading down . because most home builders don't have or use rubber care you can opt for using glass cleaner .

[vwbobd]

Originally Posted by 962porsche

most of the time porsche puts one little tack weld on front of the forward most bolt on the fender to cowl panel you may have to get a putty knife and slid it down between the two panels and hit the knife with a hammer to cut the weld . then you can pull the fender away from the cowl panel and slide the beading down . because most home builders don't have or use rubber care you can opt for using glass cleaner .

Wurth rubber care is da $hit!!

[962porsche]

yes it is we use it all the time . but for a guy in his garage if he has some foaming type glass cleaner on hand that will also work quight well .

[bluemane500]

yeah but every body should familiarize themselves with a product that is good for them in many situations, glass cleaner works well on glass, it is a cleaner, rubber care treats rubber,and its great to help preserve all your body gaskets and seals,

[joeporsche1]

Very nice.. Theres only +1 thing to add, Hut ab, die ihnen boys