Watch "Factory Paint Shop Footage, Early Porsche Vintage" on YouTube

[kevin930t]

https://youtu.be/KVU3Ym8DvCs Inside look at early 911s,hand built

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[86 911 Targa]

Interesting, the painters are not wearing face masks, and one of the assemblers
is using a "Yankee" drill which has to be one of the most dangerous tools ever.

Both for the hand, and the hardware.

But still, a very informative video.

Thanks,

Gerry

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by 86 911 Targa

Interesting, the painters are not wearing face masks, and one of the assemblers
is using a "Yankee" drill which has to be one of the most dangerous tools ever.

I picked up on mask delete. Only for prelim painting (primer? - did not really understand what the dude was doing)?. Mainstream painting was with cartridge filters.

Yankee drill is the speed screwdriver, right? On the upside, everything is "new" and at Porsche/Reutter I thing new kids spend six months with a file and a vice (so the story goes). I can see major downsides to putting this tool in the wrong hands because as a rule, newbs that use tools have a yet-to-be learned (the hard way) respect for physics.

I enjoyed this. There is another buried vid here that shows the Targa windshield being reefed into shape by hand with a wooden beam.

Thanks.