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Originally Posted by Gretz
Hey Alex - spoke to you last Sunday at DRT. I was the Wine Red Metallic SC with the tail parked in the street almost directly in front of you.
Love your build. Car looks amazing. I am getting ready to refresh my interior, which is currently in black/brown/champagne. I seem to recall seeing a pic of your car with lighter interior. What color was your interior originally? I am considering a color change to black/grey so I'm wondering if you changed the interior color via dye or simple replacement with black panels? I realize the door cards are RS - I'm more concerned with the rear panels and a-pillar/b-pillar etc.
Other question: i noticed that you have rotary HVAC controls. Did you go with electric AC or some other option? If so, how does it work in Florida (I'm in Tampa)?
Lastly, if you have more of the black dash inserts, I'd definitely be interested. Again, great job - you are an inspiration to us all 
-Ethan |
Hey Ethan,
Thank you for the kind words. I was actually checking out your car more on instagram last week, love that exterior color! Nice Corvette too!
The color was originally tan, not sure the exact name porsche had for the color. Tan door cards, carpet, seats, and console with black dash and headliner. The seats were cloth and reupholstered in red vinyl. All the other panels are the original panels that I had the upholstery shop recover in black vinyl. Door cards and carpet were replacements I bought from appbiz. I had the upholstery shop order me a few extra yards of black vinyl and recovered the a and b pillars myself when I did the headliner.
The AC is an experiment that I'm still working on. I purchased a vintage air system and made some brackets to hold it in place in the trunk where the factory AC system is located. I then drilled some of my dash panels to fit the rotary knobs. So far I've done the wiring and ducting so I'm able to get a good amount of air moving through the cabin with the blower motor. I've also routed the ac hoses through the heater ducts behind the rocker panels. This last weekend I mounted a 19x11 inch condenser with a cooling fan underneath the front bumper. The RUF bumper provers just enough space to be able to fit the assembly. I already got the fittings in to reuse the factory denso compressor. I've been told the factory compressor has more than enough output. Once it's hooked up I'll have cold air and be able to report how cool it keeps the cabin. We'll see how it works come July/August!
As far as the dash panels I still have plenty in stock! Available with all the factory cutouts, radio delete version, hvac delete version, or completely smoothed out. tinkeredco.com! Let me know if you'd like one, the ecommerce part of the site isn't up yet but I can use PayPal for now.
Thanks again,
Alex