The next hurdle is the sound deadening material under the car and above the transaxle. We have just ordered some material from McMaster Carr that I will cut to fit. (Thanks Redbeard for pointing me towards that place on my other thread)!
The old sound material was either destroyed or missing on that part of the car.
Cleaning the remainder of it off was something that I easily put off for quite a while. The car is basically 2 feet off the ground and it required laying on my back and scraping it off...god only knows what Porsche put in that padding 48 yrs. ago.
Yes, I did use a respirator.