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Originally Posted by TPorsche912
I think your description 'brand new sheet metal for the floors. (not installed)" could be a big clue of why the car is for sale. There is nothing easy about replacing the floors in the car, especially if it currently has a complete interior that will need to be stripped out. To do the floors correctly pretty much requires a rotisserie and the room to work with it.
That is usually the point of failure in the good intentions of restoring any car. The owner gets all the parts ready and then realizes what's ahead and throws in the towel. Reality sets in and they realize it's better to sell the project before getting in over their head and rendering the car worthless.
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Yep. My '67 912, a car rescued from Wyoming, needed floors. It was done locally by Dave Imes at Apex Autobody (a shop that does restoration work on real RSRs and similar special cars) before I bought it. I wouldn't have looked twice at the car if it came with floors ready to install. I learned that lesson years ago on my '73 914. I still have that car and love that car, but it is not driven much because it is a Fred Flinstone special.