Interior Advice on an Original 914-6, .......Cleaning up surface rust in the pans Options

[Mr.242]

I have Three questions for this thread:

1) What products, through experience, have shown to be the best in stopping surface rust and/or sealing?

2) There is TAR from the factory under the carpet. What types of products could be used instead of factory TAR? i.e.; Line-X, straight paint, sound mat, or stay with factory TAR?

3) Who has the Best to Adequate carpet replacement kits out there?
What experience with vendors and/or recomendations......please

I am tearing into and removing all the old worn and destroyed carpeting. I have come across some surface rust and flaking TAR. I would like to seal it up and set up some sort of barrier. There is NO major rust. Right now I am brass brushing it and shop vac'ing it out. Cleaning up nicely, but will need some protection.

Direction: I don't see me in the concours class with this car. I have a love of driving and plan on AX and Track days....as well as the car events such as WCR!

Just want to get some feedback on products that are out there. I read the threads on the electrical panel and see that there is a ton of experience that I can tap into! Oh yea...Don't make me the sheep on this one! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif)


Fire away..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)

[burton73]

Mr 242,

#41 was an original Southern CA car in storage in a garage the last 18 years. No Rust. Well no rust on any place I could find except when I went to town scrapping the pan and removing the tar and going at it with a pick I found rust on the pan in SOME of the low spots. As if the carpet got wet from rain. I have removed almost the paint on the car now and this is still true, no rust car.

As I had issues with a bad clutch tube, I decided to remove the pan and fixed the tube so it would never be an issue. I Por-15 in the center channel to rust proof it and did the same for the pan. I put the tar kit that I got George at AA. The pictures show that the pan just looked like it needed a cleaning. I jabbed at it very hard but I wanted to make sure that the metal was solid.

I say do what Andy says. Remove all the tar as it is most likely hiding under the tar. Not that it may be like my car was but if you do not stop the surface rust it will become like my old pan some day. I just do not know how long. Your 6 is a real investment.


Arrow shows the damage from people jacking the car in this area. Circle shows the repair of clutch tube with U Clamp from PO. Perfect new pan job all better now.

Bob