1966 Porsche 912. This car started as a project that needed to be completed, but became an almost ground up restoration. But this isn’t a purist’s Porsche, it was originally modified in the 1980s, but started with a very rough Porsche 912 with rust and accident damage that was poorly repaired.
It appears that the car was an 80s project that added a fiberglass wide body kit and custom paint. But before it was completed, the car was vandalized and the project was abandoned. Thirty years later we helped the new owned finish this project a bit more elegantly than the original very 80s design.
1966 Porsche 912 Restomod
1966 Porsche 912 custom interior.
While the custom paint was very 80s-tastic, the repaint in the original Irish Green looks far more attractive. We’re very happy with how it turned out. We also swapped the fiberglass whale tail engine decklid with the original metal decklid, which gives a much smoother, curvier look.
The 912 had very little interior remaining. And what was there had been slashed in the vandalism. We recovered the dash pad, rear seats, door cards and rear deck with tan leather. We added brown three point seat belts to match the leather, as well as a wood steering wheel. We added Rennline aluminum floor panels and a Retrosounds stereo to finish things out. Luckily the gauges were in great shape, so they were used as is.
How it started
Red with yellow streaks with green outlines. Imagine a child of Lightning McQueen and Sally Carrera from the Cars movie. A Porsche with crazy red and yellow paint. Ours had a fiberglass body kit installed that was well done, but the underside, while painted nicely, was very poorly repaired. The fiberglass parts were not entirely well fitted, but mostly done.
