Rennterior

Even though there may be a years worth of work on the exterior of my 67, the interior has been paid quite a lot of attention.  Since replacing the floor boards, I wrote out a wish list of the qualities of different racers and narrowed the list down to realistically obtainable parts.  

From the door panels to sound insulation, from the steering wheel to facia trim, I have put a lot of thought into what will make the most attractive, yet respectful interior for my Porsche.  

Starting with the steering wheel.  I found from Edmond-Harris that a 1973 RS 380mm steering wheel with a thicker leather wrap would go for at least a grand, but was the steering wheel to have for any racer.  The Prototipo and Monte Carlo wheels from Momo are nice, but have this funky accordian neck extension that I thought was tacky. 

I went with the 380mm RS wheel, but found mine second hand for a competitive price.  The splurge will be the circular horn button that was only found on the RS wheel or the older 420mm wheels from 66.  The wheel came with the butterfly horn, which I will sell in the mean time.

The dash and facia are suppose to be raw and simple with no extras or wrapping on an original racer, but since I will be driving her daily, I thought rewrapping the dash in black leather was fine.  It was simple.  It looks sleek and clean and smells great.  The facia was originally just a stick-on aluminum.  I have since replaced it with a black 'S' waffle banner with no radio cut out.  The look is long and with out any interruptions in the pattern.  I've also chosen not to add the decals '912' to the glove box.

Carpet is black German square weave.  The shift and hand brake boots are custom-made leather with double stitching.  The seats will be Nurburgring perforated leather black.  They are from TRE motorsports and I made need a to get a second job before I get those!

Headliner is black, as well.  It was the original liner and looks brand new.  The door panels I made myself.  I know what you're thinking, but the original pleated pouch and bulky armrest was to formal.  I think the 356 outlaw simplified panels were my inspiration, but I added lightweight door pulls and had a long leather strap (black) folded over and stitched up along the sides to act as my opener.  I insulated a fiberboard after weatherproofing it and wrapped it in black leather; cut out holes where the window crank was located and the trigger for the pull strap.  The leather on leather is clean and aggressive.  Just the look I was going for.