Floor tar restoration, To do or not to do Options

[sixaddict]

Redoing a 74 conversion that could be street and/or track but for eventual sale.(i.e so its not really for me)
I am trying to decide if I want/need to replace floor tar. I have gotten both sides of this. One renowned restorer says it is a rust magnet......another says sound deadening is worthwhile. I am kind of falling in behind sound deadening although that is sales literature copy.
How about a bit of guidance on this. Feel these cars are noisy enough without removing the tar insulation. What say ya'll ??
THX
TOT

[Todd Enlund]

Redoing a 74 conversion that could be street and/or track but for eventual sale.(i.e so its not really for me)
I am trying to decide if I want/need to replace floor tar. I have gotten both sides of this. One renowned restorer says it is a rust magnet......another says sound deadening is worthwhile. I am kind of falling in behind sound deadening although that is sales literature copy.
How about a bit of guidance on this. Feel these cars are noisy enough without removing the tar insulation. What say ya'll ??
THX
TOT

Personally, I think that these cars will be cared for much better in their second lives than they were in their first. I wouldn't worry so much about the "rust magnet" aspect of the sound deadening. I'd look at what you want the car to be, and make the decision based on that.

Track car = no sound deadening
Street car = Dynamat
Full restoration = tar

I plan on initially eliminating the sound deadening, because I can always add it if I decide that I want it. I can't really see a 914 with no sound deadening being any worse than my Jeep with the top and doors off...