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Posted by: Gudhjem Jun 2 2011, 05:46 PM

Most of the holes in my door sill have what looks like brazing work, like this:



I'm guessing that's not something the factory ever did. Probably a PO trying to fill in rust holes. Can anyone confirm? I think a new sill is part of my next RD order...

The joint between the door sill and the rear door jam also has brazing, but I think I read somewhere that this WAS the factory (although I couldn't find the thread).

Posted by: barada Jun 2 2011, 05:51 PM

QUOTE(Gudhjem @ Jun 2 2011, 07:46 PM)

Most of the holes in my door sill have what looks like brazing work, like this:



I'm guessing that's not something the factory ever did. Probably a PO trying to fill in rust holes. Can anyone confirm? I think a new sill is part of my next RD order...

The joint between the door sill and the rear door jam also has brazing, but I think I read somewhere that this WAS the factory (although I couldn't find the thread).

Posted by: Tom_T Jun 2 2011, 07:54 PM

Looks like PO or a body shop brazing (or leading) for rust repair to me - esp. the 1st pic where you can see the irregular rust area's shape of the old rust worked loose as new rust developed around the edges - which I-m guessing you wire-wheeled out.

Posted by: iamchappy Jun 2 2011, 08:12 PM

All of the 914's i have had were brazed on the sills, including my original owned from new car.

Posted by: jaxdream Jun 3 2011, 06:47 AM

Brazing also around the brake cable tubes .

Jack

Posted by: PeeGreen 914 Jun 3 2011, 02:55 PM

I just took the interior of my 75 down to metal and see no brazing.

Posted by: charliew Jun 3 2011, 03:52 PM

My 75 has the brazing in the joint and it's got factory paint in that area. They did it to glue too pieces of steel together and to keep the heat as low as possible and that spot is hard to spotweld. The back side can't be reached with the other contact of the spotwelder I'm thinking.

Posted by: McMark Jun 3 2011, 04:12 PM

Pic #1 is absolutely not stock.
Pic #2 is possibly original.

There is some brazing on the car, but it's minimal and mostly in tight corners and only small sections, never long runs.

Posted by: rick 918-S Jun 3 2011, 05:07 PM

QUOTE(McMark @ Jun 3 2011, 05:12 PM)

Posted by: Eric_Shea Jun 3 2011, 07:19 PM

1 = not original
2 = possible and probable.

As Jack mentions, tubes and other areas (rear apron corners) are brazed.

Posted by: whatabout1 Jun 3 2011, 07:33 PM

My '73 had brazing as in #2 pic.

Posted by: TargaToy Jun 4 2011, 07:35 PM

My sills were brazed and it looked stock--plus, I remember reading that's how it was done.

However, today I was working on the dog leg behind the driver's front wheel arch and somebody had repaired a crack/puncture in that panel (poorly) with braze. I had to grind it out before I could re-weld it.