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Posted by: injunmort Aug 29 2012, 07:25 AM

finally starting the restoration of my 1972 barnfind 1.7l adriatic blue 914. the car has been off the road since 1988 and seemed well cared for before being put up. the rust did not seem too bad. it turns out that it is rusted worse than i thought, very fixable just more than i hoped. also the front right was sectioned as well. the car ran well and drove fine before i started the rust abatement.






started to sandblast the longs last night and the tip in the blaster broke. more to come this weekend.

Posted by: ConeDodger Aug 29 2012, 09:37 AM

Be sure to check out John (Fourblades) thread. His car is mostly made of welds and his side yard is fertilized with rust!

Oh, and his car now looks great! Good luck!

Posted by: FourBlades Aug 29 2012, 12:36 PM

Ha ha, that is so true!

Your car looks very fixable. Mine was truly a flintstone mobile where your feet
could touch the ground.

Joe at Series9 is nearly done with my Electromotive EFI conversion so it will be
a fearsome four cylinder soon.

John

Posted by: TargaToy Aug 29 2012, 09:37 PM

Best of luck with that. Glad to see another being saved.

Barn finds are generally very cool.

Posted by: injunmort Aug 30 2012, 06:22 AM

thanks for the encouragement. i do follow the imsa resto and the rockin resto was one of my inspirations.

Posted by: injunmort Apr 24 2013, 07:42 PM

finally been welding and making progress http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/av-11604.jpg then this showed up
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/photo-11604.jpg

Posted by: Dr Evil Apr 24 2013, 09:02 PM

Cant wait to see it in June.

Posted by: injunmort Oct 1 2015, 09:31 AM

this is the thread I started 3 years ago, not too much has changed. hope the buildoff challenge will give me the proper incentive.

Posted by: AndyB Oct 1 2015, 09:34 AM

It better or I will take a 3 hour trip south.

Posted by: injunmort Oct 1 2015, 02:03 PM

anytime, and if you need blasting cabinet or use of press come on down for a tech weekend

Posted by: Vysoc Oct 1 2015, 04:51 PM

What a beautiful blue, best of luck in the build off!!!

Vysoc / Yellow Submarine

Posted by: injunmort Oct 1 2015, 05:44 PM

thank you

Posted by: brettrarnold Oct 19 2015, 03:28 PM

hey hey,

Progress is looking fantastic and the rust looks identical to mine. I am planning on cutting in the exact same location. I have fiberglass fender flares and trying to not cut into them. I assume I just keep the piece that I cut out and reweld back in once I get the rust remediated. I am going to be visiting your thread as I start cutting into my rust here shortly.

Keep it up!
-Brett


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Posted by: injunmort Oct 19 2015, 04:32 PM

good luck on your build brett. I will be posting pics of work done today when my IT girl gets back from the grocery store.

Posted by: injunmort Oct 19 2015, 06:41 PM

started to finish up closing long today

Posted by: injunmort Oct 19 2015, 06:44 PM

I am having a lot of trouble posting pictures but will try again, rough fit the last patch to close up the long

Posted by: injunmort Oct 23 2015, 04:22 PM

fitted this and welded it today

Posted by: injunmort Oct 23 2015, 04:24 PM

finished closing long now onward

Posted by: injunmort Nov 30 2015, 01:16 PM

nov update: finished up welding inner long and suspension console repairs. still having trouble posting pics but will try again tonight. in the mean time I have taken parts car apart for the fuel injection and harvesting parts and skin for grafts. all is moving along.

Posted by: rick 918-S Jan 31 2016, 11:26 PM

Any up dates?

Posted by: injunmort Feb 26 2016, 04:51 PM

yes i have done a fair amount just waiting for new computer so i can add photos. closed up the long, welded in new jack plate, finished welding firewall and fitting new shelf. got sidetracked replacing engine in my dd with a 73 1.7l i had laying around. turned into a big while i.m in there, but almost ready to reinstall and hopefully have functioning heat in the car.