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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 08:25 AM

Hi Folks. Some of ya'll may already know me as the 914 guy in San Diego that welds stuff. While I do build engines, gear boxes and paint, I really love cutting, grinding and welding...but I don’t just weld up some holes. The 914 chassis is like an onion. It has many layers of "shaped" metal, like the skin of an onion. The shapes and layering add a lot of strength. Flat metal patches only “look” better. To do it right you must make the hole even bigger untill you land on clean metal, then I passivate the rust inside. You don’t want it to come back in a year! There are chemicals and proceedures I have developed to remove most of the cancer from within.
I have also recognized a need for “less correct” but structurally sound solutions to 914 chassis rot. With this in mind, I have developed some less expensive solutions as long as you don’t mind me doing a little Franken-welding on your Porsche. I use tube steel in places instead of the more time consuming shaped layer technique. It still gets plates over the top with gazillions of plug welds to join it all to the core.



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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 08:28 AM

the inner wheel well looks ok....nope. sometimes it is easier and thus cheaper for me to cut HUGE hole and just replace it all that to try repairing this nasty metal


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 08:30 AM

metal shoujd be passivated not encapsulated with a coating. I do use coatings like POR 15 but there is no single proceedure, no single cure-all product for every type/depth of rust.

Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 08:38 AM

damn, I cant find the mouse pic. I have this photo where i stuck the camera in teh longitudinal and there is a mouse staring into the lens.

the left side had a Hell Hole Jr.


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 08:39 AM

vbhn


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 08:42 AM

chop, chop, buzzz.
added a rt angle pc to join vertical wheel house wall to horizontal longitudinal roof. this acts as a sheer panel and is very important


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 08:48 AM

Wurth etching primer. SEM epoxy seam sealer flows nicely into all nooks and crannies. both materials are top shelf and contain rust passivation components


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 08:52 AM

this car was really horrid


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 08:56 AM

this guys suspension ear looked ok till the wheel fell off
PPG etching primer with SEM 2 part epoxy


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 08:59 AM

pizza carrying trunk with CO flavorizer


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 09:03 AM

hot pizza, original flavor, no additives on teh way home


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 09:14 AM

some say factory GT kit is worthless. I do not agree but the currently available GT kits dont do the job so I make my own. I also use multi layer aproach rather than one thick slab of steel


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2010, 09:26 AM

that square tube did its job but they forgot to tie it into the lower ear assembly

Posted by: hot_shoe914 Sep 11 2010, 07:31 AM

Looking good. Maybe I should send you one of my cars then I can have one on each coast getting repair.

Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 13 2010, 07:59 AM

perhaps I should post some finished product instread of these meat on bone pics
...some day I'll own a car this clean


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 13 2010, 08:04 AM

or this clean...


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 13 2010, 08:05 AM

1911cc l-jet


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 13 2010, 08:09 AM

I love Adriatic blue.
ps. I didnt do that run!


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 13 2010, 08:12 AM

I'll even build ya an electric


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 13 2010, 08:14 AM

before...


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Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 13 2010, 08:17 AM

after.


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Posted by: 75porsche914 Aug 1 2013, 12:49 AM

Nice mate. What do you charge for paint and such?

I'm in LA currently but have family down in SD. I own a 75 and wanting to paint and possibly change to early bumpers and suuch. Been through a horry of a investment so far with the purchase and rebuilding the motor and tranny and many other parts.

Feel free to email me at

chefpeteredwards@yahoo.com

Thank you

Peter

Posted by: bulitt Aug 1 2013, 04:57 AM

Very Nice Sean!

IMHO a drain should be added to every shelf (from the factory).

Posted by: jimkelly Aug 1 2013, 06:40 AM

I particularly like this photo.



if you can do a few - how to's when you have time - showing tools and products you use - that would be awesome : )

I've added you to my signature

jim

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Posted by: SLKWrx Aug 5 2013, 10:31 AM

Come to the east coast. You would have work for miles!

Posted by: sean_v8_914 Dec 16 2013, 03:12 PM

ill answer any questions about product or procedures
i wonder why i didn't get notices about replies to this thread

Posted by: Bleu914V8 Jan 4 2014, 09:36 PM

Nice work,

What are people doing to fix the source of the problem so that it doesn't happen again once the repair is done to the hellhole? Do you add drains, etc???

Thx,
Jeff

Posted by: bulitt Jan 5 2014, 09:18 AM

Some have added drains. Some have sloped the repair sheet to allow runoff. The real cause of much damage to the passenger side hole, suspension console, jack mount, etc is battery acid. So you can add a tray, purchase a battery resistant to vibration damage, or relocate it.

Posted by: Gloy62 Nov 27 2014, 10:32 PM

Do you still do welding in San Diego? What do you charge?