Could someone educate me in partial long replacement and fender alignment please? |
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Could someone educate me in partial long replacement and fender alignment please? |
Tdskip |
Jan 2 2018, 08:16 PM
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Tdskip |
Jan 2 2018, 08:18 PM
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Tdskip |
Jan 2 2018, 08:19 PM
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Tdskip |
Jan 2 2018, 08:20 PM
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cary |
Jan 2 2018, 09:13 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,900 Joined: 26-January 04 From: Sherwood Oregon Member No.: 1,608 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Picture #1. Kinda the same. On the 911 that rust hole comes from debris getting caught and jammed between the kidney bowl and jack point. 914 only has the jack point.
Picture #2. Looks bondo right under the turn lenses. Probably would need to take the bumper off to access the previous repairs. Picture #3. That is someones attempt to try and weld up the rust damage caused by battery acid. I would venture to guess you'll find some sheet metal patches under the battery tray. Which we affectionately call the Hell Hole. This is the usual starting point of the acid damage. |
mepstein |
Jan 2 2018, 09:31 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,313 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Why buy such a rusty car in CA?
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Tdskip |
Jan 2 2018, 09:38 PM
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burton73 |
Jan 2 2018, 09:41 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,543 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California |
Why buy such a rusty car in CA? Yes, what are you looking for? Tell us and maybe we can help. There are cars in CA that are in pretty good shape as far as rust goes. We (California) are the capital of Porsches in the world. Bob B (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) |
Tdskip |
Jan 2 2018, 10:41 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,686 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Why buy such a rusty car in CA? Yes, what are you looking for? Tell us and maybe we can help. There are cars in CA that are in pretty good shape as far as rust goes. We (California) are the capital of Porsches in the world. Bob B (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) Good question Bob, basically a drivable project that is more of a mechanical than body restoration oriented. I am most excited about going through the car and tailoring it to be exactly what I want for fast road touring events. (Think 1000 mile tours, or Canada to SoCal though Idaho and OR back into California. I use them). I can weld reasonably well, but not looking to have to strip down another car. That door / pillar area is familiar having done that on my 911 but the other areas are new to me and I want to be realistic about fixing them properly. I've looked hard a three cars, two had been hit and neither seller disclosed that. The blue car here is owned a a nice guy who is very straightforward to deal with and has been totally upfront about everything , so wanted to ask for some coaching here on how serious these areas are so I am giving him and the car a fair shake. There are other areas, some of these have easier joins where I could let in new metal fairly easily. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Tdskip |
Jan 2 2018, 10:42 PM
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mihai914 |
Jan 2 2018, 11:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 800 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Montreal, QC Member No.: 3,697 Region Association: None |
The car looks more like a East Coast 914 than one from CA.
If you start digging in that kind of rust, it will be a while before you'll drive it again. |
Tdskip |
Jan 2 2018, 11:14 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,686 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
The car looks more like a East Coast 914 than one from CA. If you start digging in that kind of rust, it will be a while before you'll drive it again. Bingo - and I will dig. Will likely drive me batty knowing it is deteriorating / not right, which defeats the whole idea of buying a drivable project. Most expensive Porsche are the cheap ones... |
mepstein |
Jan 2 2018, 11:38 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,313 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
The car looks more like a East Coast 914 than one from CA. If you start digging in that kind of rust, it will be a while before you'll drive it again. Bingo - and I will dig. Will likely drive me batty knowing it is deteriorating / not right, which defeats the whole idea of buying a drivable project. Most expensive Porsche are the cheap ones... It does look like an east coast car. I wouldn't even look twice if I lived in CA. Let your Cali neighbors find you a nice one. |
preach |
Jan 2 2018, 11:46 PM
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Ridge Runner Group: Members Posts: 1,029 Joined: 27-March 10 From: Live Free or Die Member No.: 11,513 Region Association: North East States |
There are a couple that I would look at in the San Diego region. I am in no way affiliated with them but I was scoping out craigslist since I will be out there for a while this year.
Shipping the Cayman out there and driving it home again. |
Nacho |
Jan 3 2018, 01:39 AM
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Tdskip
What is the asking price? if its north of 8k I would be concerned! but if its in the 6k or lower it would interest me if its a running 914. You are always goin to find hell hole issues as this is a battery acid issue and if you find one that doesn't have this problem it was probably never really driven! and you might be looking at 10k+for a car like that. As for previously hit damage these 914's have sometimes had so many PO that the current owner might not even be aware of the repair. My right front fender was previously cut and replaced with a donor cars green fender. The repair was done very well as I didn't noticed it during my walkthrough of the car. The fit and paint matched perfectly! I only found this out when I decided to add GT flares and started grinding and seen green paint. As the saying goes " You get what you pay for" don't expect to spend 3k and drive in 1000 miles 914 driving tours! Anything below 6k is going to have some rust! As I work on mine I drop F bombs as to why Porsche used this stupid foam body filler that was supposed to keep the water out but did exactly the opposite! this stuff is what really did the rust damage unfortunately. To me the best part of an old car is the journey we take to getting it to perfection! I have a 1971 SS Nova with an LS2 engine that I'm afraid to drive because I'm worried about messing it up! Sometimes the best cars to drive are the fugly one's. |
Tbrown4x4 |
Jan 3 2018, 04:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 705 Joined: 13-May 14 From: Port Orchard, WA Member No.: 17,338 Region Association: None |
Your 2nd pic of the damaged driver's front corner is mostly the crappy 916 bumper fit.
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mepstein |
Jan 3 2018, 07:55 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,313 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Your 2nd pic of the damaged driver's front corner is mostly the crappy 916 bumper fit. Its been hit. Maybe more than once. the 916 bumper is often a cheap fix to replace a damaged front bumper. From the pics you've shown, its a $1K car. If you are going to pay $6K, I have a nicer one in my garage that I will sell you for $6K, including shipping. Its been hit and it has rust issues but at least it looks pretty. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
Tdskip |
Jan 3 2018, 10:18 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,686 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone for the coaching and education.
Seller has decided to keep the car, and was not the right fit for me anyway. Thanks! |
ndfrigi |
Jan 3 2018, 10:43 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,933 Joined: 21-August 11 From: Orange County Member No.: 13,474 Region Association: Southern California |
Ouch!!! $1k only?! huhuhu
Just for everybody’s sake, I used to own the car as a project and fixed the rear passenger suspension console. But after having 4 914s at the same time, a friend (member here) wanted to buy it from me while he is waiting for his 74 to finish. So I finished the suspension console then we installed back the 1.7 with megasquirt system. And it run on the same day. My friend who bought it drove it for few months until some knocking sound from the engine. He ended up bringing the engine to German Auto parts for rebuild. So after engine rebuilt, we installed back the megasquirt but we had a hard time tuning it until it was recommended to update the software of the megasquirt. But we were not informed to save the current program and lost everything. So my friend decided to install single carb temporarily just to make the car driveable. But now he has his 74 with 2056 newly rebuilt engine and acquired another 74 solid roller lately. So he is now planning to sell the 71. This 71 has a newly rebuilt engine and converted to side shift by previous owner before I owned it. I actually want to buy it back but I’m not financially capable right now. few pics of it. |
Tdskip |
Jan 3 2018, 10:49 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,686 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Those pictures are not quite current...
Right car for someone, just not me. Best wishes to all. Attached thumbnail(s) |
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