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> Sig. Orange ‘72 Restoration : Literati914
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post Dec 4 2025, 01:17 PM
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I picked up this ‘72 locally a few years back. It was just a shell .. no doors, no trunk or frunk lids, no windshield, no bumpers, no fresh air boxes or wiper assembly, no interior (expect the crappy dash), damaged wiring harness. I even had to bring front hubs and wheels just to be able to move it! The guy said he had parts somewhere but I was never able to get any if them.

The floors were Swiss cheese (see the before pics) worse than I’ve seen on a car that I’d consider a good rebuild candidate tbh. PO used bondo to fill the holes, I kid you not. The back part of the rear trunk was terrible - had been patched with fiberglass cloth that water had gotten under. Then everything covered in a bedliner product that was only sticking in about 80% of it’s coverage, including wheel wells.

The body itself was in pretty good shape.. the shell had even been recently painted (original Signal Orange), but done poorly, there is literally dried clear dripping at the wheel well edges. There are also some bubbles forming in a few spots under the paint that will now need to be addressed.

Over the last few years I’ve sourced most of the missing parts (that cheap parts car is paying for itself in this one). I picked up a set of unused floors from a member here a couple years ago too.. as well as ordered other needed sheetmetal items for it. So I’m now ready to start restoration on this one. I like having a thread showing the process and the before/after but admit I’m not always the best at getting it all documented. Here’s the car as it sat a couple weeks ago (with random doors, roof, etc).


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post Dec 4 2025, 01:21 PM
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Got it on jack stands.. removed the suspension, axles, etc and ditched the white hood, it was bent.


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post Dec 4 2025, 01:26 PM
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The floors make me wanna (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)


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post Dec 4 2025, 01:28 PM
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Bondo:


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post Dec 4 2025, 01:29 PM
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Nice! Looks like a great car to rebuild, IMO. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

I'm not too far away, if you need any assistance. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
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post Dec 4 2025, 01:31 PM
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Trunk floor - YIKES !


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post Dec 4 2025, 01:33 PM
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Replacement parts:


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post Dec 4 2025, 01:38 PM
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That trunk has been bugging me the most and so I got started on it first:


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post Dec 4 2025, 01:39 PM
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Very cool project. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Dec 4 2025, 01:41 PM
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Just cutting this panel out alone, makes the car seem sooo much better!!


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post Dec 4 2025, 02:30 PM
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Next, I got busy removing the bedliner stuff (heat gun and scraper) - gotta get it ugly before it gets pretty :


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post Dec 4 2025, 02:33 PM
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The fiberglass cloth used on the back edge of the trunk floor apparently trapped water enough to create some rust thru areas. This will be repaired before the new trunk floor goes in:


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post Dec 4 2025, 03:05 PM
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Very cool project! Gotta love new panels, really makes the tub solid again.

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post Dec 4 2025, 03:11 PM
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You planning on keeping it Signal Orange? Great color on a 914, always thought it looked sharp.
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post Dec 4 2025, 03:15 PM
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You planning on keeping it Signal Orange? Great color on a 914, always thought it looked sharp.
Jesse


Yes this one will stay the original signal orange.. it's grown on me a lot since I've had the car sitting around.
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post Dec 4 2025, 04:41 PM
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Looks fun. Good luck.
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