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| BananaTroll |
  Nov 9 2025, 11:29 AM
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The Ratt-Man  Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 15-September 18 From: Northern New York Member No.: 22,491 Region Association: North East States  |
Howdy all!
Longtime lurker, first-time poster. This past weekend I picked up my first 914, a '72 1.7L thats been parked since ~1982. It "ran when parked" but since then the owner pulled most things off it and put them in boxes in his garage. The jack receiver plates have rusted away on both sides along with the door sill triangles and there a little rust on left long in the front. The hell hole looks great though and overall the chassis is pretty clean. Over the last 43 years, the owner parted out 2 scrap-destined 914s to have some spares for this car. So a lot of extra goodies to work with to get this car running and looking good! I have a question however, I intend to use this winter to get it ready mechanically but what do you all think would be the best course of action to do so? I want to get the car back on the road, but I also don't want to accidently bite off more than I can chew. Looking foward to keeping y'all updated!   |
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| rick 918-S |
Nov 9 2025, 02:38 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 21,112 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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| 930cabman |
Nov 9 2025, 03:29 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,323 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States
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ran when parked, don't you love it? what is your level of diy? Probably a good idea to go through the engine and maybe update while you are in there |
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| ctc911ctc |
Nov 9 2025, 04:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,280 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States
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If you post picture inside and out and a lot of angles, people here will provide all of the guidance that you need
Start with the foundation The longs If the hell hole looks good - and the car lived in the Midwest, perhaps the hellhole has been repaired, Do the doors open and close the windows rolled up? This simple test is perhaps the best thing to start with |
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| BananaTroll |
Nov 9 2025, 05:15 PM
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The Ratt-Man Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 15-September 18 From: Northern New York Member No.: 22,491 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(ctc911ctc @ Nov 9 2025, 05:24 PM)  If you post picture inside and out and a lot of angles, people here will provide all of the guidance that you need Start with the foundation The longs If the hell hole looks good - and the car lived in the Midwest, perhaps the hellhole has been repaired, Do the doors open and close the windows rolled up? This simple test is perhaps the best thing to start with I'll get as many uploaded as i can, the 5mb limit really puts a damper on nice pictures. The doors open and close well with the windows up. Panel gaps don't look bad (i neglected to actually take a picture of those (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) my bad) The steering felt fine lock to lock and the transmission spun freely.    [attachmentid=959083] Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| bdstone914 |
Nov 9 2025, 06:20 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 5,172 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
The drivers side shock should have the drain hole on the down hill side.
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| SirAndy |
Nov 9 2025, 08:38 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,360 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
How good are you with a welder? Both longs are toast.
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| friethmiller |
Nov 9 2025, 08:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,072 Joined: 10-February 19 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 22,863 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Welcome! Would love to see the hell hole area too. Agree with SirAndy. This will likely require some fairly extensive repairs to the longs. If you're not in a hurry and don't mind welding, this is fixable. |
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| BananaTroll |
Nov 10 2025, 06:45 AM
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The Ratt-Man Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 15-September 18 From: Northern New York Member No.: 22,491 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(friethmiller @ Nov 9 2025, 09:48 PM) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) Welcome! Would love to see the hell hole area too. Agree with SirAndy. This will likely require some fairly extensive repairs to the longs. If you're not in a hurry and don't mind welding, this is fixable. Here's the best picture I have of the hell hole area, from the outside it looks pretty clean. Definitely gonna have to take a closer look at it though. I'm in no crazy rush (hence getting it at the start of winter) and I would say I'm a better grinder than I am a welder lol (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)  |
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| krazykonrad |
Nov 10 2025, 10:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,158 Joined: 21-February 06 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 5,610 |
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| ctc911ctc |
Nov 10 2025, 05:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,280 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States
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i was presented with a similar situation where the longs were in bad shape but the rest of the car was near perfect.
My longs will be replaced in the next few years, but I used this product and it removed the near term Long need - not saying that this is the way to go for you, but perhaps an option. https://914ltd.com/product/porsche-914-chas...only-left-side/ I was impressed that your hell hole was in such great shape, so my suspicion is that you kept the battery in a box or cleaned the battery periodically. If the long damage is NOT from the battery acid on the passenger side, there may be a great deal of steel meat still on the longs. Check the 'sag' of the longs by how much is the door window rubbing against the rubber seal at the top rear of the window area. |
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