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Starting a 1973 restoration, Restoring a left for dead $500 914... |
FourBlades |
Dec 15 2007, 02:02 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,055 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States |
Hello 914 World Members!
I am starting on restoring a $500 914 that was left in a field for several years with no windshield. The car belonged to the POs older brother and thus has sentimental value. The sold it to me on the condition that I not part it out. I was looking for a project so this was fine with me. This is my first restoration project so I figured I would learn a lot (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) The car is a mixture of really good sections, appears to have suffered no major accidents, is straight, never been repainted--but it has totally rusted out floors and hell hole. All the suspension mounting points are not rusted. The door gaps are all even and good. If I can replace the floors, I think it will be a good straight car. Many small parts were stolen while it was "stored" and the wiring loom is a complete loss. Thanks for any comments...John |
FourBlades |
Apr 25 2008, 12:03 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,055 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States |
Finished welding on the floor pans and primed them. Cleaned up a lot of little
holes and imperfections that were noticeable with the car on its side. Spent some time cleaning the back of the engine bay and underside of the rear trunk while I have the car this way. Moved on to finishing the front of the passenger area. All the lower 2" of this area was rusted to nothing. I made 11 separate patches to fix all this, some a while back and some today. A few of the patches are inside the gas tank area so you can't see them all here. The car looks like a jigsaw puzzle in a lot of places now. After grinding and priming this I will start rebuilding the tunnel. Thanks to Jeff Hail's awesome post on this I think I have some idea what to do. I also ordered some chromoly tubing from McMaster for this purpose. This article is also very useful in figuring out what all those tubes are for: http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9...nter_tunnel.htm I got front and rear trunk sections from PorscheAddic. He went way above and beyond the call of duty cutting way around the trunks to make sure I had enough metal. The pieces arrived in two coffin sized boxes with about 10 layers of cardboard added on. Great guy...thanks again. John |
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