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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 |
Jul 7 2008, 08:35 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 |
Closing up the firewall. I salvaged the e-brake tubes from an old firewall by
cutting out some sheet metal around them on the inside and outside walls. Here is the inside section. Did a hideous job of welding the outer piece in. Not sure why the welds came out so badly. Also made a small patch for the left side. Made a patch for the passenger firewall section. These welds turned out better. It ended up taking 9 separate patches to complete close up the inside and outside of the firewall and the result would make Mary Shelley proud. This is definitely a case where I would have been better off just buying the inner and outer repro pieces from Auto Atlanta. The hassle of drilling out all the spot welds to get the fragements of the old crap out would have been less than all the careful cutting and fitting I had to do for a look that will never pass for factory. The more I work on this, the more I want the sheet metal repairs to be close to original. |
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