Mounting area for both early and late bumpers?, Is this normal? Options

[poorsche914]

Question for you gurus out there...

My recently purchased LE has the "lip" running across the front edge that I thought was only on the '75-'76 to help hold the big bumpers.

Also, as you can see in one of the pics, the hole for the late model bumper shocks is there but so are the early bumper mount holes (of course, since that is the bumper that is on it)

Did they set up the front for both style of bumpers as a transition or ???

The bumper top was not covering the "lip"... should I remove that piece?

Thanks.

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[jmill]

And upon further inspection, the driver quarter panel has been replaced as well. No seam sealer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

It might not have. Some areas didn't have it. Where your pics show seam sealer there shouldn't be any. I marked up a picture of mine. No seam sealer there. Mine was hit too though. Note the late headlight bucket and cheesey weld. I didn't know it until I noticed the two buckets were different heights.

[poorsche914]

I will take pics tomorrow. Passenger fender underneath has seam sealer and appears factory (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) whereas the driver side has NO sealer and the fit is not exact at the leading edge of the door. Didn't look closely at the headlight buckets.

[realred914]

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I will take pics tomorrow. Passenger fender underneath has seam sealer and appears factory (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) whereas the driver side has NO sealer and the fit is not exact at the leading edge of the door. Didn't look closely at the headlight buckets.

do some research here, the seam sealer looks like it failed, as it is pelling and rusty under it. many repairs may be good metal work, but often they fail with sealing, (hence major rust out at repair spots)

when you replace a panel, you should use weld thru primer for all lap joints, then primer with a good epoxy primer, follwed by the correct seam sealer (some is too stiff and will crack, you want a flexable sealer, as a cracked sealer is worse than none at all (water trap)


keep in mind that over the years of production, the seam sealer quntity and location, even application method all changed. early cars have much less sealer than later cars.

since you have an LE and want to make it right, I'd get some good comparable examples (factory un restored) to look at to make sure you get the seeam seal in the right places with the right textures. little details like this make or break a concours car. do NOT assume that another year 914 will have the same sealer applied. you want an example car as factory sealed, very close to your year style / serial number. this is important.


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heck if you wait long enough, I think the rust will take care of that pesky extra metal lip! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)