My personalized hell hole, Need advice on the best fix... Options

[saigon71]

Disclaimer: It is clear from these pictures that I did not read the "How to buy a 914" book before before buying this car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Dropped the engine and tranny last week, drilled out some rivets on a few sheet metal patches in the hell hole and found it to be even worse than I expected.

My ultimate goal is to have a safe and reliable daily driver that can be used for the occasional autocross. Not looking for a show car.

At some point, the right rear suspension ear most have rusted off so the PO had a new one welded in. Additionally, some sketchy metal work was done to the bottom of the long, the right jack post area and right engine bay area. Repair pics:




Pics of the long and hell hole:




Does it make sense to try to patch the existing long up in the hell hole or am I looking at a complete replacement? The area where the engine mount bracket attaches is pretty rusty at the top.

Thanks,
Bob

[charliew]

If you are a diy type it's been done many times by others but no one will say it's easy or inexpensive. I would price the parts and look over the rest of the car real well before you buy parts. Check out the support pieces real well for the suspension on the bottom under the long there is a hole on top above it. Think about bracing the door gap before you start cutting pieces out. If you do start this I would get the replacement pieces before you start cutting to make sure you can go and not get hung up waiting for something or have enough metal to fill all the gaps. You know there is nothing under the jack point support already. Take a flashlight and try to look down inside the long at it's bottom as far as you can. This can be another good build thread.