My Official 914 Restoration, The Black Beast is coming to life!!!! Options

[EdArango]

OK.....You guys must think I'm nutz by now!!

Over the last couple of weeks my son and I have decided to keep the car and begin re-doing it. As most of us I would love to have a 6 cyl. but cash and time is preventing me from moving forward with that idea.

What I think I'll do is clean this car us as much as I can, get the rust issues taken care of (see pics)....(I don't know the the PO was thinking, there is expansion foam in all the openings in the car, such as hell hole & pass. longs)..... upgrade the engine to 2056, leave it as a 4 lug but upgrade the suspension, add a front sway-bar, change out the A-arm bearings with the Elephant stuff and I think I'll be good to go for a while.

What do you guys think????????

ED

[Zaney]

Ed,
I too am in the later stages of a rustoration project and pretty much completed all the same areas that your pictures show.

I researched through Digging into Hell

Bringing out the dead

and Alien Thread

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) I had zero welding experience when I began and know consider myself OK. However, 90% of the welds are ground down and will never be seen by anyone. There are many professionals that will give good advice but, cleanliness of the metal is what I found to be the most important.

Good luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
Nate