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Screw it I'm going in, An amateur restores a car (I hope)

obscurity	May 29 2010, 08:36 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 413 Joined: 24-February 06 From: Atlanta ,GA Member No.: 5,628 Region Association: South East States	Well we pick up our story already in progress but I hope that by forcing myself to post some pictures I will be motivated to keep going. I bought the car may years ago and have yet to truely enjoy it. I have started to restore it several times and always get distracted but this weekend the baby (and his mother) is out of town and we have a three day weekend so lets see how far I can get. Here is where we are starting this morning.

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obscurity	Oct 9 2011, 05:33 PM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 413 Joined: 24-February 06 From: Atlanta ,GA Member No.: 5,628 Region Association: South East States	Didn't get much done on the car this weekend (It was my Anniversary) but I did make it the the Peach State PCA Autocross at Atlanta Motor Speedway. All I did was spectate but it was a lot of fun. Below are some pics of what I got done last weekend. The deeper I dig into the Driver's long the less I like what I see. The front is still ok but as you can see the rear is very pitted on the inside. I have not yet decided how much farther back I will cut out. The area I have alreay cut out is easily replaced with some left over inner long from the passenger side but if I go much farther back I will need to fab some more custom parts as the long starts to turn up and he inner reinforcing layer starts to have corrugations. Before I make any more decisions I will need to determine whether this car has a drivers hell hole. On the plus side I fabed the inner sleeve for the drivers side. I'll have to decide whether it is worth refabing it once I determine how much more comes out. John

barada	Oct 9 2011, 06:23 PM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 5-October 08 From: Atlanta Member No.: 9,613 Region Association: None	QUOTE(obscurity @ Oct 9 2011, 07:33 PM) Didn't get much done on the car this weekend (It was my Anniversary) but I did make it the the Peach State PCA Autocross at Atlanta Motor Speedway. All I did was spectate but it was a lot of fun. Below are some pics of what I got done last weekend. The deeper I dig into the Driver's long the less I like what I see. The front is still ok but as you can see the rear is very pitted on the inside. I have not yet decided how much farther back I will cut out. The area I have alreay cut out is easily replaced with some left over inner long from the passenger side but if I go much farther back I will need to fab some more custom parts as the long starts to turn up and he inner reinforcing layer starts to have corrugations. Before I make any more decisions I will need to determine whether this car has a drivers hell hole. On the plus side I fabed the inner sleeve for the drivers side. I'll have to decide whether it is worth refabing it once I determine how much more comes out. John John, Still making great strides with your work. I went to the Autocross today as a spectator. Was in my Green 911. Phillip

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obscurity Screw it I'm going in May 29 2010, 08:36 AM

Lennies914 :sawzall: :welder: Is that the only bad area? May 29 2010, 08:39 AM

obscurity Unfortunately no. The floors will have to be fixe... May 29 2010, 08:42 AM

arkitect Post as many picts as you can....I like to see the... May 29 2010, 09:39 AM

obscurity OK I took a step backward. I removed the dogleg p... May 29 2010, 10:07 AM

obscurity Gonna try POR15. Off to AA and Home Depot for som... May 29 2010, 10:36 AM

rohar Gonna try POR15. Off to AA and Home Depot for so... May 29 2010, 11:05 AM

veltror If you need any inspiration take a look at my thre... May 29 2010, 11:11 AM

obscurity If you need any inspiration take a look at my thr... May 29 2010, 01:28 PM

corsepervita We are all amateurs till at some point we decided ... May 29 2010, 04:36 PM

obscurity So here is a pic of the car a few years ago before... May 29 2010, 06:57 PM

obscurity And this is how far I got today. The plan is... May 29 2010, 07:04 PM

SirAndy paint as much as I can with POR15 Don't... May 29 2010, 09:34 PM

obscurity Don't! I'm afraid, POR15 does not wo... May 30 2010, 06:17 AM

kwales Inside the longs, I use zinc paint to act as a sac... May 30 2010, 10:18 AM

obscurity Inside the longs, I use zinc paint to act as a sa... May 30 2010, 10:56 AM

obscurity How much pitting is too much pitting. Obviously m... May 30 2010, 10:59 AM

obscurity If you come across spot welds (in appearance) that... May 30 2010, 03:21 PM

scotty b If you come across spot welds (in appearance) tha... May 30 2010, 07:11 PM

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obscurity I didn't get as far as I wanted today but when... May 30 2010, 05:29 PM

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obscurity I only got a small amount of time to work on the c... Jun 6 2010, 07:43 PM

obscurity I am back at it this weekend. I received the jack... Jul 4 2010, 01:52 PM

scotty b please tell me you have braced that car WELL ??... Jul 4 2010, 02:00 PM

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obscurity Just a couple of quick thoughts as I sat out in my... Jul 5 2010, 04:11 PM

mepstein Just a couple of quick thoughts as I sat out in m... Jul 5 2010, 06:23 PM

obscurity You just got the internet equivalent and you ble... Jul 5 2010, 06:32 PM

charliew My thoughts are you have blown off the best info p... Jul 5 2010, 05:15 PM

obscurity My thoughts are you have blown off the best info ... Jul 5 2010, 05:41 PM

saigon71 This thread shows braces running from the upper se... Jul 5 2010, 08:08 PM

charliew Put the braces in and make sure the door closes ea... Jul 6 2010, 10:43 PM

obscurity After several "recomendations" I took a ... Jul 11 2010, 05:05 PM

strawman I, too, have dug into the hell hole and related ru... Jul 11 2010, 07:16 PM

obscurity I, too, have dug into the hell hole and related r... Jul 12 2010, 04:59 AM

strawman Here is my build blog: http://www.914world.com/bb... Jul 12 2010, 10:38 AM

obscurity Here is my build blog: http://www.914world.com/b... Jul 12 2010, 11:19 AM

strawman Strawman, Your thread is impressive and I will l... Jul 12 2010, 01:01 PM

obscurity Not as much progress as I would like this weekend ... Jul 18 2010, 12:56 PM

obscurity Finally got a chance to weld some more and so far ... Aug 28 2010, 08:15 PM

obscurity And a few more of upcoming challenges. This one i... Aug 28 2010, 08:20 PM

avidfanjpl Hey John, If you think no one makes the jackplate... Aug 28 2010, 08:45 PM

obscurity Spent a little more time last weekend and got the ... Oct 2 2010, 12:30 PM

SUNAB914 Hey , by any chance did you buy this car from AA y... Oct 3 2010, 09:24 AM

obscurity Hey , by any chance did you buy this car from AA ... Oct 3 2010, 12:28 PM

SUNAB914 PM me your address and I will dig them out and sen... Oct 6 2010, 08:32 AM

obscurity Finally got some time to work on the car again ove... Mar 7 2011, 07:53 PM

jaxdream Looking great dude , I've got the drvr's a... Mar 8 2011, 07:46 AM

obscurity Thanks! The only tools I used for this was a ... Mar 8 2011, 08:32 AM

Cevan Keep up the great work. I love watching these res... Mar 8 2011, 12:54 PM

obscurity The year so far has conspired against my car habit... Jun 18 2011, 11:57 AM

Strudelwagon I'm always amazed when I see guys step out of ... Jun 19 2011, 09:51 AM

saigon71 I'm always amazed when I see guys step out of... Jun 20 2011, 05:58 AM

saigon71 Good to see you back at it! Great job fabrica... Jun 19 2011, 07:59 AM

obscurity I broke out the sand blaster last weekend and clea... Jun 29 2011, 11:01 AM

obscurity After finishing center portion of the long I reali... Jun 29 2011, 11:06 AM

FourBlades Sand blasting is great when the flow is happening ... Jun 29 2011, 06:51 PM

obscurity Sand blasting is great when the flow is happening... Jun 29 2011, 09:09 PM

dion9146 In a sick twisted way I'm jealous of guys like... Jun 29 2011, 07:13 PM

obscurity In a sick twisted way I'm jealous of guys lik... Jun 29 2011, 09:05 PM

SUNAB914 I found the pics, would like to send them to you. ... Jun 30 2011, 06:40 AM

charliew When you take a lot of structure out without REAL ... Jun 30 2011, 03:54 PM

trojanhorsepower The only way to make sandblasting better is to pay... Jun 30 2011, 05:49 PM

obscurity It has been a while since my last post and I have ... Aug 14 2011, 03:55 PM

obscurity This is what I got done this weekend. Not quite w... Aug 21 2011, 05:49 PM

obscurity Didn't get that much done even though I worked... Aug 28 2011, 07:45 PM

SUNAB914 Did you get the pics? Aug 29 2011, 07:14 AM

obscurity Did you get the pics? I Did!! Sorry, I... Aug 29 2011, 07:21 AM

FourBlades Those are really nice looking patchs and welds. ... Aug 29 2011, 08:19 AM

obscurity Those are really nice looking patchs and welds. ... Aug 29 2011, 10:37 AM

Root_Werks Welding the stiffener on the inside is very cool... Aug 29 2011, 10:12 AM

obscurity Welding the stiffener on the inside is very cool... Aug 29 2011, 10:42 AM

obscurity Now that the passenger side is welded up, I have ... Sep 17 2011, 01:30 PM

obscurity An interesting discovery while I had it open. I h... Sep 17 2011, 01:37 PM

lrm914 An interesting discovery while I had it open. I ... Sep 17 2011, 07:00 PM

obscurity Yeah it would probably be easier and I was think... Sep 17 2011, 07:24 PM

lrm914 Yeah it would probably be easier and I was thin... Sep 17 2011, 10:06 PM

obscurity Yeah it would probably be easier and I was thi... Sep 18 2011, 10:47 AM

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obscurity Where you at in GA? Larry I'm in SW Atlan... Sep 18 2011, 05:37 PM

mark21742 Looking great man! As you have found out, the ... Sep 17 2011, 06:21 PM

obscurity Didn't get much done on the car this weekend (... Oct 9 2011, 05:33 PM

barada Didn't get much done on the car this weekend ... Oct 9 2011, 06:23 PM

obscurity John, Still making great strides with your work.... Oct 9 2011, 06:36 PM

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SUNAB914 Last few weeks?? You mean months, better get going... Jun 23 2012, 01:08 PM

obscurity I've got the suspension console tentatively fi... Jun 24 2012, 01:58 PM

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