Rusty bucket into Solo toy, Some highlights of my budget autocross build from rust to rocket |
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Rusty bucket into Solo toy, Some highlights of my budget autocross build from rust to rocket |
Han Solo |
Sep 30 2013, 10:40 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 30-September 13 From: Middle Tennessee Member No.: 16,456 Region Association: South East States |
New to this forum but I've been around 944s, 924Ss, Boxster and Cayman forums for years.
This one is going to take some time. Purchased for $900, non-running but otherwise complete '73 914 2.0. Certainly just beyond a viable restoration car but probably okay for what I plan to do with it. Here's some highlights of the tear down... On the trailer going to the house. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Han Solo |
Mar 26 2014, 08:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 30-September 13 From: Middle Tennessee Member No.: 16,456 Region Association: South East States |
Last couple of evenings I've been working on the mangled front panel. I started by attaching the original metal to the donor fender. Working the metal with hammer and pliers, I was able to get it welded around the top and side. I wasn't happy with the end result though. It was just too bent and rusty to get back into shape. Part of the problem was it is pushed in below the head light pan so there's no way to punch it out without removing that. So I decided to cut out and patch an L shaped area. Now that involved several bends that was going to be very difficult with one patch. So I divided the area into two patches and went to work. First I did the mostly straight area attached to the side of the fender. Then I tackled the upper portion with the bend. I worked that from bottom to top. Tack welding, beating with hammer, trimming, etc. That actual came out pretty good. Note that there's a section of the wheel well that joins there and that helped get the proper contour. There's still some folds in the original metal but I think everything will dress up fairly well with body filler.
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