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Time for body restoration, Recommendations? |
brooks944 |
Mar 2 2015, 05:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 5-September 10 From: Kingston, TN Member No.: 12,139 Region Association: South East States |
My 914 is running good and stopping fine, thanks to Rick Berry at eurotech knoxville, Eric and PMB's great calipers, and my labor with your help and advice. Now it's time to work on the body. My car was purchased from a lister and needed body work which I knew about (but LL is never buy a car you don't see in person). Hit in the drivers front which ruined the fender and hood. Took the car to a trusted body shop that only does insurance work and no longer restoration. But they did give me an honest appraisal for the work, which was about $4k - $6k for labor and another $3- $4k for parts, assuming they can find them. After the necessary mechanical upgrades, I'm into this car for probably more than it's worth, even though our cars are appreciating so this puts me into crazy territory (which my wife thinks I've already crossed into). Enough whining. What does everyone recommend for body restoration? I do not want to put another $10k into bodywork. I have always loved the flared fenders and fiberglass ones seem reasonable. If I do that, then you need to add the 911 suspension and of course the wheels (or 944, etc.), correct? What is everyone's experience with the fiberglass and what vendor is recommended? Are there other options? Appreciate everyone's advice as always. Sorry for the long post. Rick |
scotty b |
Mar 2 2015, 06:34 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
Not trying to be a dick, just honest. You build a car for one of 2 reasons.
1: sentimental - you'll be under water 2: financial - you'll have a half assed car pick one or the other. The only way you can build a nice 914 and not be underwater is to start with a clean 6, or a steal of a deal 4 |
gopack |
Mar 5 2015, 11:13 AM
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CHEESEHEAD in CA, MARK Group: Members Posts: 744 Joined: 7-August 04 From: Folsom, CA Member No.: 2,472 Region Association: Northern California |
Not trying to be a dick, just honest. You build a car for one of 2 reasons. 1: sentimental - you'll be under water 2: financial - you'll have a half assed car pick one or the other. The only way you can build a nice 914 and not be underwater is to start with a clean 6, or a steal of a deal 4 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I had about 25K into my car, and i wasn't doing any engine upgrades or swaps. I did do steel flares, 5 lug suspension, and minor rust repair, and some custom touches I wanted to make it mine. I never finished, but I figured about 6-8K more for full paint, and 1K for misc parts that I hadn't thought of yet. I wound up getting about $11K for it in primer, with all the tasty aftermarket parts when a loss of income forced me to sell. I had the passion, but never expected it to be worth anywhere near what I had into it when it was done... expected 1/3 to 1/2 to be honest. I was frankly suprised i did as well as i did in the unfinished state of the car! the blog of it all |
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