Could someone educate me in partial long replacement and fender alignment please? Options

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My 914 education continues as I look at more cars. I know 911/912 and 928 body structure reasonably well but not 914s, so was hoping to get schooled here.

To my eyes the door area, which is a common 911/912 rust spot is addressable if it doesn’t go too far under the plate.

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What is the asking price? if its north of 8k I would be concerned! but if its in the 6k or lower it would interest me if its a running 914. You are always goin to find hell hole issues as this is a battery acid issue and if you find one that doesn't have this problem it was probably never really driven! and you might be looking at 10k+for a car like that.

As for previously hit damage these 914's have sometimes had so many PO that the current owner might not even be aware of the repair. My right front fender was previously cut and replaced with a donor cars green fender. The repair was done very well as I didn't noticed it during my walkthrough of the car. The fit and paint matched perfectly! I only found this out when I decided to add GT flares and started grinding and seen green paint.

As the saying goes " You get what you pay for" don't expect to spend 3k and drive in 1000 miles 914 driving tours! Anything below 6k is going to have some rust! As I work on mine I drop F bombs as to why Porsche used this stupid foam body filler that was supposed to keep the water out but did exactly the opposite! this stuff is what really did the rust damage unfortunately.

To me the best part of an old car is the journey we take to getting it to perfection! I have a 1971 SS Nova with an LS2 engine that I'm afraid to drive because I'm worried about messing it up! Sometimes the best cars to drive are the fugly one's.