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Can there be a rust free 914? |
cal44 |
Feb 2 2018, 08:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 8-October 09 From: Encinitas, Ca. Member No.: 10,910 Region Association: Southwest Region |
There are so many used parts available for 914's it dawned on me the cars rot around the parts.
The one we have in currently has been taken care of by the original owner and it still has hell hole issues. Always garaged in central California the guy washed and waxed on a regular basis. With rain tray in place, the sides (opposite ends of rain tray) are open, the water pours in over the battery. That aspect is a poor design at best. Don't get me wrong, I'm hooked the 914 but the poor things are like open windows in a house during a rain storm, the wood floors will suffer. At times I read rust free 914 for sale. Is it possible to have an "original rust free 914"? |
GeorgeRud |
Feb 2 2018, 10:30 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
With many cars now getting rotissary restorations, you’ll probably be seeing more rust-free cars out there, but not original anymore. Ben (mb911) has an excellent thread describing the restoration and amount of new metal being welded onto a 914 he’s converting. It’s really nearing the point where Restoration Design or Dansk should start producing bodies in white (for the 911 and 914) like the Mustang and Camaro crowd are doing. Then all those parts could have a great, rust free home to be attached to.
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mepstein |
Feb 2 2018, 12:52 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,313 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
With many cars now getting rotissary restorations, you’ll probably be seeing more rust-free cars out there, but not original anymore. Ben (mb911) has an excellent thread describing the restoration and amount of new metal being welded onto a 914 he’s converting. It’s really nearing the point where Restoration Design or Dansk should start producing bodies in white (for the 911 and 914) like the Mustang and Camaro crowd are doing. Then all those parts could have a great, rust free home to be attached to. I don't think we will ever see 914's made. Too much work to build a unibody for a car that still doesn't bring big money. Then there's the issue of becoming a manufacturer of cars. The muscle car bodies are still just bodies on a frame, they aren't the whole car. I'm not sure you can build a car and then not have it meet current safety standards. You could call it a kit car but then it's not really a 914. You can't (yea, I know people do) just pull the vin tags from a 914 and put it on the new body. Dansk is in the process of making all the metal for early and mid year 911's so in theory you could build one from scratch but the replacement parts vary from good to poor. Its not to bad when you repair a 911 to add a part that needs to be reworked but if you are starting from scratch, you would need a jig for almost every part to make sure it doesn't just go in the right place but also to insure the part itself is the right size and shape. Building in mid air is not an easy task. I know there is a company that builds every piece for early VW busses. I remember reading that they build a new bus from scratch but I don't know how they got around the VIN issue. I know when the rich people do it, they call it a "re-body" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) instead of a vin swap and that seems to make everything work |
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