Jack point replacement and paint matching Options

[Tdskip]

Good morning gentlemen, hope everybody’s having a good week. Just doing some planning here on the blue 74 that is currently in storage. It’s a original Southern California car, been off the road for a very long time but is quite solid except for the passenger side Jack point as shown in the pictures below. Just doing some planning here on the blue 74 that is currently in storage. It’s a original Southern California car, been off the road for a very long time but is quite solid except for the passenger side jack point as shown in the pictures below. There was a repair made here but it’s not to proper standard and I am planning on addressing it. The door gaps are still perfect, so I don’t think the structure overall is weak, this just needs a more proper repair.

I have the donor metal from car that was written off so I think I’m “just” looking at bracing the car to protect my gaps and then getting good weld penetration to complete the repair. Yes/no/maybe?

The paint will have to be touched up of course, and while this is not a visible part of the car if I’m going through this level of effort it would be nice to have it match. It looks like it was a custom paint that I am assuming is going to require me bringing a sample to a shop and then getting as good of a match as possible? Think a good paint shop will be able to get close in match?

Thanks!

[johnhora]

Tdskip...

Why do you want to replace it
I stopped jacking up 914s and early 911s there along time ago.
Really..how many 914 and 911 have you seen the rocker buckled and bend right there.
Best to have a jack like from a 944 and jack up under a better part
of the car. Emergency thing ok I can see doing it there.
It doesn't show when the rocker panel is in place and you can glue the
plastic hole cover on the the panel.
Usually this type of repair on the right side was done because the of the
rotting out of the jack point front both the outside and especially the inside.
I've seen this quick repair done many times.
I know this sounds like a sacrilege for many but really cover it up and drive it.
If you start poking in there you will probably end up replacing the whole longitudinal.
Oh and too...you don't have any paint problems covering it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Just advice from an old curmudgeon doing this stuff for too damn long.

If you've got to do it...Bob has the right idea...get some new stuff from RestoDesign

Good luck on what even you decide to do....