Restoration Literati914 Build, A clipped car rebuild Options

[Literati914]

I've been putting this off, but I guess I should document the restoration build for my latest 914. I finally got the car on my property and even though there no garage (YET) I can go ahead and get some things started. This will be my 3rd 914 and it'll be a bit of a second chance for this car, as it has a front end section that's been grafted on (by PO) because of a previous accident - not to mention the rusted away hell-hole and holes in the floor. The graft actually looks pretty well done and solid, and the other items will be addressed. The car came with it's original engine - a 1.7 that's freshly rebuilt with zero miles on the rebuild (uninstalled). I've also got a 2056cc 'GA' motor that'll probably end up in this car.

The car was originally L21E Tangerine and someone's gone over it with a real crappy red paint. Since my last 914(/6) was L21E Tangerine.. I'm going to paint this one something else, and will be doing all bodywork and paint myself.

This "restoration" will be considered a driver quality effort.. but I don't plan on cutting too many corners either. I plan to do a quality job but it won't be going across the block at Christies either. Lots of parts have already been sourced, but there's always more, right! Here's the BEFORE shots:
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-7222-1571968560.1.jpg)

[Literati914]

OK - made some small progress lately.

So the general plan is this (since I'm working on this car with NO garage). Phase 1 is as follows:

1) pull and restore all the suspension.
2) weld in new floor areas & interior firewall sections.
3) remove dash
4) prime interior
5) address the entire underside of the car, wire wheel, prime, paint, etc.
6) repair: hell hole, damage to shifter hole & clutch cable hole - in engine compartment.
7) prime engine compartment.
8) address the front trunk including to cut out area for A/C condenser.


What I've been working at lately is.. getting the area under the rear trunk scrubbed down with a nylon 'wire wheel'. I really like the nylon wheel for this because it lasts forever, stays cool, is cheap and leaves an 80 grit texture which is good for the epoxy primer that'll be coming next (I will not be taking this all the way down to bare metal - not necessary). Here's the nylon wheel: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-7222-1584670136.1.jpg)

..AND one of the major hurdles has been removing the muffler heat shield (so I could get above it for rust treatment and paint. They'll tell you it's only spot welded in, but mine also had small strips of edge welding - I'll be bolting it back in:(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-7222-1584670137.2.jpg)

..Here's a shot showing under the trunk floor after nylon wheeling it. I'll be scuffing all the nooks and crannies with maroon scotch-brite pads and phosporic acid solution before epoxy primer.
BEFORE: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-7222-1584670138.3.jpg)
AFTER:(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-7222-1584670138.4.jpg)

Also I've gotten up inside the fenders/wheel wells and removed all of the foam that's known to eventually cause rust. Mine look pretty good at this point. The job sucks but glad I did it, and got it out of the way:
DURING(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-7222-1584670138.5.jpg)
REMOVED:(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-7222-1584670139.6.jpg)