State of rust and unknown plastic bit Options

[macnichol]

Hi all, thought'd I'd share my continuing progress on my college 914 project. I was able to get a better look underneath the car and poked around with a screwdriver, the rust looks to be mostly surface. I got the calipers off, they are def worn out and need a rebuild.

My question to you guys, is that crack in the long something that I need to be especially worried about and is it a good fix to remove the rust and patch it up with the TIG? Also, what's that plastic piece hanging from the underbelly of the car? Thanks guys

[Superhawk996]

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There are a couple red flags in this post.

1) Car is in Midwest. Midwest has not been kind to these cars.

2) College project. Limited garage space and limited $$ are not your friend. You may be better off to wait to graduate and just buy a better starting point. I had a 914 and was broke in college too. Often used my bosses garage for work. Somehow you have acess to a TIG so you're way ahead of where I was in college. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) BTDT.

3) Prior work appears to have been done poorly.

4) The work to properly repair the long is way greater than you might think. Parts are available but not cheap and you may need more of them than you currently think. Feel free to visit build link in my signature if you want to know how I know. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

On the plus side, you probably have time and energy to do the work even if you can only pull off a temporary repair. However, beware. Rusty longs compromise the seat belt restraint mounting points and even a low G impact could become injurious if the seat belt mount pulls though the long due to compromised sheet metal.

Go into whatever you do eyes wide open.