Progress thread 74 2.0 to 3.0 6, Time to assemble Options

[Luke M]

I figured why not start this thread. The car is a 74 914 2.0 that's been sitting since the early 90's. It was parked outside/in the woods up until my brother purchased it last fall. It didn't look too bad from 20 feet away but when you look closer it gets pretty bad. So, here's the plan... strip the car, fix the rust problems, paint it, add a 5 lug suspension, and convert it to a 3.0 6. Stay tuned for pics of the progress..


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[rgalla9146]

Luke.....you are a friggin' glutton.
A very skilled, very thorough glutton.
Was it conventional blasting ?....or something new ?

[Luke M]

[quote name='rgalla9146' date='Apr 29 2021, 06:24 PM' post='2912045']
Luke.....you are a friggin' glutton.
A very skilled, very thorough glutton.
Was it conventional blasting ?....or something new ?
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Hi Rory, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Yeah we've been working like crazy here. Think I'll push my 6 blast out a few weeks so I can knock out my brothers 914. Plan is to prep the chassis for epoxy and spray color in the trunks, interior, and whole underside. We are gonna try and get that all done within 1 to 2 weeks. Then get the car back on it's wheels. The body work can then be done as time goes.

The blasting was a mix of sand and soda. I can still get a taste of the soda here n there.
All wet blast which is what they call dustless blasting. Keeps the panels from being damaged. It makes a mess still. We spent a few hours sucking out sand from the chassis. I plugged as many holes as possible prior to blast but stuff still gets everywhere.
I have the 914 in my heated garage with fans blowing 70 degree air all around it. So far a few spots flashed but over all not too bad. See if we can get epoxy on by Tues or Wed.