How bad is this? (floor/rust), trying to guage where I'm at/what to do |
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How bad is this? (floor/rust), trying to guage where I'm at/what to do |
914lover17 |
Aug 30 2021, 09:35 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 11-June 21 From: Kitchener-Waterloo Member No.: 25,622 Region Association: Canada |
Having a little trouble passing safety, mechanic wanted a full body restore...luckily the body shop disagreed and said some patches should be fine to which another mechanic is on board with. However, I can't even tell what I'm looking at...Is that just painted rust? painted welds? painted seem sealer? any info or tips appreciated. Just trying to assess where I'm at and what I'm working with!
VIDEO: https://i.imgur.com/dAzfg1E.mp4 There's 3-4 holes in the underside, 1 is about the size of a quarter under the passenger seat. The interior of the trunks and interior of the floor looks pretty good, though? Looks like the jack points are cut off/missing on the rockers as well: All the fender wells look like this: Longs: Updated Patch work: |
Lg914 |
Sep 1 2021, 04:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 4-July 19 From: Lake Geneva Member No.: 23,275 Region Association: None |
Does it look good? No it doesn’t. But my advice is just drive it and enjoy it. Drive it for a year check to see if it’s gotten worse if not drive it more. The worst thing is to buy a car and not be able to enjoy it. As soon s you start working on it you will find a lot more that needs to be done. Mind you, I m not saying don’t fix it. But enjoy it first. Then the repair work seems more wort while. We enjoyed ours before starting a rebuild, that is taking longer than we would like. At least I still remember autocrossing it and it never fell apart, Even though the longs were shot and needed to be replaced.
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