repaired long condition?, worth stiffeners/jack replacement? |
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repaired long condition?, worth stiffeners/jack replacement? |
914lover17 |
Sep 19 2021, 08:36 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 11-June 21 From: Kitchener-Waterloo Member No.: 25,622 Region Association: Canada |
feel solid, look a little worse in pictures - I'm trying to assess what I'm working with here and any potential ways forward since solid replacement chassis seem pretty rare.
Apparently this was important when I was researching - 2 people can be inside without targa top and doors still close easy and have the same gaps as with targa top on and no one inside. Repair work was done in the 80's I believe. Long stiffening kit possible? Worth/possible to replace jackpoints? Right know it's blocks of wood screwed to the solid metal to hold the rocker panel plugs. |
Root_Werks |
Oct 19 2021, 05:18 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,332 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I see fiberglass.
Others have said it, if the car feels solid and you like it, drive it! With repairs such as those, it'd be a significant project to go back and do it correctly. |
worn |
Oct 19 2021, 05:28 PM
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can't remember Group: Members Posts: 3,162 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I see fiberglass. Others have said it, if the car feels solid and you like it, drive it! With repairs such as those, it'd be a significant project to go back and do it correctly. I am in the midst of my second 914 welding exercise. In these training incidents a whole lot of rustiness is cut away and replaced by new metal. You cannot weld new steel to rust - the rust simply catches fire. So, I think my repairs will make it strong. However, I am still wondering if it would be EVEN better with some sort of clamshell or strengthening kit on top of my now really great welds. Still wondering. Would such a route be wise in cases of uncertainty as described in the original post? |
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