Replacing rusty jack points, So this is what it means to own a 914... Options

[Lilchopshop]

Pulled my rocker covers today to inspect for rot. Unfortunately I found significant rust on both jack points and the driver’s side long has a good size rust hole. I’m going to cut and patch the bad spots in the longs, but I’m trying to avoid a complete resto right now and I don’t want to get into exterior bodywork. The rear fenders are in pretty good shape but they seem to block access to the top flange of the jack point plate. Does anyone know if the jack points can be replaced correctly without cutting out a lower portion of the rear fender?

[Lilchopshop]

Well, it’s been a few minutes since I last worked on the 914 rust repair. I took what I thought was going to be a short break from the car to install some new flooring in my house. Two years later and I have completely remodeled every room on the first floor. While I haven’t been working on the car, I have been thinking about it a lot and lurking on this site every day so I can keep up with all the other great projects you all are working on. I’ve learned so much from watching your projects and I’ve also chosen to go in a different direction with mine. I’ve been gathering parts and ideas and I plan to start a fresh thread here soon to document the build in a more holistic sense. Spoiler alert… there will be water (cooling) involved.

But, before I start that I thought I’d close the loop on this thread and post some pics from some recent work on those jack points…

This is about where I left off two years ago:


A mold I made from plaster of what was left of the driver side jack point area prior to demo. I wasn’t sure how or if I would use this, but I thought it might be helpful since there are no patch panels for this area.


A wood buck I made to attempt to replicate the recess where the jack point tube gets installed:


Making the outer skin of my repair section:


Some test-fitting:



Cutting through the outer layer so I can have some stagger in the weld seam joint:


Finished the inner layer and plug-welded the two pieces together:



Ready to weld in place: