Saved From the Car Crusher!, Maybe parts should have been crushed???? |
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Saved From the Car Crusher!, Maybe parts should have been crushed???? |
PlantMan |
Jul 4 2014, 12:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 14-May 14 From: Mission Viejo Member No.: 17,352 Region Association: Southern California |
Hey All,
I saved this car, I am sure, from pending doom as it was sitting in a Coparts yard in the SF Bay area, not to mention it was donated to charity........ I thought it had potential so I scooped it up. My last 914 was a 1.7 (72) and I always wanted the 73-74 2.0l, so here we are. Anyways, you can see from the attached photos she is a little long in the tooth!!! BTW, this car is a true California car and appears to have spent it's entire life in NorCal. Who said Cal cars have little rust??? It also appeared to have a trans change-out around 30k miles, interesting. I have gone through 80% so far, got the car up and running, fixed a majority of the oil leaks, and now getting the brakes sorted out so I can road test it. Interior is in very good shape, minus the carpet, dashboard is a solid A grade for 40 years old and the seats and back pad are still quality as well. I am debating the AC system, which I will remove for now, but it might go back in in the future. The motor starts right-up without any problems and after I get the brakes back on I am going to check for vacuum leaks, it has a high idle but I think maybe the AAR maybe stuck. Debating the next step, starting from the front of the car and possibly working my way to the back, doing the body work. I am trying to gather pieces now for the sheet metal clean-up. Enjoy the photos! I did add it to the VIN database as well. [attachmentid=457 680] [attachmentid=457 688] Attached image(s) |
PlantMan |
Jan 23 2023, 02:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 14-May 14 From: Mission Viejo Member No.: 17,352 Region Association: Southern California |
Some of this work happened a couple months back, especially within the area of the drivers side. Driver side was almost as bad as the passenger side!!!!
Also, deleted the entire lower fire wall. Thought it to be easier just to remove the lower section and weld in new. Looking down. Outside jack post. Not too bad. Passenger side. Trying not to remove the suspension console, most of the metal looks good behind too. Going to remove everything between the green lines of the inner and outer. Going to add a lower door brace as the car started to sag a bit once we started cutting out metal. Looks like it moved about a 1/16". My son said he heard a few cracks once he cut through the inner long. We do have it braced at the doors...just wondering if it will pull in once we start welding. I would prefer to get the measurements back into spec prior to welding though. Looking at getting it onto a rotisserie, the RD version. Looks like I can fabricate one for about $300 and will make it a lot easier to get to the hard to reach locations. But will a rotisserie really help with bracing at the longs when doing this work???? |
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