Front alignment, bondo and a jig., Bondo in the frunk - really? Options

[DaveB]

A while ago I posted a fit check I was doing on the front suspension. The geometry was off I ended up ordering the P863 jig to get everything aligned. The jig confirmed a suspension alignment problem. The jig partially fits. I'm replacing the frunk floor pan and A-arm suspension mounts, so I wanted to get the body adjusted around the other mounting points since they shifted.

This is the first issue with the suspension.



My guess is a PO drove over something which damaged the A-arm and press the floor pan in on the driver side. The area beside the crease is pushed out about 1/2". The rear mount for the cross member is off by a few mm.



My plan was to planish out the damage to see if this would get the driver side mounting points aligned. I go inside the frunk to figure out how to on-dolly some of the fixes. The sun hits the inside wheel well and notice it looks like a golfball. The course sandpaper is where the PO had used bondo. It was everywhere. It covered a crease and smoothed out all the crappy sheet metal work.








I was able to get a hoop into the wheel well to planish and stretch out most of the damage. It doesn't take that much work to get it straight instead of using a quart of plastic filler.




After roughing out the inner wheel well and straightening out the damage, the rear mounting points on the driver side moved to the correct position.



Under the car it looks like this was used for rock climbing. It's really beaten up but most of the key measurements are in line with the workshop manual. This was a good day verifying that that the front alignment drops into the correct position after straightening the sheet metal. I'll tackle the passenger side next week.

I am curious, would most 914 front ends fit the alignment jig after 50 years?


DaveB

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

really really great work. Please where did you get the jig?