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bmangetspaid69 |
Apr 10 2024, 07:57 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 4-March 24 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 27,981 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Hi 914world,
I purchased this '74 914 about a year ago and recently went to a Porsche dealership to ask about some shops to do some body work (need floors and clean up some of the rust throughout) for a restoration project. They had one come over who said it would be near impossible for them to do and there is only 1 guy (in Vegas, I am in the midwest) who could do it, but it would cost $100k... thought they were joking but I guess not. Does anyone have any idea if this is real? / gotten body work done and have an estimate of how much body work should cost and if its possible to weld in new floor pans? |
Superhawk996 |
Apr 10 2024, 09:38 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,876 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
I’m not even sure what’s left under there but it certainly doesn’t look like a 914 floor pan. Looks like someone decided that diamond plate would be a better interior floor pan. It looks like the external (structural) floor pan underbody is scabbed together flat sheetmetal instead of the original 914 floor pan which had distinctive formations in it.
Typical shop rate is going to be about $100/hr and if it’s as bad as I think it is, there are hundreds and hundreds of hours of metal work there not including paint. Typically when a project is this big, it is not going economically viable to pay a shop to do the work. You can look at Automobile Atlanta and Restoration Design to get an idea of what sheetmetal panel costs are. Agree with others - need more pictures and view of longs and hell hole to better assess the extent of work needed. Looks like you’re going to be learning to weld. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) |
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