914 Body Work Options

[bmangetspaid69]

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?

[bmangetspaid69]

Wow, thanks for all the help here. Definitely am in way over my head and not sure what to do next. Can’t believe I have been driving this for a year without any idea, probably put 1,000+ miles on it since I bought it

[burton73]

Wow, thanks for all the help here. Definitely am in way over my head and not sure what to do next. Can’t believe I have been driving this for a year without any idea, probably put 1,000+ miles on it since I bought it

Plenty of people driving cars they do not know are rotten underneath. Sorry you bought this car without knowing what was under there. You must decide what you can spend on this car. We do not know anything about you and this car. Was it a car from Minneapolis?

Do you have your own garage at home where you could work on it. You could learn how to weld, but some things that you have not discovered is how much rust is there in different areas. Bondo and paint can be covering up problems and you really need a person that knows what to look at go over it just to see if you should run from it. I only get a reflection on left rear quarter and the paint (the shine) There may be Bondo all over the place covering up rot on the car.

You may have spent all your extra cash and did not plan to put any money into these things after you bought it a year ago. Putting a picture, I took on Route 66 and not sure how old you are but the flintstones had no floor in their cars with the stone tires. It may not be funny to you, but you may need just to lighten it up a little

Good luck.

Best Bob B