Hellhole and Longs Inspection when looking at a car, How to inspect the Hellhole and Left/Pass Long? Options

[J-Gaz]

I've been reading up on 914s for the better part of 2-3 years. Maybe longer.
I've been shopping and looking at them locally here in the Puget Sound for over a year now.

Lots of cars seem to be really rusty... and bondo'd or repainted [AKA covered up] under the battery, in the hellhole, in the rear trunk, the lower Bulkhead etc - the usual spots people tell you to look for.

I even saw one where someone bondo'd up the hips where the longs, floor pan, and bulkhead meet - underneath the car... and coated with an undercoat - but the bondo was clearly flaking off, and they did a piss-poor job with their putty spreader, leaving tool marks everywhere.

I still haven't found a 'good way' to inspect the Left/Pass Long. To me - that's the actual 'HellHole' as the battery tin isn't as difficult to get to. But when it starts to leak down into the long, and eat it apart - that's the crux of it.

No one seems interested in removing the rocker for me either, and even when I squeeze my head to attempt to observe the jacking point, I can't see much.

Plus, there doesn't seem to be a good way to inspect inside the left long when I'm out looking at these 'projects' - because all of them seem to be, no matter what price point I look at... a project.

Any tips or tricks to help inspect these areas when I'm meeting people to see about a purchase?

Should I get a cheap borescope? IF so, where can I access the long to insert the camera?

Really appreciate it.

J.

[Root_Werks]

You can boreascope the long a bit. In the engine bay there is a hole on each long tucked up under the rear trunk. Believe it was there as a vent or something? Either way, when folks wash their 914's, water can get up into that hole.

I've stuck a boreascope down that hole and run all the way past the "hell hole" area.

-Dan

[J-Gaz]

You can boreascope the long a bit. In the engine bay there is a hole on each long tucked up under the rear trunk. Believe it was there as a vent or something? Either way, when folks wash their 914's, water can get up into that hole.

I've stuck a boreascope down that hole and run all the way past the "hell hole" area.

-Dan

Do you have a picture for reference so that I know what I'm looking for - this is super interesting, and could be wicked helpful.

Thank you so much!