Behind the rocker covers Options

[Ian Stott]

Well a big thank you to James Smith who told me it would be a really good idea to take the rocker covers off to inspect in behind. I found a lot of packed in dirt, it was hard like a dry sponge and boy it would have held lots of moisture and rust would have had its way. There was some surface rust,but nothing too serious, thank the Porsche Gods it was a California car, if it had of been an eastern car it would have been a real mess and costly to repair. Will try to post some pics when my daughter gets home as I have never quite mastered the technique of doing that, too bad as I do have some good pics of the car in various stages. Just got back from delivering the rocker panel covers to my body man, he will sand blast them and paint them the right colour. When the weather is nicer I'll take the teener out to him so he can sand blast the surface rust away and put a good quality primer and paint on those areas so rust won't have a chance to ruin a real nice 914, it is far from finished but it is coming along quite nicely. Having the good fortune to be parked beside James last summer gave me something to strive for, he has a exceptional 914 6 that has been a car of the month, and he was a wealth of information for me, I am sure he will be pleased to hear I'm taking his advice and doing all the things he told me I should do. What a great club we have!

Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada