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> My Official 914 Restoration, The Black Beast is coming to life!!!!
EdArango
post Sep 9 2010, 12:54 PM
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post Sep 9 2010, 12:54 PM
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post Sep 9 2010, 12:55 PM
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post Sep 9 2010, 12:56 PM
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post Sep 9 2010, 01:00 PM
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post Sep 9 2010, 01:01 PM
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post Sep 9 2010, 01:02 PM
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post Sep 9 2010, 02:06 PM
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post Sep 9 2010, 02:28 PM
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QUOTE(EdArango @ Sep 9 2010, 11:49 AM) *
Do you guys think this is salvageable???

Yes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)


Did you brace the chassis before you started cutting out all that metal?
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post Sep 9 2010, 02:30 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Sep 9 2010, 01:28 PM) *

QUOTE(EdArango @ Sep 9 2010, 11:49 AM) *
Do you guys think this is salvageable???

Yes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)


Did you brace the chassis before you started cutting out all that metal?
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Nope ....Not yet. What is the best way to support it?

Thanks Andy!
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post Sep 9 2010, 02:33 PM
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As you can see in this pic a chunk of the metal engine pan has been cut out because the car had air-conditioning. Will this be something that I'll be able to weld back in and line up so the seal will fit in place??

what do you guys think??
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post Sep 9 2010, 03:19 PM
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QUOTE(EdArango @ Sep 9 2010, 01:33 PM) *
what do you guys think??

I think you should buy that piece of the engine shelf brand new from RD ...

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post Sep 9 2010, 04:24 PM
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I'm wondering if there isn't more problem metal in between the hell hole and the outer long. Have you looked inside the long or at the rear suspention console. It seems like this area is usually more about rebuilding the many layers of structural metal rather than just patching the holes you show in the pics.

* There are a lot of really great "rustoration" threads on this site. Take a couple days and search through 10-20 of them. It may give you a really good look into the future about what you're up against and how to fix it.
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post Sep 10 2010, 03:57 PM
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Ed - most of those parts are available in panels from Restoration Design (RD that Andy said) - here are their 2 main 914 links to make it easier:

http://www.restoration-design.com/Merchant...tegory_Code=914

http://www.restoration-design.com/Merchant...ry_Code=914-PAC


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Where are you taking the ROP Welding at & what night?
... any openings still or too late?

I was looking at doing that this Fall too, but was out-of-town until 9/8 & didn't get a chance yet to see if the Orange/COC ROP offered it (no Fall schedule in Aug before I left), & the only other was North OC ROP.
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post Sep 10 2010, 05:54 PM
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Ed,
I too am in the later stages of a rustoration project and pretty much completed all the same areas that your pictures show.

I researched through Digging into Hell

Bringing out the dead

and Alien Thread

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) I had zero welding experience when I began and know consider myself OK. However, 90% of the welds are ground down and will never be seen by anyone. There are many professionals that will give good advice but, cleanliness of the metal is what I found to be the most important.

Good luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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post Sep 10 2010, 10:35 PM
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That looks like a fairly solid car that can be relatively easily repaired.

I agree with the others, read all the rusto threads you can find. Knowing the
right things to do and right way to do them will save you literally months of
work.

Buying replacement pieces from Restoration Design or any of the others is
a big time saver over making your own.

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post Nov 24 2010, 03:27 PM
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It's been awhile since I've moved forward with my car. I found a great local guy that is doing the welding for me. If anybody needs a certified welder Gabe is the guy. Here are a few pics.

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post Nov 24 2010, 03:31 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) Good job Ed dont give up on it. Now if I could only see what was being done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Nov 24 2010, 03:56 PM
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QUOTE(abayer1969 @ Nov 24 2010, 01:31 PM) *

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) Good job Ed dont give up on it. Now if I could only see what was being done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

LOL !!!!! Yep I guess the pics are kinda small. When I get back home I'll correct that!

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post Jan 12 2011, 10:36 PM
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Well, this last weekend things didn't go all that great for me. I sold my engine to Sean Molloy from San Diego. While he was at me house he gave my car a "once over" and said that I had bad rust issues with my longs in both directions. I cut out a opening in the hell hole area that allowed me to lower a camera. I took a few pics from inside the longitudinal in both directions towards the front of the car and back towards the suspension console.

Take a look and you guys let me know what you think if I can patch it up or has this become the hell hole from hell!

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