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| 914-300Hemi |
 Oct 31 2010, 07:52 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,356 Joined: 7-September 06 From: San Dimas, CA Member No.: 6,794 Region Association: Southern California 
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| MrHyde |
Oct 31 2010, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 13-October 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,268 Region Association: None |
Soo... With Trick or treating done for another year I fired up the heater and went back out to the garage... I figured for sure I'd be taking off the outer rocker cover and prolly welding in some new metal in the rockers.. but the rest of the body from the outside looks good.. and the battery tray doesnt look too bad, so i figured I'd get away with not having to cut the rear quarter out.... WELL... after poking around a bunch more and sticking a screwdriver into the metal that has all this black tar on it.. i found a hole... a hole that means I wont be driving this car in the spring prolly... Here's some pics...
Hole under the spare tire... no biggie Attached image(s) 
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| MrHyde |
Oct 31 2010, 08:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 13-October 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,268 Region Association: None |
booty fab'd battery tray and support.. the black tar stuff makes it look worse than it is on pictures.. It seems to be pretty solid around here, but I'll know more once the engine is out ( danm i didnt want to do that just yet ) and that tar is all cleaned off.
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| MrHyde |
Oct 31 2010, 08:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 13-October 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,268 Region Association: None |
Here is the kicker... two pics.. before and after i pulled off a loose piece of rust that was all tar'd over..
soo now it looks like the engine long, perhaps wheel house and inner rocker sections... going to have to cut out the rocker panel on the outside... drop the motor , pull out the rear suspension... as well as fix the rockers and put in stiffners.. I think I'm going to be a pretty decent welder by time this is all done... Attached image(s)  
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| MrHyde |
Oct 31 2010, 08:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 13-October 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,268 Region Association: None |
BTW... Thanks again to everyone on here.. I've been reading through past posts for days now and I have a bit more idea where to be looking for stuff and I know now more of what I'm getting myself into... Still tho.. I've wanted a 914 since I was a kid and it looks danm sexy in the garage begging me to work on it... My wife is super supportive of all this which is great...
Its a little daunting to say the least, the ammount of metal work that will need to be done here, but its STILL in better shape than most of the 914's I've looked at.. even if it was a couple grand more.. I hope the boys at Restoration Design are in tomorrow.. I'm gonna pop by I thinks.. |
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| jonferns |
Oct 31 2010, 08:37 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 29-March 07 From: New Jersey Member No.: 7,631 Region Association: North East States
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Just picked it up and already digging in! I'll be looking forward to your progress, good luck. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)
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| Tom |
Nov 1 2010, 10:26 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,139 Joined: 21-August 05 From: Port Orchard, WA 98367 Member No.: 4,626 Region Association: None |
Good luck on your car. Your first 914 and you are learning already, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . The next 914 you want to buy, if it has tarry stuff in these areas, it is to cover up rust that someone doesn't want you to see --RUN away. I hope you are able to make it into your dream car. Have patience and ask questions here.
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| MrHyde |
Nov 1 2010, 12:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 13-October 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,268 Region Association: None |
Went up to Guelph and chatted with Mike and Peter at Restoration Design today.. decent guys with lots of knowlege.. and parts too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) looks like my christmas fund will be spent there this year as I'm going to be digging into HELL soon..
Now.. I just gotta sell my motorcycle so I'll have soom to put the eingine when it gets dropped |
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