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| cary |
  Jun 6 2012, 10:15 PM
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Well I figured its time to start documenting the rustoration of my 1973 1.7L.
This car was bought for and used by my oldest son to drive thru 4 years of high school in Montana. You have to realize in Montana kids can get their license at 15. I think we only put it on the trailer twice in those 4 years. It was bought on Ebay. I think the closing bid was $1600. So off he went with his Grandpa, the truck and the trailer. Then I get the call. Dad they lied .............. it does have some rust. So here's a 15 year old negotiating a Ebay deal gone sour with the owner of tow track company. So I told him to take inventory of the parts that we could use. Then make him a offer. So after handing him 10 $100 biils it was loaded on the trailer. So me at 55 decided that I want to rebuild this car to be my daily driver for next 15 years. It started out to be a quick tidy up and repaint. But we all know how that goes. I have $1400 worth of new interior that James did for me. All bagged up. I just received my $3300 order from Restoration Design. I have a $1600 list for Mark at 914 Rubber. So I figure I'll have $9000 into a car that might be somewhere in the $7000 range when I'm done. |
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cary Cary's 73 1.7 Rustoration Thread Jun 6 2012, 10:15 PM
cary Finally got it finished.
Replaced all the hoses, e... Apr 22 2013, 09:04 PM cary Finally back to the shop ................
And back... Apr 29 2013, 08:38 PM cary Next order of business.
Measuring the inner/engine... Apr 29 2013, 08:42 PM cary So I had to fiddle with the top end next to the ba... Apr 29 2013, 08:46 PM cary Now it matches the drivers side.
Here's the... Apr 29 2013, 08:53 PM cary Now measure, measure & re-measure ............... Apr 29 2013, 08:56 PM cary Now we start to work on the the two pieces of the ... Apr 29 2013, 09:01 PM cary So I measure the upper wheelhouse so I can cut off... Apr 29 2013, 09:23 PM cary Back to work.
Back on the lift it will go.
It want... May 6 2013, 08:37 AM cary Well, back to work again.
Getting tired of gett... May 14 2013, 07:37 PM
worn
Well, back to work again.
Getting tired of get... May 19 2013, 08:32 PM cary Getting ready to put the car back on the lift and ... May 14 2013, 07:42 PM cary Cutting patch patterns ...................
May 14 2013, 07:43 PM cary Test fitting the outside suspension console.
Getti... May 14 2013, 07:59 PM cary So it's s back on the lift.
Now the tedious jo... May 19 2013, 09:19 AM cary Now to start adding parts.
First is RD P351 Inner ... May 19 2013, 09:28 AM cary Going to have to do some tweaking on the P351 to g... May 19 2013, 09:40 AM cary Let my son have the white 914 to drive the last co... May 19 2013, 09:55 AM cooltimes That was a real 914 thriller.
Getting it all toge... May 19 2013, 05:54 PM Kraftwerk Great work, and a great deal of work. You really s... May 21 2013, 10:37 PM cary I'm back ....................
We'll get ba... Jun 19 2013, 08:05 PM worn
I'm back ....................
We'll get b... Jun 19 2013, 09:33 PM cary Might not, waiting for the text to tell me when th... Jun 20 2013, 08:44 AM cary 4 months later and I finally get a chance to get b... Sep 19 2013, 08:37 AM cary Ok been too busy at work to pull the JPGs off the ... Sep 29 2013, 10:28 PM cary So I begin to fit the passenger long ................ Sep 29 2013, 10:32 PM cary
Needed to reduce the long opening about 3/8 of a... Sep 29 2013, 10:38 PM cary So here's where we left off.
We spent most ... Sep 29 2013, 10:49 PM cary Next time I'm going to strip the entire car fi... Oct 1 2013, 06:29 AM jimkelly it does seem that a stripped and sand blasted tub ... Oct 1 2013, 12:20 PM cary Back to work ....................
I'm going to... Oct 6 2013, 08:43 PM cary Reworking a few of the patch seam welds on the lon... Oct 6 2013, 08:46 PM cary Decided that I needed to cut off the lip.
Just cou... Oct 6 2013, 08:49 PM cary So I decided to cut the holes in inner box.
... Oct 6 2013, 08:52 PM cary Time for lunch ................... Off to Subway
Oct 6 2013, 08:54 PM cary Back to work on the inner box on the drivers long.... Oct 10 2013, 09:13 PM cary A month has passed since we've accomplished mu... Nov 17 2013, 09:58 AM cary Here's the completed extension.
Being that it... Nov 17 2013, 10:06 AM cary Tool Whore side note :
Built another jack stand s... Nov 17 2013, 10:16 AM cary Super In Law is working on the other end.
The inn... Nov 17 2013, 10:35 AM cary Here's the fit we're working on.
Plus keep... Nov 17 2013, 10:39 AM cary Here's the test fit at the end of the day. :D... Nov 17 2013, 10:41 AM cary Prepped the heater tubes for installation.
Next s... Nov 17 2013, 10:45 AM FourBlades Awesome thread man!
You are really getting th... Nov 17 2013, 07:03 PM cary Nice work. Thanks for the tip. Nov 17 2013, 10:12 PM cary Had another great day.
Spent most the day just put... Nov 17 2013, 10:20 PM cary After smoothing out the opening. I test fit the he... Nov 17 2013, 10:24 PM cary Now its time to seal up the long.
Going to be spra... Nov 17 2013, 10:40 PM cary Most of the day off was spent re-leveling the car.... Nov 24 2013, 10:59 AM 76-914 Wow, I hadn't checked your build in a few mont... Nov 24 2013, 11:29 AM gifted914 Great SUPERINLAW.
:welder: :welder: :welder: :... Nov 24 2013, 01:59 PM cary It feels like its taking forever .................... Nov 24 2013, 03:45 PM cary Here's the next piece we need to recreate. McM... Nov 30 2013, 10:12 AM cary As I wrote the last post I'm thinking I have a... Nov 30 2013, 10:15 AM cary Post #123 & #124 show the piece I took off of ... Nov 30 2013, 10:36 AM cary I stand corrected. The NOS part picture is the com... Nov 30 2013, 11:36 PM cary Time to fire up the heat...
Dr's ready to g... Dec 1 2013, 12:04 AM cary Nice to see that the door gap held up.
Would j... Dec 1 2013, 12:12 AM cary Found the part in the parts pile.
Here's th... Dec 1 2013, 12:16 AM cary Here's the only patch I had to put in.
Patt... Dec 1 2013, 10:04 AM cary All repaired and ready to shoot on some Rustoleum.... Dec 1 2013, 10:13 AM cary Had to uncover and fire up the shop car to go and ... Dec 1 2013, 10:20 AM cary A little too cold here in PDX to head out to the s... Dec 8 2013, 11:49 AM cary Didn't get much done yesterday. Spent the am p... Dec 15 2013, 10:22 AM cary Still stumped ................ I want to build an ... Dec 15 2013, 10:56 AM nathansnathan It's a lot of work to make not only the inner ... Dec 15 2013, 06:23 PM cary As I reread your thread about 3 times I'll hav... Dec 15 2013, 08:10 PM cary I'll be getting the contact info on the PDX Wu... Dec 17 2013, 08:00 AM cary Still chilly in PDX. 32 degrees when I made it to ... Dec 20 2013, 07:56 AM cary I went ahead and added to the inner portion of the... Dec 20 2013, 08:17 AM cary On we go .............it's a little chilly in ... Dec 27 2013, 10:24 PM cary Then we dug into the left hinge post and fender su... Dec 27 2013, 10:29 PM cary Then went on to installing the right front inner f... Dec 27 2013, 10:33 PM cary Tool Whore Comment :
First time I've used the... Dec 28 2013, 10:00 PM cary Decided it was time to build up the right long. So... Dec 28 2013, 10:05 PM cary So I begin to prep the long. Come to find out the ... Dec 28 2013, 10:13 PM cary Pipes all primered and painted with Rustoleum.
... Dec 28 2013, 10:28 PM cary Still chilly and foggy.
Time to create a pattern ... Dec 29 2013, 09:40 PM cary Spent quite a bit of time fiddling with the fit. H... Dec 29 2013, 09:48 PM cary Ended the day with tacking in the hinge post base.... Dec 29 2013, 09:55 PM cary Big Day planned for New Years Day.
Going to instal... Jan 1 2014, 10:59 AM cary Here's yesterday's repair. Making those li... Jan 1 2014, 01:40 PM cary Heading for the next point of no return. Attaching... Jan 1 2014, 01:59 PM cary I guess I was overly optimistic.
Too much fiddling... Jan 1 2014, 09:54 PM cary I started with trimming the flange off the firewal... Jan 1 2014, 10:01 PM cary After I finished modifing the front end of the lon... Jan 1 2014, 10:10 PM cary Ended the day with measuring the door vs. the long... Jan 1 2014, 10:58 PM sixnotfour that seals the deal for me , I am going to salvag... Jan 1 2014, 11:18 PM cary
that seals the deal for me , I am going to salva... Jan 1 2014, 11:53 PM cary Here's where I struggled today.
This is how t... Jan 1 2014, 11:45 PM maddin ...what an incredible display of craftsmanship... Jan 2 2014, 07:59 PM cary Here's the trimming I needed on the front end ... Jan 2 2014, 10:23 PM cary Double Post :headbang: Jan 2 2014, 10:25 PM cary Finally, the right long installed ............ ... Jan 2 2014, 10:40 PM cary Here's the long seam weld. Should have been be... Jan 2 2014, 10:46 PM cary Might want to build one of these clamps to squeeze... Jan 2 2014, 10:48 PM cary Another Double Post .......... :hissyfit: Jan 2 2014, 10:49 PM cary Ended the night with Super In Law building inner b... Jan 2 2014, 10:56 PM cary Finished up the inner box fab.
It will be a... Jan 3 2014, 11:58 PM cary I'm thinking I might not use the stiffeners.
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