N2Deep Build! Rusty '71 1.7L, Moving trying to get it back up and rolling chassis Options

[Dasnowman]

Am I in 2 deep with my car? lol not the 90's awesome beat N2deep back to the hotel even though I had to listen to it again and it made me smile! lol summer of 92.

Anyway back to cars so I bought the 914 this pass summer got a killer deal $1500. Knew that the engine wasn't running guy said it was running/rebuilt when he bought it 20 years ago. but was missing efi system? Paint job was crap but all body seemed really straight Batt Tray was toast but came with a new one, hell hole, longs and everything else seemed ok rust wise. So I stripped all the exterior paint to metal 3-4 layers of paint and up to 2-3" of bondo in a few places. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Turns out this car must have been sideswippped on both sides and sandwiched in 3 car accicent over the years and that's why so many paint changes.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Every panel on the car seems to dented or deeply guage in one way or another... need a new hood and passanger door for sure.
So now the car been totally primed in self edging primer on the outer panels. I'm remove the ratty interior and start removing the tar on the floor boards seem ok but there is 2 x 8" under the driver seat in the cannel that needs replacing. Start removing the under coating on the front drivers side wheel well rusted a few spots right through to the water channel for the hood weather stripping... and all the channel under the weather stripping seems to be half rotten

So here is my dilemma it's a 71 that was going to be a fun budget build to auto cross or do a few track days in and was planning to have it running for the summer. I'm on EI right now so I have the time between job interviews and job hunting but no money to get things done.

So what to do with the car I don't have the money to sand blast the underneth and it's not like a bug where you can take the front and rear fenders off to get in there. And I can't get into there with grinders and sand paper etc. to clean up the seams and dents etc under the under coating. But at the same time I don't want to leave it the way it is and the rust get worse.

So my original plan was just to.
1) get all the old paint off inside and out and primer it.
2) Though on some GT F/G flares front and rear. and 916 bumpers.
3) Pull interior out prime, paint maybe a roll cage and stiffening for chasis then though some racing buckets in.
4)Get some bigger tires
5) Pull engine, take off heads, check everything out, clean it up, maybe through a bigger cam for some carbs.
6) Run new gas lines maybe big enough for when I'm working again afford to do an STi swap. But for now just the 1.7. If the 1.7 is dead mabe have to buy a used one for now.

Now I'm looking at $$$ for body work, money $$$ for sand blasting, $$$ for new hood and door, money for all rubber on car just crumbles if you move or touch it, $$$ for a welder to fix the rust issues... and that's not even getting into the engine and tranny and brakes so ya I guess there is Nothing called a a budget build with these cars lol.

Anyway we will see where this build leads if you have the time you don't have the money and if you have the money you don't have the time and that sucks either way!

Now I know why so many of you are so pissed when people part a perfectly good car. I think the only a sane person would do that if they didn't have the title or the car was stolen.

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