 Went to look at a car. Need some advice. |
|
|
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
|
  |
| KaptKaos |
 Dec 22 2012, 07:27 PM
Post
#1
|
|
Family  Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
Pics to follow in the next post.
Went to look at a 74 914 that's been hit in the front. There is some buckling in the front trunk, but it seems to be on the side of the hit. Hood is ok, but headlight bucket is twanged. Pics below show the ripples and such in the front trunk. Is it fixable? |
   |
 
|
| KaptKaos |
Dec 22 2012, 07:29 PM
Post
#2
|
|
Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
1st pic
 |
|
|
|
| KaptKaos |
Dec 22 2012, 07:31 PM
Post
#3
|
|
Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
2nd pic
 |
|
|
|
| KaptKaos |
Dec 22 2012, 07:32 PM
Post
#4
|
|
Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Last.
 |
|
|
|
| billh1963 |
Dec 22 2012, 07:56 PM
Post
#5
|
|
Car Hoarder! Group: Members Posts: 3,402 Joined: 28-March 11 From: South Carolina Member No.: 12,871 Region Association: South East States |
Anything is fixable given enough time and money.
I would pass...too many nice cars out there |
|
|
|
| Chris Pincetich |
Dec 22 2012, 07:57 PM
Post
#6
|
|
B-) Group: Members Posts: 2,082 Joined: 3-October 05 From: Point Reyes Station, CA Member No.: 4,907 Region Association: Northern California |
my 914 had some hidden damage from a past hit like this
check under the spare tire for the mounting point of the front A-arms on mine, there is a rip in the sheet metal! A hole through from the front suspension being hit in that old accident and being forced backwards. When I swapped to a rebuilt front suspension, I had to hammer and hammer to get it to even fit (i.e. the straight part didn't fit my damaged 914). Alignment is OK now, but.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
|
|
|
| SirAndy |
Dec 22 2012, 08:19 PM
Post
#7
|
|
Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,644 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Looks like the front suspension mounting points are compromised.
To fix this correctly, this will need to be pulled on a Celette bench. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) |
|
|
|
| KaptKaos |
Dec 22 2012, 08:22 PM
Post
#8
|
|
Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Dec 22 2012, 06:19 PM)  To fix this correctly, this will need to be pulled on a Celette bench. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) Yeah - was worried about that. |
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 19th May 2024 - 06:42 AM |
Invision Power Board
v9.1.4 © 2024 IPS, Inc.