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Erben's Build Thread, adding photos |
Erben914 |
Apr 3 2013, 10:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
Hey all.
I bought a running and driving 1974 2.0 white (not light ivory) with the appearance package914 in December of 2012. Since then I have joined this awsome site and have been doing some (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) , (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) and wrenching . I wanted to document what I have been doing and get some more help along the way. I have already met a bunch of generous and helpful people here on 914 world. (jsconst is my hero) I h made it to two events already. The panckake breakfast in Freemont and the Sacramento area meet last month. The best thing about these cars is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) right? I am doing all that I can to fix it up while keeping it on the road. I have a reoccuring nightmare of putting it on jackstands and never driving it again. (See I have learned a lot from this site already) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) My plan is to get everything working and in good shape before I tear it completly apart, do the hell hole work and bring it back to the original light ivory color. Here is what I have done so far.... Brought it home 150 miles on a trailer. It ran but the guy I got it from said the transmission was going out. It wouldnt go into 1st or reverse without grinding. It just needed the clutch cable adjusted! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) Got some ramps after reading about the "Jack stand incident" thanks again world |
Erben914 |
Apr 3 2013, 10:58 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
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Erben914 |
Apr 3 2013, 11:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
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Erben914 |
Apr 3 2013, 11:10 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
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bulitt |
Apr 3 2013, 11:22 PM
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Achtzylinder Group: Members Posts: 4,188 Joined: 2-October 11 Member No.: 13,632 Region Association: South East States |
Your already smarter than most of us!
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Erben914 |
Apr 3 2013, 11:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
The next project was to change out my smashed in drivers door. kg6dsn saw my door on the site and gave me a spare that he has for almost free. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) The only problem was that the door he gave me was an early door with the old style window elevator and hardware. I couldn figure out how to make it all work with my parts so I swapped out the inside structure on the two door and bam. back on the road.
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Erben914 |
Apr 3 2013, 11:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
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Erben914 |
Apr 3 2013, 11:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
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ndfrigi |
Apr 3 2013, 11:50 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 21-August 11 From: Orange County Member No.: 13,474 Region Association: Southern California |
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Erben914 |
Apr 4 2013, 12:17 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
Welcome to 914world Eric! just wondering, did you fix that rusted/damaged engine support area at the back of the body parts (long) you just repaired? Not yet but thanks for the heads up. I got in there and checked it out. It looks a lot worse from the outside than it does on the inside. I need to drop the engine and do it right. I don't think my engine is going to fall out just yet. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
bulitt |
Apr 4 2013, 06:57 AM
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Achtzylinder Group: Members Posts: 4,188 Joined: 2-October 11 Member No.: 13,632 Region Association: South East States |
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Erben914 |
Apr 4 2013, 11:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
So you just cut the structure off the newer door and welded it on the older door. How did you know where to position it? All of the contact points lined up perfectly except the one at the rear of the door. (top of picture) that one has a little more contact area. I cut the new one out then just used it as a teplate to mark my cut line on the one I was getting rid of. Cut it out and matched it all up. I spent twice as much time trying to make the old door work with the new guts before I gave up and tried this. Sometimes you gotta just go for it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) |
Erben914 |
Apr 4 2013, 09:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
I want to get rid of the hockey pucks on the side of my car. I went back and forth if I should remove them or not. I think that they are really ugly. They were only put on the U.S. cars to meet the regulations here. So thats good enough for me delete them to clean up the look. I had to fill in the holes obviously. here is how I did it.
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Erben914 |
Apr 4 2013, 09:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
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Erben914 |
Apr 4 2013, 09:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
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Erben914 |
Apr 4 2013, 09:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
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Erben914 |
Apr 4 2013, 09:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
I knew that there was some damage on the drivers quarter panel. I did some exploratory sanding to see just how bad it was going to be. It was bad.
The picure actually doesnt show all of the holes that a po has drilled into this body to try and pull out a huge dent. the whole thing was caved in at one point. When I got all of the bodo off 3/4" in some spots, It revealed the drivers door stuck out past the body panel by about 1/2 inch. (The door was adjusted properly too). The worst part was that at some point this panel has already been kinda replaced. I found a rivited seam under the sail panel trim and it was overlapped in the trunk rain channel. I decided I would try to find another quarter panel to replace the whole section. I told Jeff (jsconst) what I found and he said come on over I have one you can cut off. he has a picture somewhere. He has a parts car that had seen some better days. I got the new quarter off after a lot of effort not to mess it up in the process. When I got it home and cleaned it all up guess what I found. RUST. I know... they are all rusty. |
Erben914 |
Apr 4 2013, 09:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
Here is my new quarter that we spent all afternoon drilling, cutting and grinding everything around it to try to keep pristine. I didnt know what was hiding under the pretty red paint until I got it home.
It this point I was really scratching my head on what to do. Save the old one? Repair this one? Put the new one and old one together to make one good one? Or try to find another one. At one moment my wife came out and asked what I was doing. I told her that I had no idea. Look at the part right above the door handle. How in the heck am I gonna make that section? |
Erben914 |
Apr 4 2013, 09:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
I decided to fix this beauty. I repaired the big hole while the quarter was still off of the car but the tricky part above the door handle needed to be done in place to keep the right gaps. I know pretty scary for a rookie. I was thinking here we go. All cut up and never to see the road agian! You guys like that sticker on my back window? Thanks Van! |
Erben914 |
Apr 4 2013, 10:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 1-January 13 From: Sacramento Member No.: 15,314 Region Association: Central California |
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