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| Han Solo |
 Sep 30 2013, 10:40 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 30-September 13 From: Middle Tennessee Member No.: 16,456 Region Association: South East States  |
New to this forum but I've been around 944s, 924Ss, Boxster and Cayman forums for years.
This one is going to take some time. Purchased for $900, non-running but otherwise complete '73 914 2.0. Certainly just beyond a viable restoration car but probably okay for what I plan to do with it. Here's some highlights of the tear down... On the trailer going to the house. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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Han Solo Rusty bucket into Solo toy Sep 30 2013, 10:40 AM
Han Solo The front pan is just a tad rusty. Sep 30 2013, 10:42 AM
Han Solo I've seen worse interiors but there's ants... Sep 30 2013, 10:44 AM Han Solo Floor pans are a little rough too. Sep 30 2013, 10:47 AM Han Solo There's daylight under those peddles. Sep 30 2013, 10:48 AM Han Solo Rear trunk pan is toast also. Sep 30 2013, 10:51 AM Han Solo My hillbilly car lift before dropping the engine a... Sep 30 2013, 10:53 AM Han Solo I got over my fear of spiders while dropping this.... Sep 30 2013, 10:56 AM Han Solo And now it gets really ugly. Seller showed me he c... Sep 30 2013, 10:58 AM Woody
And now it gets really ugly. Seller showed me he ... Sep 30 2013, 11:08 AM 914itis
My hillbilly car lift before dropping the engine ... Dec 5 2013, 12:31 PM Han Solo
My hillbilly car lift before dropping the engine... Dec 5 2013, 01:02 PM 914itis
[quote name='914itis' post='1966570' date='Dec 5 ... Dec 5 2013, 01:13 PM SirAndy I vote for tube-frame ...
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:wttc: Oct 1 2013, 11:37 AM Han Solo
I vote for tube-frame ...
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It may c... Oct 1 2013, 11:46 AM Han Solo Pulled the fuel tank yesterday. More rust around t... Oct 2 2013, 10:35 AM Han Solo Moving on to rear trunk. Stripped and rust killed ... Oct 10 2013, 01:17 PM Han Solo Continuing the rear trunk pan cut out.
http://www... Oct 21 2013, 07:44 AM Han Solo I finished up the rear trunk pan cut out but was u... Oct 29 2013, 07:46 AM BMXerror Lookin good! And nice trailer! :headbange... Oct 29 2013, 08:31 PM Han Solo Moved back to the rear trunk pan. Welding the cros... Nov 7 2013, 01:10 PM Han Solo Welding completed in rear trunk pan. After grindin... Nov 9 2013, 06:48 PM Han Solo With the rear trunk somewhat completed, I'm wo... Nov 20 2013, 08:32 AM Han Solo Back at it tonight. I revisited the passenger side... Nov 22 2013, 08:52 PM mepstein Door beams, bracing? Nov 22 2013, 09:05 PM Han Solo Although recommended by many, I'm not using br... Nov 24 2013, 08:18 AM Han Solo More welding shots. Getting better at this :)
h... Nov 24 2013, 08:20 AM Han Solo Moving on to the drivers side inner clam shell.
h... Nov 26 2013, 12:29 PM Han Solo Great progress today. I got the drivers side inner... Dec 1 2013, 07:04 AM Han Solo I had a couple hours this evening to move on to th... Dec 5 2013, 09:28 AM Han Solo Another few hours of tunnel fun this afternoon. I ... Dec 5 2013, 09:32 AM Han Solo Despite the extreme cold in the garage, I'm ba... Dec 7 2013, 12:34 PM Han Solo So I'm cutting back towards the firewall from ... Dec 8 2013, 04:00 PM Han Solo A bit more progress last night. That little odd sh... Dec 14 2013, 08:08 PM Han Solo The plan on the drivers side of the tunnel is to l... Dec 14 2013, 08:12 PM Han Solo I started the morning off with marine clean and th... Dec 14 2013, 08:17 PM Han Solo So I'm diving in to this last area of floor pa... Dec 19 2013, 06:47 AM Han Solo And indeed I did change my plan for this troubleso... Dec 22 2013, 05:57 PM ThePaintedMan Looking good so far! One thing I noticed - th... Dec 23 2013, 01:06 PM Han Solo
Looking good so far! One thing I noticed - t... Dec 23 2013, 05:59 PM Han Solo Today I got the upper pad, lower pad, steering whe... Dec 23 2013, 06:22 PM Han Solo A great day off for Christmas eve and I'm craw... Dec 24 2013, 06:49 PM Han Solo The wife ran me out of the house while Christmas d... Dec 26 2013, 08:48 AM Han Solo Another evening of patching fun. Finished up the p... Dec 27 2013, 10:26 AM Han Solo Outstanding progress today! I've got POR 1... Dec 28 2013, 10:08 PM J P Stein Ayup, a race car don't need much in the way of... Dec 29 2013, 12:54 AM Han Solo
Ayup, a race car don't need much in the way o... Dec 29 2013, 08:53 AM Han Solo Well I took a good look at the drivers side long a... Dec 29 2013, 04:48 PM ONTHEGRIND Looking good keep uo the hard work. Dec 29 2013, 06:15 PM Han Solo It seems that the firewall in this car progressive... Jan 2 2014, 08:48 AM IGTARD :bump: :bump: :bump: :bump: Nice :shades2: :sh... Jan 3 2014, 02:43 AM Han Solo Another patch done at the center of the firewall a... Jan 3 2014, 12:20 PM Han Solo Before...
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_of... Jan 4 2014, 07:40 PM Han Solo Last day of mild weather here so I'm back out ... Jan 5 2014, 06:37 PM Han Solo It finally warmed up enough Thurs. for me to get a... Jan 11 2014, 09:18 PM Han Solo Back at it today and at first I'm focusing on ... Jan 12 2014, 06:30 PM J P Stein My cage builder would be me. I did it twice.
Runni... Jan 13 2014, 08:53 AM J P Stein I did start with a a car as rust free as possible ... Jan 13 2014, 09:01 AM Han Solo Last night's patch was tough. The battery tray... Jan 15 2014, 08:46 PM CptTripps Dude...you're killing it.
It's a lot of H... Jan 16 2014, 08:05 AM f1rocks Where are you in middle Tennessee? Jan 16 2014, 11:54 AM Han Solo
Where are you in middle Tennessee?
Near Lebanon... Jan 18 2014, 09:43 PM f1rocks
Near Lebanon TN. About seven miles from the track... Jan 27 2014, 10:00 AM Han Solo
Near Lebanon TN. About seven miles from the trac... Jan 28 2014, 01:15 PM f1rocks
I haven't made it to the cars and coffee. Tha... Jan 28 2014, 03:54 PM ablesnead This thread is driving me nuts...I mean ...jeez b... Jan 16 2014, 04:07 PM Han Solo
This thread is driving me nuts...I mean ...jeez ... Jan 18 2014, 09:53 PM J P Stein I paid 4500 bucks for that green car back in the l... Jan 17 2014, 09:23 AM Han Solo So today I did the small patch under the long. Thi... Jan 18 2014, 09:57 PM J P Stein Well, if you must.......
You are into an area that... Jan 19 2014, 09:34 AM Han Solo Definitely want your input and advise JP. I can se... Jan 19 2014, 02:22 PM Han Solo This next patch is going to be REALLY tough. It... Jan 19 2014, 02:43 PM J P Stein I removed the 4 banger engine mounts when I put in... Jan 19 2014, 09:49 PM Cupomeat :agree:
I was just thinking that myself, that you... Jan 20 2014, 09:11 AM Han Solo MLK day and I've got four hours to do this mon... Jan 20 2014, 08:19 PM Han Solo I've been thinking about how to make a jig for... Jan 25 2014, 04:11 PM Han Solo Fabulous weather today and I put a few hours into ... Jan 26 2014, 08:29 PM Han Solo Engine compartment mostly done.
Before...
http:/... Feb 1 2014, 11:03 PM Han Solo I've been working for this for a long time. Ge... Feb 2 2014, 08:27 PM Han Solo Installing the front floor pan took about 8 hours.... Feb 8 2014, 09:16 PM Han Solo I'm about 4 hours into the rear pan install an... Feb 13 2014, 12:35 PM Han Solo I never thought I'd get so much gratification ... Feb 16 2014, 08:56 PM Han Solo I had the day off and was able to get the right fr... Feb 17 2014, 07:48 PM nukepipe Keep going dude!!! Love to see it ru... Feb 17 2014, 08:09 PM Han Solo Before I lower the car, strip and treat the gas ta... Feb 22 2014, 07:19 PM Han Solo I got the car re-hung last Sunday and started prep... Feb 27 2014, 12:04 PM J P Stein I just had my new Lincoln welder puke......4 month... Feb 28 2014, 08:15 AM Han Solo
Not trying to be a hard ass, but your welding is... Feb 28 2014, 09:22 AM Alphaogre Having a MIG welder with gas will be a huge help a... Feb 28 2014, 12:41 PM Han Solo Just an update...
Looks like it will be hands off... Mar 5 2014, 08:55 AM Han Solo It was nice to get into the project yesterday and ... Mar 18 2014, 09:04 PM Han Solo Finally got around to that small area under the cl... Mar 20 2014, 08:19 AM Han Solo This evening brings the end of a very productive w... Mar 23 2014, 06:51 PM Han Solo I am sure glad I waited to tackle the right front ... Mar 23 2014, 06:55 PM Han Solo Last couple of evenings I've been working on t... Mar 26 2014, 08:36 PM Han Solo Beside the replacement fender there was a rust thr... Mar 28 2014, 06:23 AM Han Solo Blazing ahead. During the week I stripped the dono... Mar 29 2014, 07:33 PM Han Solo Last two evenings I've been pulling the all th... Apr 1 2014, 08:03 PM jaxdream This thread reminds me of Veltor's 914 over in... Apr 2 2014, 09:18 AM Han Solo I am glad to have these front fenders treated. The... Apr 5 2014, 06:49 PM  |
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