'73 Restoration begins, Let the fun begin! Options

[Morph914]

Finally got my shop to the point where I can proceed with the restoration of my '73/74... The car is a '73 but the front clip is '74, therefore it will be registered as a '74. I purchased this car from one of the well known members here, Chris ( tygaboy) in nor cal. This car had apparently been sitting in a garage for over 25 years before Chris bought it.
I don't know what possessed me to buy a car that was not running and and had many of its parts in boxes. More than likely, it was meeting Chris, seeing his shop and the work he does, and the work he had already done on the car... It just felt right! Chris said the car was straight after he and a racing buddy took several measurements. Good enough for me!
As I start the tear down, I realize how fortunate I am to have this practically rust free car to restore. I plan on restoring the car to a good driver quality. It currently has 1.7 complete with the D-jet system. I want to build a big 4 for now, with plans in the future to swap in an air cooled 6.
I have nowhere near the skill set that Chris has, so you will not be seeing the magic that he performs on this thread. I plan on using your collective wealth of knowledge to help me navigate these unfamiliar waters that are the 914!
Please bare with me as I post pictures and navigate the process of building and adding to this thread.

Let the fun begin!
John

The car was originally silver and the front clip Delphi green metalic.
Interior in excellent original condition.
Damage courtesy of the transport company.
Chris already removed the vast amounts of seam sealer and other goop.
Longs already reinforced courtesy of Sir Chris. Front half of floors replaced as well.
Happy to see no rust after removing the vinyl!

[bbrock]

If it were me, I'd clean as much of the rust and paint out of the hell hole as possible with wire wheels brushes, stripping discs, media blastig, or whatever you can get in there with. Hit the area with that pin hole hard and stab at it with a screw driver to make sure isn't bigger. Usually pinhole on the outside is a larger patch of rust on the inside. Once you have the area nice and clean, i would treat it with Ospho or equivlent to convert any remaining rust and then follow with epoxy primer. There are other rust treatments available like POR15 tht peopl e have had good luck with too. Your inclination is correct though, clean, treat, then primer.

If my hell hole looked like that when I started, I might be driving my car by now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

I have a fondness for Delphi because I once owned an originally Delphi 914 that had been painted red by the PO, but the trunks were still Delphi and I always wondered how the car would look in that color. It's an interesting color that kind of grows on you.

[Morph914]

If it were me, I'd clean as much of the rust and paint out of the hell hole as possible with wire wheels brushes, stripping discs, media blastig, or whatever you can get in there with. Hit the area with that pin hole hard and stab at it with a screw driver to make sure isn't bigger. Usually pinhole on the outside is a larger patch of rust on the inside. Once you have the area nice and clean, i would treat it with Ospho or equivlent to convert any remaining rust and then follow with epoxy primer. There are other rust treatments available like POR15 tht peopl e have had good luck with too. Your inclination is correct though, clean, treat, then primer.

If my hell hole looked like that when I started, I might be driving my car by now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

I have a fondness for Delphi because I once owned an originally Delphi 914 that had been painted red by the PO, but the trunks were still Delphi and I always wondered how the car would look in that color. It's an interesting color that kind of grows on you.

Thanks, I'll go at it a little harder to get as much of the rust as possible. I have a long flexible extension for the drill gun, but it's set up for 1/4" attachments, no way to attach a wire wheel to it. I just need to do a little research to see what's available to get into those tight areas.
Yeah, I'm still on the fence about the Delphi Green, I like it in some light but not others. But since it was the original color, I have not completely given up on it yet.