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Pploco Sti-defiling a 914, such a BLAST! |
pploco |
Apr 5 2019, 03:47 PM
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Chief Toilet Flusher Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 15-June 18 From: boise, idaho Member No.: 22,225 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I figure its high time to start sharing my subaru conversion progress with y'all. I'm new to the 914 and have been silently lurking on the site gleaning as much knowledge as possible. I'm a few months into the conversion, and decided to gather up my pictures and start sharing.
Several years ago I shoe-horned a turbo subaru 2.0 into a 73 beetle 73 Subaru Conversion I had an ABSOLUTE BLAST flogging that poor little thing. But I quickly learned that the bug was not a very safe platform for a 300hp subaru engine. I could dust anything off the line and actually pull the front wheels off the ground. But it was a scary handful on the freeway. I ended up selling it and have missed that angry little blue bug ever since. I've always loved the 914, and have watched from the fringes as they creep up and up in value. So when two basket cases popped up locally on craigslist, I decided it was time to jump back in and do a proper conversion Lucky for me, I found these on a 2'fer one deal: 74: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1555094918.1.jpg) 73: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1554504271.1.jpg) The PO had stuffed a Pontiac v6 in the 73. He totally scabbed the conversion together - especially the cooling. No radiator fan, square tubing for coolant lines - its ugly. Not surprising, he cooked the motor. Then let it sit outside and rust. The interior is in excellent shape, but the rockers, longs, hell hole, and door jams are pretty bad. The 74 had been stripped and "prepped" for paint. His reality of "prepped" boarders on insanity. He was planning a LS conversion but didn't get any further than stripping it down and spraying it with john deere yellow (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) It basically came home in boxes. But, I picked them both up for $1500, then sold the 1.7 and trans from the 74 for $1K. Not a bad deal at all. I'm planning to use the 74 as my base. It has some hell hole issues and a few rust spots, but the longs are in pretty good shape and the pan is mostly solid. I'll use the 73 for an interior parts car. Now for a motor porn teaser - This is what I put together last weekend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/lh3.googleusercontent.com-22225-1554500840.3.jpg) |
pploco |
Jan 31 2022, 11:13 AM
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Chief Toilet Flusher Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 15-June 18 From: boise, idaho Member No.: 22,225 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I've been picking away at the rust repair. This is definitely a "slow and steady wins the race" type of effort. It's been super cold in Boise, so I'm not able to do any priming as I go. With that in mind, I've been working on the areas that are open so I can prime once things warm up. Feels like a bit of a puzzle.
The passenger floor plan was swiss cheese. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1643649191.1.jpg) The seat hinge mount looked to be in good shape. I'll clean it up and reuse it. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1643649192.2.jpg) The floor pan has lots of spot welds. After drilling out about 10 of them, I realized that I didn't need to save the old pan section. Out came the grinder. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1643649192.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1643649192.4.jpg) now I have to fix a small section on the drivers side just under the inner firewall, and fix a couple small sections of the outer firewall. Overall the metal under the tunnel is good, there are a couple of small pinhole areas that I think I can fill. I'm debating if I should open the tunnel up. I really want to clean things up and pull the old tubing out. I cut the old section out leaving about 2 inches overlap. I lined up the new section and used clecos to hold it in place. I then cut through both layers. As I went, I'd pull the cleco, peel back the old metal, and add a butt clamp. Once it was flush, I tacked it in place. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1643649192.5.jpg) Still need to do a bit more clean up, but it turned out pretty nice. Keeping the heat down with a copper backing and small stitch welds was definitely the way to go. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1643649192.6.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1643649192.7.jpg) |
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