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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 |
Feb 18 2022, 10:23 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 making steady progress on the rust repair. I finished up all the outer firewall patches, and decided to replace the passenger door sill. I debated on it, because it wasn't terrible, just pitted in several spots where the rockers attach. I decided to just pull it - I'm glad I did. Besides shaping the front, it wasn't bad and I was able to clean up the rust underneath. It's still too cold to shoot primer, so I've got it mocked in with Clecos for now; I'll pull it all apart to spray once things get a bit warmer.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1645201384.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1645201384.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1645201384.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1645201384.4.jpg) I decided to tackle the passenger sail. Partly so I could open up the top of the quarter panel and dig out the seam sealer. What a mess. Fritz got slap happy with the seam sealer gun - I had to dig a brick of that shit out of the space between the door jamb and the sail panel. I'm sure there was a good reason for it, but why would a big chunk of sealer be sprayed up inside the panel. Is it for sound deadening, or to keep rigidity? Either way the stuff sucks! I'm pretty conservative when I do cuts like these, but it looks like I'm going to have to pull the sail panel all the way to the top of the targa bar to clean up all the rust. I'm definitely tainted now when it comes to rust in these cars. Whenever I see an ad for a 914 that says "little to no rust" I vomit a little in my mouth. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1645201384.5.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1645201385.6.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1645201385.7.jpg) |
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