Restoration Literati914 Build, A clipped car rebuild Options

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The rusted area cut away:

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Here’s an interesting detail I noticed while working under the dash… there is a curved reinforcement (highlighted in green) area on the passengers side where this piece would be welded for right-hand drive cars. You can see from the picture that the sheet metal is a flatter piece here instead of dropping down to hold the handle.

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Started making a repair panel:

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Ended up looking like this:

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Welded in, ground down highs and filled with a fiberglass fill to seal the seams. You can see the two small holes I added for fastening the cable handle to the underside. Topside view:

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… and the finished product from underneath:

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Today I jumped back over to the hell-hole repair I did several months back. I had welded my fabricated panel in place but didn’t coat it with anything to protect it.. thinking I’d get back to it soon, but I didn’t until now. Anyway besides surface rust the area needed some high welds knocked down, followed by a phosphoric acid wash.

When I made this panel it seemed to be correct until I started welding, then it was somehow short by about a 1/4” at firewall side (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) .. I know addressing this gap is totally not necessary but since it keeps bugging me, I decided to fix it:

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…made a patch to cover the gap:

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.. welded into place. Will go back and fill the seams later:

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Here’s the top-side of the HH repair showing FG-filler for any pin-holes, etc:

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Smoothed and primed:

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And the underside done the same way:

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I've been putting this off, but I guess I should document the restoration build for my latest 914. I finally got the car on my property and even though there no garage (YET) I can go ahead and get some things started. This will be my 3rd 914 and it'll be a bit of a second chance for this car, as it has a front end section that's been grafted on (by PO) because of a previous accident - not to mention the rusted away hell-hole and holes in the floor. The graft actually looks pretty well done and solid, and the other items will be addressed. The car came with it's original engine - a 1.7 that's freshly rebuilt with zero miles on the rebuild (uninstalled). I've also got a 2056cc 'GA' motor that'll probably end up in this car.

The car was originally L21E Tangerine and someone's gone over it with a real crappy red paint. Since my last 914(/6) was L21E Tangerine.. I'm going to paint this one something else, and will be doing all bodywork and paint myself.

This "restoration" will be considered a driver quality effort.. but I don't plan on cutting too many corners either. I plan to do a quality job but it won't be going across the block at Christies either. Lots of parts have already been sourced, but there's always more, right! Here's the BEFORE shots:
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Looks like mine! I purchased a 73 1.7 last month for $3800.00. Probably paid too much. It is also painted red, with a rattle can. Original color is “Frog Green” forgot the real name for that color. It had been painted orange and yellow previously. Has the same wheels as yours. Lol! Engine seems to run good, but the shifter needs to be sorted out. Both pans are rotted as well as the hell hole. Even worse, the pedal area is rotted out also. I had to rig the gas pedal to be able to drive it. Gauges work but lights do not. Brakes are ok. I’m only able to drive it around the block, barely!! All the rubber is cracked and the roof is just staying in place by it’s own weight. Wipers don’t work either. To ad to the fun, I was laid off last week, so now all I can do is sit and make a list of what needs to be done in order to just drive it. Never mind anything fancy. And of course look for a new job. I’m a carpenter. Millwork installer, commercial doors and hardware.

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Got back to it, been working on this issue for a few days on and off. When my car had its front end collision (w/ previous owner), it knocked a small gap at the bottom of each door where the seal meets the threshold, under the lower door hinge on each side (must have been a hell of a pop!). Here some pics showing what I was repairing on the driver’s side:


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Under the attachment rail for the rocker cover too:


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Welded all this up, ground down the highs:

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finished up the driver’s side:

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Then it was over to the passenger side:

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the patch:

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… welded in, filled and lightly primed: