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> PO Repair Hall of Shame, Let's see all the nasty, half-a** repairs we can blame on somebody else
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post Apr 6 2020, 06:47 PM
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Death by V8 conversion (and rust)



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post Apr 6 2020, 06:49 PM
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The rust was covered by fiberglass that had been molded to look like the original steel.
This is what I found when I removed it.

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post Apr 6 2020, 06:50 PM
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More conversion carnage.


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post Apr 6 2020, 06:58 PM
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QUOTE(914_7T3 @ Apr 6 2020, 05:28 PM) *

How about this frunk pan repair with a little fiberglass? Pretty shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiity if you ask me!

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Ha! Maybe they were just "adding lightness!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 6 2020, 07:20 PM
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Man, our poor little cars... I know there are other makes/models that have likely been subjected to the same nearly unbelievable levels of hack-fuckery, but I have to believe that, % wise, our little cars are in the top 10.

I start to laugh, but then it hits me... and I shed a tear for these unfortunate victims.

Let's raise a glass to them and remember them in the moment they rolled off the assembly line and into the hands of their excited original owners. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Apr 6 2020, 07:21 PM
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VW beetle. 100X worse.
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post Apr 6 2020, 07:49 PM
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Having grown up with beetles in New England, I have seen, and done, some stupid shit to repair floorboard.
I must say, the truck door hinge for the rear suspension, with self tapping screws...that wins
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post Apr 6 2020, 08:45 PM
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Very fugly so far! Keep them coming, and maybe we can set up a poll for worst of all time.
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post Apr 6 2020, 10:30 PM
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Seeing all this makes me realize my own car wasnt as bad as I thought it was when I first got it....
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post Apr 7 2020, 05:30 AM
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QUOTE(tygaboy @ Apr 6 2020, 09:20 PM) *

Man, our poor little cars... I know there are other makes/models that have likely been subjected to the same nearly unbelievable levels of hack-fuckery, but I have to believe that, % wise, our little cars are in the top 10.

I start to laugh, but then it hits me... and I shed a tear for these unfortunate victims.

Let's raise a glass to them and remember them in the moment they rolled off the assembly line and into the hands of their excited original owners. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)


I feel the same, but, then I think about how desperate people were to keep these 914's on the road. That desire to have something different than what 99% of the population was driving. Mid-engine, light weight, great handling, steering, and braking in a era of overweight domestic land yachts. When I had my 914, my winter car was a 76' Chevy Caprice Classic. Spring never came fast enough!

Though some of the "repairs" are just plain ridiculous, they somehow prevented some of these cars from becoming scrap as early as the 80's. 914's continued to survive and become potential "resucue projects" for those of us not smart enought to just go buy a clean CA tub!
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post Apr 7 2020, 06:15 AM
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It's not a real DPO repair until they use expanding foam and copper flashing to "remake" the engine shelf. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)



Mark, that car must’ve been owned by a window and siding guy... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Apr 7 2020, 01:21 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) But I am thinking the copper was put in to back the welding so they did not blow a lot of holes into the new shelf, and just never got around to it.
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post Apr 7 2020, 01:38 PM
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post Apr 7 2020, 03:01 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) What is that a Chalon that mated with a Lotus Esprit?

The real question is how did you get stuck with it?

My best guesses in order of likeliness:

1) Mechanics lein owed to you?

2) Original owner was so stoned, he forgot where he parked it and never came back.

3) Community service vehicle -- Kids don't do drugs! This could happen to your sense of good judgment! Drugs make you do stupid things.

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post Apr 7 2020, 03:16 PM
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George likes to pretend it's really a Centenario.
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post Apr 7 2020, 04:03 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) But I am thinking the copper was put in to back the welding so they did not blow a lot of holes into the new shelf, and just never got around to it.

The copper was used to fill in the large holes and it was foamed into place. I dug out at least 2 square feet of expanding foam. It was crazy.
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post Apr 7 2020, 04:10 PM
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I am glad you think so George....I saw that car at your shop last fall and I thought the same thing.....ohh what a waste of a good car.

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The main problem with that car was there was a time in the 80's where I probably would have thought it was cool.

More of a self reflection on me than on the car to be honest.

It does indeed look like someone put a boat load of time and money into it . . . unlike the truck door hinge project. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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post Apr 7 2020, 09:00 PM
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A great reminder of why im just building my own chassis, and that these cars were treated as garbage for a few decades. A true shame, but it is funny...
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post Apr 8 2020, 12:01 PM
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Shame....
About 15 years ago a 914 buddy organized a sawz-all party to cut up his 914 because it had a dent right in front of the passenger side rear tire.
It could have been pulled and straightened but he had another chassis and didn't need or want this one.
I don't remember it having any rust. At all.
We cut it up in pieces small enough to fill a dumpster.

I wonder what that would be worth now?

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