914 floor pan rust repair, big hole under the passenger seat! Options

[Poze]

Hello all

this is my first post on the site, and the site looks really good! Really impressed by it all and so glad i've found something like this!

I've brought my first Porsche, its a 914 1971 model 1.7L.
Its had a lot of work done on it in the past, but has been sat since 2001 in a garage as the new owner found badly repaired metal and seriously rusty floor pan. I dont know how this wasn't repaired years ago!! its that bad.

Theres a hole under the passenger seat, its also rotted the sides of the inner sills, and the bulkhead, as well as various other holes such as under the front headlights and battery tray.... to name a bit.

Is it possible to repair the floorpan half and then fabricate new metal etc around it?.. where the best place/panels to buy as well (UK based - but any recomends appreciated). Or am i on 2 a lost cause, and a rookie error purchase... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

I'll get some pics to add on.

Cheers
poze

[Chris Pincetich]

I too am going through the same issue - but on the driver's side (actually, since you are in the UK, we are both dealing with the left side (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) ).

My problems were REALLY discoverd this weekend when I took out the seat, tore off the tar layer, and started stabbing with myt screwdriver. Let's just say I stopped stabbing before it looked like swiss cheese. I'll need new metal for my e-brake mount, seat height adjustment, and cross-tunnel (?), and seat mounts so I think the ONLY way to go is to have it cut out of another car with all these pieces intact - should mean only welding the edges and not all the brackets and mounts.

I wish I had my pics developed, they will be comming soon! I am very proud of the new seat attatchment I made out of pre-bent "L" iron. I made a new sub-frame, bolted it to the seat rail on top and sides, and secured it to the hole in the center of the cross-tunnel. The new sub-frame sits ON TOP of the cross-tunnel and now my seat is 2-3 inches higher than stock resulting in easier in-out for me, better seatbelt alignment on my shoulder, and a more laid back reclined seating position. I'm happy now until it starts raining!

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