Gor alot done today. A few more pics

Still running on 2 donuts at 3 pm

Overall, the car does not look that bad. Should be and interesting project.

Looks better than I initially thought! Someone must have started the bodywork a few years ago huh? Will be nice to see the progress Andy!!!

I was just thinking the same thing. The first photo I saw had it as a close runner-up for the "Rustiest 914" trophy but the closer you look the more salvagable it appears.

I hope to remove all the front trunk items this week and see how thinngs look under the gas tank. A few of the wheels are older than the car

OK, Here are a few more pics that show some more problem areas

Just outside the battery tray area and some small holes on the leading passenger long

Drivers side jack point

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clearly the numbers are screwed up. why the cars rolled off in numerical order and not the cases

Whats your born on date?? when I got the drivers side door open it had no door jam sticker

andy give me a call if you need the rotisserie

I do and I will!!!

Thanks Thomas

Sixes didn't come with sway bars... that one looks interesting. What is it?

Mine did. All the euro M471 sixes came with sway bars. You are right thought, I've never seen a original US six with factory installed sway bars (including the M471's that were originally imported to America).

When I take it all apart I will get some photos and see if it looks like an add on. It does look like a stock sway bar like the one I installed on the -4

Thats an H&H sway bar.

Keep the photo's coming

It must be because the guys in germany would not have installed like this. When you said it was a H&H swaybar I knew I smelled a RAT. Notice there was no backing plate used

Cleared out the front trunk and removed the windshield. This was all removed before at some point only to spray this textured coating thats coming off in huge flakes. it was the same stuff they used on the floor boards.

Ut ohhhhhhhhhhhh... Hine's is gonna love this project.

Jeff! Oh Jeeeeeeeff!! Hurry... come look. Before dinner!

Is that where the factory mounted the washer pump?

You guys tell me but Im thinking so

I don't recall from my six. I'll let other weigh in.

I'm going to put a pump in and Glenn is going to sell me one of the -6 washer fluid tanks he's hoarding (actually he sniped it out from under my nose and I'm fairly certain he feels guilty about it)

Just curious...

they even painted over the VIN plate. Its looking pretty solid with mostly suface rust. Yes I'm poking it hard to test the rusty areas

Had to give you another shot of the Rat. He was behind the winshield washer bottle. Hey Joe, Do you want your rat back???

Stinky

Dude no more rodent pics. Yes the rubber plugs is the factory six washer pump mount.

The orange -6 I had and sold had a mouse family in the longs around the heater tubes.

Hope all you had was a rat.

Andy I would get the thing blasted and etch primed and you will have a great start.

thats the plan. I have a soda/media blaster for that. Now where's my cup gun

Looking good Andy! Almost ready to blast!

Nope.

That pump is neither factory nor in the factory location ...

The /6 washer pump looks like a 911 pump of the time and is mounted on those little rubber insulators you see in the same pic, next to that hacked rectangular "slot" ...

Andy

Thanks for the info. Now I can fill those screw holes along with that slot. It had nothing passing thru it and was covered with duct tape. What are people thinking when they do this stuff?

so here is my oil tank and I'm ready to take it to be hot tanked and cleaned out. So for those of you that have been thru the process whats the best aproach ? I plan on sending it out to have it copper plated again before the re-paint.

It has a little surface rust but not anything deep and the inside still has a nice coating of oil so I think I'm OK in that dept.

Thanks,

You are a hero to save this car. Yes the sway bar is h&h aftermarket and one can tell by the inner fender well bracket that it was installed after the car left the factory.

Well these were going to go on my 72 -4 but now they will sit waiting to go on the -6 car.

Thanks again to Al Reed!!

ohhh....that gives me a weird tingly feeling on the inside!

Doh!

I'm with stupid ...

No wonder the yard looked familiar. I actually had my dirty little hands all over that car a few years back.


Glad to see someone finally had the guts to restore it!
Andy

Scheel seats are being redone finally and I've always wanted to know what was under the skin and foam

hand made frames, Time to blast and paint them. More pics in the next few days

Now I do not have to take my Scheels apart to see what they look like. My bottoms have the webbing missing on the bottom too. Somebody used bunge cord and a piece of carpet as replacements.

the webbing was there, just been removed so I could sand blast the frames. they were worn out for sure but will be like new soon

Blasted and painted, Pannels are coming together

Andy, did you sand blast and paint the frame or did your upholsterer do it? Is he going to reuse most of the foam or is he using all new foam? Looks like they're going to turn out really nicely!

Dan

I went by yesterday for some pictures and saw the suface rust. took them home for the blasting and paint and returned them today. They would have done a quick sanding and painted them but wanted to get it all off. They are shaping all new foam to match the original pieces, everything will be new but the frames.