I've been easing back into working on the 914, been working on it like a day or 2 a week. Pretty slow going but as long as I keep making some progress, I think I'll get there.
It had been like years since I worked on it so, instead of jumping back into the hell hole, I decided to get some momentum tackling the other end which I'd always kind of dreaded getting further into.
Back on page 1 of the thread, I had this at the driver side cowl.
Somewhere around page 3 I'd taken off the whole driver front fender. I think if I had to do it again, I would have cut the fender and left the front of it on - best to plan so you can weld where you can back it, and not mess with the seams as much.
But I've been looking at this for a few years now, thinking about how to go about it.
Click to view attachmentThe driver door getting hyperextended did a number on the door pillar plus the rust at the top from I guess the cowl seal going bad.
Click to view attachmentTe cowl section was rusted thin and damaged a bit when taking the fender out. -Tricky area for real. I decided to go in. I got a little out of hand on the windshield pillar, and Ill have to fix that some...
Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentI went further in with that out of the way. The inner fender well rust and then the damaged area of the door pillar.
Click to view attachmentI bent up a replacement panel. The metal seems thicker here, idk. I used a bit of a scrap piece of a trunk that has a rear inner fender well that seems thicker also.
Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentClick to view attachmentI had another door pillar from the parts car that I'd saved. It's rough getting the part I needed off. I should have taken a pic of it once I drilled out all the spot welds holding it, but you can kind of see here after closing them up and grinding them down flush.
Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentIt took awhile to get the cut and the piece fitted, and I've been working on building up the lip at the top of the inner fender well where it was damaged from removing the fender, and at the front. Next to fix the fender itself and put the pillar patch back in.
I'm pretty slow, but I wanted to update even if it's now actually less together than it was lol
This should be easier than the hellhole and will feel good to get conquered, needs to be done... anyway, coming along again