Reference pics:

Some very creative repairs on this car. This is the front trunk front seal channel.

(It's supposed to be spot welded like everything else)

Front trunk spring thread

POR-15 thread

Reference pics:

Making *some* progress






The seal channel is really hammered. Somebody really thought bondo and fiberglass weave was THE way to repair rust.







That IS a hole





This area is goung to have to be cut out. There was some rust bubbling, and it isn't even close to straight.

I've decided to push out the schedule. This is taking up too much of my life. Today is my birthday and guess what I'll be doing. It's no fun, and it's become real work at the rate that I'm trying to get it done. I need to talk to my body work guy as he had expectations of a time frame, but I want to wait to get it into the shop until after I get back from vacation mid-July.

Hey Gint,

Happy birthday!

cheers,

Jeroen

Thanks Yaroon!

Happy Birthday!!
41, huh?
Man, I feel better about 35.


Good Catch Jeroen.

Thanks Sean. Nothin you can do about birthdays anyway. It's what you do in the meantime that counts. Make the most of it every day.

Mike,

On the day: Have a great B-day!

On the car: It's not evil to push the sched out. Things are different than you expected. It happens. Take in the new info, and build a new schedule. "life is what happens when you are making other plans". btw, you are making really strong progress -- I am certainly envious!

kim.

happy b-day mike.
sorry I didn't contact you earlier, just got back into town.
Hope you had a great day and I owe you mexican food.
brant

Happy Birthday. Hope it isn't filled with too much undiscovered rust!

Have fun with the project.

Regards,

Karl

Thanks everbody.

Couple of reference pics:

I wish I'd bought stock in 3M 20 years ago. These disks are the best thing to happen to paint removal since sandpaper itself. IF your going down to bare metal that is. They will very quickly remove two layers of paint and all of the bondo and sealer as well.



The top right one is the type you can buy at FLAPS. The 1/4" collet is OK, but a drill is slow, and a air die grinder has no torque. The lower left (bag of purple units) is available at most larger auto body supply stores. You can put them on a 1/4" collet, but I put them on my grinder. The lower left small-ish unit is the one I wore down to a nub. Eastwood sells a 7" one with a backing pad. I need to order a few of those. I can't find them locally.

This is the package of 4 disks themselves. Part number is visible.

Happy Birthday Gint !!

I am glad you have find the disks I would have liked to give you as a birthday present. Arent they superior !! I have used those black ones a long time, but found couple of weeks ago those purple ones even better.

I dont like the wire brush. It removes only loose surface rust and it warms the metal.

Thanks Timo. And thanks for the email! It was a good way to start off a Monday (OK, it's really Tuesday after the holiday weekend, but...).

They also work GREAT for fiberglass repair.

As a bonus it also turns the garage into a place better than an opium den if you are looking to get high from just breathing.

Get a mask or get dizzy.

I'm using them wth the car on the trailer outside. I got tired of blowing all of the dust out of the garage.

These panels were dipped first, but it wasn't the really caustic stuff that removes everything but the metal. Pretty strict EPA guidlines on that I believe.

Blasted donor quarter



10 minutes with a DA and 100 grit





All of the surface rust on the engine tray cleaned up. A new battery tray and support will be installed. I will probably POR-15 the engine shelf. Dunno yet.





All of the silicone someone installed between the stiffening ribs and the panels is GONE!





Little bit of bondo to get rid of. The usual spot on the rear trunk lid that is mashed down. There was a *ton* of bondo in this lid.





My B-day ice cream cake!

Cut this off..before you take it to the body shop. Not much fun trying to cut it off after its in the car.



I chatted with a person about sand blasting the other day... he says it work hardens the metal and makes it tougher for the body shops to "work". Anyt thoughts on this ??

B

Nice Cake !!. Your wife rocks !!

Happy "late" B-Day.

B

Planning on cutting that 4 cylinder mount off before the quarter goes in. I'll let the metal worker do it. I don't need it. And harder or not, the metal guy will get it done. He's good. I'll ask him about it though.

I would install the battery tray also... before the quarter gets welded in..LOL

I'm about 10 days away from having a chassis acid dipped.

B

Battery tray - will do. That's the plan.

If there was a good acid dip place in town, this tub would have gone for a bath.

WooHoooo!!!! I talked to Steve again today. He was out of town. We're good for pushing the schedule out. The plan now is to get the car into the shop mid-July. That will give me plenty of time to strip everything myself without stressin over it.

Now, where can I find a DD 914?

what's that?

Daily Driver

Did I mention cheap? And rust free?

Congrats!

Pacing yourself will keep saniity somewhere near you, maybe almost even in sight. No, it won't be close to you. lol. But it will be the light at the end of the tunnel Nice work, btw. The panels look really clean.

(sympathies on the B-day -- they do happen to everyone, so don't take it personally)

kim.

No worries Kim, thanks. There are a lot of things in life we can't control. Like Birthdays. 914's we can fix, growing old we can't.

Live it up.

Happy belated b-day old guy...

Just scrolled through this thread and checked out the picts. Ouch... Guess the brown car color wasn't that ugly, huh? (ducking for cover...)

If you are serious about a driver, I can look for you. Does this project mean the families yearly CA trip is off this year? If not, let us know when.

sm

Hey thanks Steve. No 3-5 trips to Cal this year. I would like to make German Auto Fest, but it's iffy.

If I can't find a decent driver around here, I'll just drive the truck. But if you run across a great roller, I've got motors/heads/carbs/FI/wheels/brakes/sway bars and all kinds of stuff for 4 cylinders in my stash. And I own my own trailer now too. Hitch it up and go you know.


"The Brown Car" was a beauty! It would have made a fantastic conversion car. I wish now I had just held on to it. Live and learn eh?

Whats going on Gint ?? I have been out of town for awhile and havent heard from you.


B

Brad,

You may not get a response before this thread fades down...

Mike is on vacation, Cape Cod until the 13th.

Regarding the car. He pushed his deadlines back and was going to deliver to the body shop more in the fall. I'm not trying to steal any thunder from him... hopefully he will see this and respond with a better update.

brant

bump

Hey! Look at my old thread bumped to the top!

Broken foot slowed me down. It's doin better. I bought another truck and took the fam on vacation, so I've been incognito. Now my 87 year old grandfather and my dad that I haven't seen since I was 17 (a long time ago) are in town and will be staying at my house next week.

"Rusto" should continue early to mid august when I can finally walk without a huge limp.

You bought another truck?

you mean other than the 72?

wow.

brant

Hey put 'em to work-free labor!

How can you repair that ?

Bondo!!

duct(k) tape and bailing wire.

Yup. 67 3/4 ton - NO rust. NONE, zero, nada. Just like the brown car, but a Chevy truck.

67 Chevy


Gramps is 87. They're telling me he doesn't look so good. My dad says he may not make it another year. I may get the old man to do some work though.


The answer to that question is on the first 5 or so pages of the thread.

You need to buy some metal panels from Restoration Design or Mittelmotor. Here's a pic from Restoration Design's web site.

Alfred

Hey Gint,

A little late, but I was just browsing this thread
Check the firewall from the enginebay side. You'll see that this seam is where the "engine shelf" (the part that holds the rubberstrip between the firewall and the engine sheetmetal) is attached to the firewall.

cheers,

Jeroen
ps. what happened to your foot?

Gint,

those your camaros?

I like, I like.

I'd like to do a 1st gen Camaro with nice suspension, big brakes, hipo 302 Z28 motor and a 6 speed!

The foot story and The results
BTW, thanks for that tidbit about the engine seal. You're right of course.


They belong to the guy I bought the truck from. Pretty nice garage the guy has also. After I finish the /6 I'm going to do a truck (maybe this one, maybe a different one), and then I'll finally get an early Camaro or Nova and finish it.

All of that should keep me busy for the next few years.

That sucks!
Musta missed the thread

cheers,

Jeroen

Gint - What's happening on the 6?

Brad *may* have convinced me to get back to work on this project.

Gint,

I am really enjoying reading about your projects. I've been looking at a several east coast 914's and I learned a lot on where to go poke around...Compared to the first three I've looked at your was mint ( minter??)
Thanks Doug :-)

My pleasure Doug.

Brad - Are you going to have some time to talk this evening? I'm going to give you a call sometime tonight.