Got some new pics of the car heading for the dipper! Thanks Mark.

Hey Gint....no hard feelings against me for not talking you out of this car????

Never met a Mike I didn't like.

This thing is gonna be killer when it's done.

What are those pieces of metal flapping where the battery tray is suppose to be???

Geoff

C'mon Geoff, use your imagination. The guy that installed those pieces certainly did.

Not to jack your thread but this is creative welding! Kid did it in shop class.



Geoff

OK, so the junk in my car can't top that. But I think you get the idea. Someone riveted in a panel behind the battery, all the way around and down into the hell hole. Below the engine shelf even. Some of it is fiberglass. Then they dumped a bunch a bondo on top. Whether someone else can be more creative or not, it qualifies as a mess in it's own right.

This is what I did on my car on Saturday. Repaired the drivers sail corner. What a bitch that was. Crappie cell phone pics.

patch piece

Tub may be picked up this week (early next week???? Brad??????) and delivered to Brandon and Mark. Can't wait to see the pics!

So Gint, whats going on with your car, I've been keeping an eye on this thread.

I'm not Gint, but I can answer this question. Last week I picked up the body and right rear quarter panel from the stripper, and delivered them both to the body man/painter.

Not to hijack this thread but... I then picked up my shell - the green one seen here:

http://www.914world.com/members/markd/mike...es6/mikes6.html

It looks great and I can't wait to start reassembly. It's only about a year behind schedule! Hope to be driving it before too much longer.

Oh sure..
I'll bet you where glad to find this before it found you...

You got that one right! Apparently, the filler like stuff inside the tail light area was disturbed by the sandblaster and some of it fell out. This allowed rusting to start underneath. The paint that Brandon put on bubbled up twice before he discovered what the problem was. He treated everything underneath with Rust-Mort, welded and body worked in a patch, and repainted everything. Now it looks great - just like the left side. No bubbles this time. You can't tell there was ever a problem there.

I've got some digital pictures at home of this area after the final repair. I'll repost them on my own thread tomorrow.

Mike

Thanks for picking it up Mike!

Now if I could just get some pictures. I just PM'd Mark a few minutes ago asking for pics.

You're welcome! Your tub looked very nice all clean and primed. I just went through this whole thread today for the first time. Our cars had similar problems. My rust didn't get to the longitudinal though. My right rear suspension mounting had been rusted away and badly repaired. So it had to have major surgery in that area. I also had some damage to the left front nose area.

Once I figure out how to post pictures here I'll start my own restoration thread. I've taken digital pictures of the whole restoration so far.

Mike

Looking forward to seeing your thread Mike. Your tub looked really sweet. If you need help posting pics, shoot me a PM and I'll get you going.

MARKD! Need pics!



It was acid dipped and PPG primed. Just waiting for pics!

Me to, this is a great thread..

This is a Bump to see if anything is new..

Your guess is as good as mine. I have PM'd and generally nagged Mark to death for pics and still haven't seen any. I'll have to call Brad tomorrow at the shop.

Ok then...
My inspiration comes from you guys that are restoring your cars and posting the pictures, I have no one local so I'll keep buggin you...
Thanks,

I guess you guys can just watch the progress of Doug's car.

I have to live vicariously through people like Doug. I hope to be following in his footsteps sooner or later.

In the meantime, pics of my dipped tub would be nice.

Haven't been on in a while. Thought I'd log on and see how the acid dip came out on Gint's car but still no pics. Is it me or is 2 months a long time to post pics from something everyone wants to see? Did the car dissolve or something?

Nope, I need MORE

Here's a teaser... I have to go man the shovel for a couple of hours. I'll post the remaining pics later tonight.

damn you've got some repair to be done there boy! And I'm not talking about the fender either

Well, as far as repairing and painting the tub is concerned, I'm just writing the checks.

This doesn't even look like my tub anymore.

Great pictures, be sure to photo the two pieces being welded together.

Mike,
the tub looks good except for that one area there.

Lots more rust holes in that tub. They just aren't as large.

You talking about that section behind the passenger door? Yeah I saw that too.

Looks like he's got a pretty good replacement piece to swap it with. It's gonna look good when it's done!

Mike,

Glad to see the pics and it's good to see progress! (yeh, I see the holes... "facts are your friends") I'm looking forward to seeing it complete! (I'm sure you are too -- heh)

Good luck with the project, and definitely continue with the pics!

kim.

Thanks guys.

I'm going to ask Mark if he can get some pics of the rust holes around the tub. I'm curious to see if the dipping turned up any rust that I didn't already know about.

That's the way to do it Gint! You will get evey rust hole this way and have a perfect car! What color and brand of paint? base / clear or single stage? How are you going to restore the seam sealer, did you take or have before shots of factory original?

Yes!! Thats what I'm talkin about...
Thanks.

My two cents worth: screw the seam sealer, it is nasty stuff and traps water to form new rust. See pictures of the seam sealer I removed that looked good on the outside and was rusting at the seam on my "Restoration Part Trois" thread.

I'm assuming the paint will end up being some kind of PPG product since the primer is PPG DP40 (according to PPG's web site: D834 DP40 , a chromate-free epoxy primer which provides a high degree of adhesion both to bare metal and a wide range of plastics.) But I need to get the painter (dlpenserini, aka Brandon) to have a look at this thread. In fact I need to talk to him directly. He and MarkD are doing the rust/body/paint work. The color will be the factory color for the car, tangerine. As for the seam sealer, not sure yet what will happen there.

As for before pictures, go backwards in this thread. It's loaded with 'em.

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Whats new?????

Waiting for parts at this point. Stay tuned...

Sorry Levi! Been awhile, I know. Almost ready for paint.





New rockers and sills.





Engman's long stiffening kit installed.

















New battery tray, shelf and engine shelf.











Partial jack post support replacement





Still need some pan work.











Getting a new front fender. The original was pretty warped.











Added pockets and mounts for late model retractable belts








Not much left. It will be paint time soon!





I wish I could find the cowl corner replacement pics.

Mike,

This is 914-porn at its best. The progress is wonderful! The pics are excellent and I'm sure will be motivating to more than just me!

Best,

kim.

Thanks Kim. If Shar finds a job before the end of February it won't even have to sit in the garage doing nothing waiting on $$$.

Is this the one that you dropped off at Brads? The one with fiberglass longs?

Drool drool DROOL. God it's amazing to think of that tube as being a totally complete rust free 914/6 considering it's beginnings as such a rust bucket with body damage. It's gona be beautiful and deffinatly worth the wait! This project has always kept my intrestet, it's great to see it nearing body completion! Congrats Gint!. By the way, what color? Are you gona go stock with the orange, or something totally different?