Okay, decided to take a few phone photos of some of the rot on Christine today. I have some sort of movement underneath that I am trying to pinpoint and solve. Noticed the rot seems to be a little bad on the passenger side. So, here's the question, Would you this car with a 2056 and stock injection in it? She pulls really strong since the rebuild a couple months ago.


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Is that the long? Holy crap.

That's what's left of the backbone of your car. So no, i wouldn't drive it that way ...

What the hayul are we looking at?

That is the pass side long under the hell hole. With a big ass crack and lots of rust. It needs fixed before the car starts to fold up. Chritine deserves to have that patched up!
Zach

That is right by the jacking point behind the jack post. Just in front of the suspension ear. Looks like the rear of the floor pan is ready to drop on the ground. It is a little worse now than when I drove her to the Buttercup build 814 miles each way, but not a lot worse. So much for a good ol blue plate California car.

Zach but it is slow going as it is trying to pay Scott for the one he already has. I hate to defer any funds away from that project. Thinking of a temporary patch until the other is finished. Was hoping to drive Christine the 900+ miles to Hershey next year.

Wrapped steel plate with stainless rivets from front wheel well to a 45 at the rear long and continue up and around to engine bay. Tack/glob the shit out of it and drive sheet metal screws threw a select 50 odd locations around the "U" you create. This should extend halfway under the pan and eliminate the donut in the rear with plate. Of course I would never do this shit to any of my cars, short of the '70 out back that I purchased just like above.

This is a disclaimer to the above wackonoia and releases me from any indemnity from any idiot who tries it and tells...

Dave

Yep, well it's a pretty easy fix. Your problem is the injection. Switching to carbs should solve it.

So how long have you known about it and not said anything? and yes your crazy, one pot hole and you'll break her back

LMFAO!!!

nope, I wouldn't drive the car...

Some friend you are, Shoe, letting me drive Christine several hundred miles from Eureka Springs to Memphis. I know you want my LE, but c'mon

I say patch her up and drive

I love a good project and the toughest thing is starting one. I'm not ready for Scott to start work on my car til I can safely hand him $12k. I'd hate to tie up his busy shop too much

It is okay Steve, she was like that when you drove her down the Tail of the Dragon too! She is one tough bitch, she just keeps on going.

To answer your question yes you are crazy. Patch her up and drive her.

Would I drive it Yes,is it a good idea No.I have driven some sketchy stuff,but more often than not,it does not end well.Jaymann from PA

Shoe:

I would find a way to patch that until a proper repair can be made. Yes these cars are tough, but that looks pretty bad.

After getting my car running, I tore around the neighborhood for a few weeks with no tags, registration or insurance...after starting the restoraion, I realized how much could have gone wrong.

Bob

Doesn't appear safe to drive down the road for yourself or others on the road.

Your passenger seat belt mount down by the long might be compromised. Be careful.

Looks like a low-rust east coast car.

I cut up a car like that because it had too much rust.

East coast guys... geeze....

Just out of curiosity. What would a repair cost and would the outer body need to be cut?

Holy crapola man. Even if it's a hack job patch that sucker. I know you have plenty tied up getting your other one going. Hell even if it is some angle iron & looks like total shit. It will still looke better that that

Strip the car of seat belts and drive it until you're Flintstone.....

I shipped it in from Bakersfield, Ca. Ebay buy with a "Less" than honest seller. Was actually still wearing the original blue plate. I have paperwork back into the early '80s on the car from California. I know a little more now than I did then.

Transfer parts to the lawn art of yours I have

We need to schedule a time for me to pick up said lawn art. Had thought about this weekend since I had the time off but saw bad wearther in the northeast. I do need to get it out of your way though.

be honest with us ....

do you think it is worse than this car .... ????

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=16748

it could be that only a small amount of inner long is holding the car together.

ahh..... Yup

Overall I don't believe she is as bad as that, but she is not in good shape. Some day I hope to get her repaired.

What happened to that guy? That was a great build.

I think he's over on the Club site.

Was he the West Coast dude who was fabricating CF fenders and the such?

Didn't mean to hijack the post. Also remember that any rust you see externally is twice as bad internally...

You'll be doing a Fred Flintstone if you keep driving that 914 in that condition Shoe!

Remember that the 1970's were El Nino years for California - although they didn't know it then. It wasn't uncommon to have streets flooded over the curbs, since we use surface drainage for stormwater & don't have storm drains for the most part.

So a 914 with 4.7" of ground clearance would've been flooded over the longs if it were in the street at the time.

Go ahead and drive it BUT you better have a lot of liability insurance because when it breaks and some one gets hurt YOUR ASS IS GRASS
Good LUCK