Hi Benno,
yes the shelf comes from Mittelmotor. Waited for it about 6 weeks. 149 Euro is the price. Dont´t know customs fee, the bill is on the way.
Was very easy to deal with engman, and the part are realy fine. Can´t await to do the welding



Gruss aus Frankenthal

Dont´t forget to show us pics from your project!!!

Hey Benno,

I'm not quite sure about Germany, but I think it is the same as in the Netherlands (or other EU countries)
Importing duties/taxes are 3.5% on car parts (if the value is over 500 euro)

Plus you pay sales tax (MehrwertStuer) over the cost of the parts and shipping (16% for Germany)

So it's not too bad...

cheers,

Jeroen

I somehow never managed to look at this thread until this morning.

Nice work! Keep those pics comin.

This is impressive work.. I actually paid a body shop to do similar work. ....

IMHO.. I would invest in one of Brad Mayer's long stiffing kit. It really helps to make the car stronger across the bottom.

Keep us posted on this...

Hi guys,
today was welding time I love it!!!
First shot: the Heater tube mounted

primed pieces

drilled a lot of holes to do the spot welding.
First rule: have the welding area as clean as possible.

the dark colored area is painted with wel trough primer

ert

uigio

You are freaking amazing!

this progress made my day.
ANd now it´s time to


Hope you enjoy the pic´s

my first look too. in most cases your's would be a parts car in the states. great work!!!

kevin

This rocks man! I love this stuff!

Did you do anything special to hold the geometry of the car while you cut/welded the new outer long in there? Also, can you notice any shrinkage from the welding you've done there?

Great work!

I think that more us will be trying to rescue cars that have this problem in the future over here.

Geoff

Sure, made a bar between mounting point from security belt and door hinge.
You can see it in some pictures. The bar is adjustable, so you can set the right messurement.
No shrinkage till now, but i think there will be some when i weld in the grey part (donßt know the name in english )
I think i will give the door opening 1 or two additional millimeter to compensate the shrinkage. Hope this helps.

In the factory repais manual you can find some chasis measurement. I will try to match them after the welding.
Wish me luck.
In europe there are not so mutch car´s. Realy good ones are rare.
Most of the produced car´s where exported to the US. You lucky guys!!

ahh, looking back, i see the strap you used... very cool.

Is there any solution to shrinkage, or do you just have to live with it?

Maybe slow welding. let it cool down every spotweld to reduce the heat in the metal?

Welding the long took about 2 1/2 hours.

hey michelko,
you're doing a great job, i'm impressed!

as for the measurements, check out the 914 info section (link on top of this page), we have all needed measurements listed there ...

keep us posted!

Andy

PS: sehe ich da "sonne" im hintergrund? im oktober?

Hi ANdy,
i know that measurements. The problem is how to get them in a restored car.
Should i give them a little plus so that the shrinkage is compensated or adjust the bar at the correct amount and hope that the chasis is strong enough to hold that measurement?

i would think that with the bracing, shrinkage will be minimal. the chassis can't really move anywhere if it is braced correctly.
i had only the door-braces when my roll-cage was welded in (brace from front hinge to lock plate) and the top of the car shrank about 3 mm ...
if i had braced that as well, i would have been fine.

make a X-Brace from the front targa latches to the rear targa latches,
that will keep your windshield-frame and targa top in place.
that, plus the door braces you already have, you should be fine!

Andy

[quote=SirAndy,Oct 2 2004, 10:38 AM] [QUOTE=michelko,Oct 2 2004, 11:24 AM]
PS: sehe ich da "sonne" im hintergrund? im oktober? [/quote]
Jep. war ein toller Tag heute.

Gruss Michael

Hi together,
here are some update pic´s.
Welded in the repair panel from AA.

was a straight forward work.
I love welding

nother one

#3

back side

one or two weeks, and it will stand on his own feet again.

view from inside of the engine bay

nother one

the welding burned nicely through. So i think this should be strong like new. (hope so)

Have a nice weekend

Again... nice job!
Those welds look very nice

Looks VERY strong! I'm paying very close attention to this thread because unfortunately I'll be making the same repairs in the not too distant future

Everytime I catch up on this thread I just stare at my monitor slack jawed...

Dude, you are a man amongest children.

Amazing work! Just beautiful.

My right suspension ear was rotten too. But I was lucky, I guess. The right longitudinal was solid.

Hello together,
today i welded in the outer suspension console. I made a brace to match the original place. Hope it worked. An allignment Job will show it
first pic shows the primed area. Dark colour is weldeable primer.

brace

console in place

with mounting hardware

test fitting of the new door sill

nother view.
this piece fits perfect. Don´t know the manufaturer. Got them from e-bay.

Dang man, you are an animal! Thanks for all the great pics! Keep them coming.

sehr gute arbeit!

du hast dir ein paar biere verdient!
Andy

Michelko, very nice work. I am jealous.

Do you know who made the outer suspension console or is that one of the pieces that you bought off of ebay? I need one and I did not know they were available new. After seeing your posted pictures I checked on a few websites but I could only find the inner suspension console ear.

The "outer" console or bracket if you've gone through the thread you'll see what Michelko has done. He took off the old one sandblsted it, primed it 'n' WHALA new piece!!! So Michelko, did you just regular (grey) prime the various pieces? Then the black stuff that looks like POR 15 is really welding primer on top of regular primer???
Thanks, keep it up, the next major piece I assume is the "ear"? Looking forward to it!!!