It started out as a little cosmetic job, you know, pull the interior, clean it up real good, check the back glass (which incidentally was not attached at all), and hey, I got this new black carpet, I think I'll put that in....what a friggin' nightmare! I go to unbolt the lower seat belt bolts and all I hear is "crunch", and off comes the bolt, with a big chunk of metal.... . That's right, the inner longs are rusted to shit! Pics tomorrow....It looks like this weeks after work project will be "how to turn an old door, into a long. repair patch"

glad it didn't rip out when you really needed it the most.
scary to think that you trusted your life to that rusted bolt ...

Andy

That sucks royally. But I agree. good thing you found out the way you did. Let us know how it goes.

Same thing happened to me last year when I replaced the black interior of my white 74 with a tan interior.

I stopped before I ripped the long and decided to cut the carpet to fit around the seat belt bolt. This also prevented me from installing my 4-point harnesses.

Five months later I retired the car and removed the tan interior.

sounds like andy's famous clutch repair.

sorry to hear about the rust.

I feel your pain. These cars are like endangered species. Jump on it now, maybe you can save it.

I literally just finished restoring my floor pans. 2 weeks ago I would have told you than my 914 was fairly rust free. Then I started digging around the tar floor mats.

scary

You guys are right, better to find it now! I just hate these kinds of suprises. Passenger's side is in the same condition, along with a couple holes in the firewall. Pedal area is LOADED with rust, I'm almost afraid to start digging around. Well, time to break out the

Man, i feel with you
This is the way i went into the world of rust.
This is m passenger side, the driver side feels strong.
Posted in an other thread the repair of that shit.
maybe it is helpfull for you.
Fix it, it is a very good feeling to get that old cars back on the street.

Thanks, I'll do a search for the repair thread, I'm gonna need it. Pretty sinking feeling when I started pulling up the carpet. I don't even want to talk about the pedal area