My car is off to paint. The red is coming off and we are going back to blue (Adriatic blue)
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Arrived safe and sound
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Perfect! Adriatic Blue is one of my favorite colors - it will look terrific.

We'll need lots of after pic's

As you would expect there is some rust as well as shoddy repairs by DAPO
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Good choice.

i see a Packard back there

Tell me about your wheel and tire set up with stock fenders: looks like you have 6x16 front and 7x16 rear. What size tires are you running? Good luck with your project and lets see some progress pics.

Here is the major repair from the DAPO. In some places there was an inch of bondo on the inner fender well
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Here is the new quarter assembly to replace the mess on my car
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Yes they are 6x16's & 7x16's I have 205's mounted on them. I'm still playing around with the ride height. It might be a little to low right now

David

Arrest Me Red (Guards Red) is my favorite color. Tangerine is next.

Fuchs look great, nice color choice, good luck with the Paint Job!

Vysoc

Congratulations

Get those wheels off.... Paint can get in the strangest places.

Now for the fun part....
hurry up and wait

Congratulations! Nothing finer than a freshly painted 914.

The body work has finally begun. In addition to the gaping hole the whole front end was tweaked as well
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The replacement fender is now being trimmed to fit this hole

Excellent. I look forward to seeing the color on that car. Adriatic Blue looks outstanding on our cars. One of my favorite colors.

Awesome! I am looking forward to seeing the progress of this car!

Cheers

Harpo
Dave, will it be ready for the August Woodward Dream Cruise event??
A few 914er's are putting together a date to gather 914's along Woodward (Tues-Wed-Thurs or Fri)?? Not set date yet.
I still haven't got mine out of storage yet. I need a new battery, insurance and time to tune it up. It's been a busy year, but hopefully I'll be there.
BTW: Love the color, one of my favorites. Bright color so you don't need a horn.
Tom

Wow. One thing leads to another. Major surgery. Good luck!

Tom it will be very close if I'm done in time for the dream cruise

Update: not even close

David

The gaping hole has been plugged with the donor fenderClick to view attachment

Here is how he matched up the front end

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In some cases he welded inside the wheel well and some places he welded in the trunk
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Looking good! That patch looks to have been fitted well. Can't wait to see the finished product

Very nice work.

This past week my body guy has installed and welded in the L&R anchors for the prop rods on my GT headlight mechanism. He has also finished fitting the hood, doors, eyebrows & HL covers.
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I would go ultra rare strawberry color if I was doing a respray

Imagine the chick you would get in that car that color

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Not much progress this past week
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Windshield is out and ready for primer. When he went to remove the windshield trim he discovered that the windshield was loose and the only thing holding it in was the trim.
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There's a giant finger tip in your garage!

The trunks have been sand blasted and they found more rust
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Same with the rear trunk
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Cutting out the rust and welding in patches
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All the body work is complete as well as primer. Next block sanding and guide coat he even welded in the tab for the bumper tops. Click to view attachment Click to view attachment

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My painter found me some original paint for my car.
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More paint
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more paint
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Love this Adriatic blue

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Fresh out of the paint booth

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now THAT is a gorgeous color!

I think she was beautiful before AND AFTER

why is it that whenever I see a fresh paint job, I quickly begin to wonder if that is a good color for my previously signal orange car that is now rattle can primer black?

Great looking color! Congrats!

More paint

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Hopefully on Saturday he will start color sanding
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