Any opinions on if this is saveable?

Judging by the half-fast patch below to hole, there's much more rust rot in there to address, but if you have the welding & sheet metal talents & budget, you can cut-n-weld, but expect a larger area than just that pic.

.... i.e.: you'll be rebuilding the entire area/structure.

Good Luck!
Tom
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Thanks for the quick reply. So with some welding and $ this is potentially salvageable?

I recently aquired this car (paid next to nothing) so i kinda want to make a project out of it. Besides the "hell hole" this is the worst thing i've come across...

This photo A better view of the hole...

Have it sandblasted and see what's under all that rot. I think that's much easier than grinding it away. And to answer the question, its fixable.

Doesn't look too bad but no doubt there will be more. Definitely fixable though.

It's bad. That's the tip of the iceberg...but it's fixable. Just wrapping up my passenger side. Lots of work and time. If you are comfortable with metal work and aren't in a hurry, you can fix that...but seriously when you see a rust-through like that, you'll probably find way worse stuff inside.

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Restoration Design is your friend.

And they're in Canada so no expensive cross border shipping charges. There are some great rusteration build threads here.

I feel obligated to say it's fixable because mine looks a lot like that.

Absolutely fixable! It just gets worse before it gets better. I don't want to scare the OP but realistically there's ugliness lurking inside that long and the hell hole probably needs love too. I got everything I could from Restoration Design and then made what I couldn't source. Fix it and keep another 914 going!

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Thanks everyone! The car at least kinda runs so we probably will be fixing it especially considering the price we paid for it

Never did I think we would have a Porsche project but this car basically came out of no where! That with this cult like following for it and resources / expertise here makes me want to bring it to life.

Check out this thread for some inspiration:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=16748

Everything is savable if you throw enough money, time, parts, and expertise at it. If it were my car, I would probably part it. But I can't weld, and don't have the time or workspace to learn. Plus there are a good number of low-rust 914s in my area, and I could probably buy one for less than it would cost me to have someone else (who know what they're doing!) fix that properly.

--DD

good of you to be able to... and keep another one away from the scrap yard

You'll have fun fixing it, and the car will be extra special to you afterwards. The fix is like intimacy.

There is actually not any expensive charges to cross the border. All North american made parts are under the NAFTA agreement. Anything made in Europe has some duty, but it is only 2.5% on those specific parts.

A very big misconception that people have about buying parts from us, its just not the case.

Pete

I've bought a 914 worth of parts from resto d and scotty b has bought 10x that. all the prices including shipping are always reasonable. No worries buying cross border. and I usually have it within a couple days!

***Keep buying from restoration design so they can keep supporting our 914's

Plus the CDN dollar sucks right now... good for you south of the border.

Yeah, didn't mean that to sound negative. Just shooting for solidarity. Power to the Porsche!

Also, nice work Conrad- hope mine ends up looking as good.

This is some before and after from mine. I found a guy to do all the welding locally. I initially started it myself but quickly discovered that I hate doing metal work plus I am a terrible welder. Should have paid him to do it from the get-go.

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