So I got it back from stripping last Friday. Photos follow. It was painted on Monday, but I don't have any decent photos yet as we finished in the dark.

More.

A few more.

Hey Howie! Looks like you found your project car finally and it's looking GOOD!

You should should clear primer it and leave it nekkid

Curious,

What did your painter do with all the flash rust?

Rich

We used this: http://www.phoenixpaints.com.au/products/p.../metalfix-1000/ after a rub with a scotchbrite.

Curious about the drop floor pans? Did you do the Mod, how tall are you?

I've seen it on Pantera's but never a 914.

Ferg,

I dropped the floors 35mm so that I could put seat runners under the race seats. Ultimately it will have to fit a somewhat tall grandson. Its being built for historic racing down here.

looking good there chap !

Wow someones been busy with a welder ,was the car RH drive when you got it?.
Noticed the dropped floors expect you are tall with a rollgage going in?
Great work keep up the progress reports .

Thanks Barry.

It was LHD. I have an OBP pedal unit to bolt in.

Yes, lots of welding, plasma cutter, grinder, shear and folder.

I would like to see the OBP pedal assembly, looks like it would solve a few issues.

Like this one?

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Pretty much exactly that. I had to narrow the chassis rail by about 20mm to make it fit and line up, then the cross member brace was re-located to the front in the boot floor with a bit of reinforcing and plating.

I'm shocked to see such pornographic content on here! That poor 914 has been completely stripped naked, and you're just putting her out there for all to ogle!

--DD

But no pink has been shown, so its ok

Very nice! (Fosters)

It was rendered naked by these people: www.redistrip.com.au

Looks great !!

I am curious if they skipped a step or why does it have so much new rust ??
I read this from the link


I then read this ,,


was this an extra cost option ??

The rust looks much worse than it really was. I didn't go wiith the protective coating because it didn't work with the paint. Yes it was an extra cost option, but not necessary. I left it in the shed on Saturday and Sunday with a dehumidifier pumping and it didn't rust much at all.

I'm just about to start on the pedal box area , you may recall the pedal box I Have? I need to do the same as you have, but notice the tie mount for the suspension cross bar you have cut off - Whats your plan for this area ??

After tossing around all sorts of options which were inelegant, I cut the brace off the cross member and turned it 180 deg and mounted the bobbin through the back end of the boot floor. You can just see it in a couple of the front boot photos. I plated the area before I mounted the bobbin. On balance the simplest and easiest.

Ahhhhh- nice .... I shall investigate ...

Thx

Howard,

Am I not paying attention or is there no seam sealer left?

If none, did you remove it first or did the stripping process do it?

David

David,

The stripping process got rid of all the seam sealer, but for a few spots which I dug out as best I could, but it got 98% of it. I think it was in the tank frothing and bubbling for 2 - 3 weeks.