Big day for my GT project.
Getting a combination soda blast and garnet blast on my bare chassis and all the
removable panels.
The baking soda is used to remove paint and is suitable for the body panels.
The garnet is much more course and removes surface rust on the undersides.
I hope I did enough to keep it out of the longs and all the other cavities.
Fingers crossed.

Awesome .. I want to do that in just spots on my car once the welding is all done.

Is that you doing the blasting? You might not be able to keep out every bit of dust, but with a bit of effort you can get most of it. The sound of the engine will drown out anything that is rattling around in the longs anyways

Your neighbors are going to love you.

congratulations she is looking good!

Looks sweet!
Congrats!
Am jealous, in a good way

Very cool! Do the best you can to blow and vacuum it out. Then move on.

Great job, one step at a time.

Not me, I took the pic.
Two guys doing one hour stints each. All day.
Soda on the outside bodywork and garnet on the bottom.
The noise was friggin' LOUD
I specified a weekday so most of my neighbors were out.
I would have dipped and E coated but the longs were already reinforced.
I used duct tape, dum dum, butyl and hardware to fill every hole along the longs
the rollbar, the windshield frame and all crossmembers.
I'v only done preliminary blow and vacuum cleaning so far.
The ability to roll the car over easily is key to removal of contamination.
I added a picture of removal of the Karmann tag.
I levered the rivets out from behind.

Looking good there Rory.

How did the chassis look after the blasting ?
I know there wasn't too much rust when I had it.

That is definitely the way to begin one of these builds. I love the removal of the Karman tag too. Now we need to see how it came out after blasting please.

Hey Luke
No big surprises.
I had to replace the drivers door.... it was already painted and buttered up twice.
I decided not to replace the rear of the floor. The issues it had were
cosmetic.....dents and some welding.
I put the jack receivers back on and replaced the pass. rear ear. along with some additional reinforcements on the both rear ears.
The chassis is solid.
Next it goes to get primed and initial body work.

Only way to go ...............
That way you know what you have from the get go.

Great job....nice that you are taking proper safety precautions with that hood. Looks like an Apollo 600 set up.


I am lucky enough to have a sandblast room here at work. I can help any SoCal MEMBERS with blast projects, if anyone is interested. I will donate room and media....operator labor is minimal.

Keep up the good work an keep us posted on progress.

Go Rory Go!

My chassis was blasted about a month ago.
I finally got a long time friend to come to do the prep/prime and
hammer/dolly work.
I'm hoping to get to a paint booth in a month.

Looks great! Do tell about that trans support "cover". I've been working up a design for stiffening mine and yours caught my eye.
Details man, I want some details!

That is going to look great! What color are you going to paint it?

It's 18 ga. fabed at a local metal shop .
48" wide then whittled down to contact the outside ends of the original
crossmember. 2 1/8" deep x 3 1/8" wide.
I'll include the nut to secure the spare tire and a couple pads for the tire to rest on
as well.
I not a fan of the tubular diagonal supports.

White......not sure of the name...Grand Prix ?
what color white was is a 906 ?

Did you get it blasted locally?

Looks like a nice FG bumper `88-92 Westy in the background too!


Tom
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'nice FG bumper ' ?
yes, '89 Westy, full camper
OH ! I get it , the fiberglass bumper identifies the year of the Vanagon....Duh !

Wow, that is looking great. Going to love seeing it in color.

Yes, A guy from Haskell NJ came to my driveway and did it in two visits.
He also did four removable panels away from here.
The bottom was done with garnet ,the outside with soda.
Soda is much kinder to the surface and avoids distortion that occurs with heavy abrasive.
Scott Morley morleysodablasting@hotmail.com

Looking good,

Side vents in the front inner wheel well front oil cooler or H2O conversion?

Oil cooler for a 3.0 SC engine w/carbs

Nice looking car! Why do the jack supports look differant?

Drivers side only,
Clearance for oil cooler plumbing

Looks good Rory...

Some update pics and a question.
The white color offered in 1970 for a 914 was L80E, (or 11 for a 914 6 )
On our site color chart the name is Elfinbein. Is that right ?
As I recall the early cars are a real white but Elfinbein is a very light ivory color.
I'm looking for info from original early white color cars.
Any help is appreciated.
PS my doors are not fully adjusted yet.

Ray visited yesterday and told me to post some pictures.
All bottom paint including pan, wheelhouses, five compartments front to rear, insides of doors and lids and all jambs will be painted this week...fingers crossed.
Picture shows front and rear lid hinges after visit to drill press.
Also louvered engine lid after visit to NY hot rod shop. Louvers Unlimited

looking good rory

Thanks Mort....
and some more.
After so much cleaning, welding, blasting and painting I removed the caps from the heater tubes and look what fell out !
Seems the car lived in or at least visited California.
At this point everything is painted except the outside skin.
Should I complete the painting and then assemble ...or assemble now and paint the outside later ?
I wish I had unlimited time and every part ready to be attached.
I'll have to wait at least for a couple weeks before beginning.
Can't wait !

Great work so far, very impressive. If you want to see what your car would look like in light Ivory check out the 916-6 GT conversion currently on Bring A trailer. It will provide inspiration.
Keep it up!

I know ! The day the paint was done that car showed up ! they're both '75s too.
It made me feel very good about my choice of color .
I hope to have results almost as good.

Yes, Elfinbein is the German name for light ivory. I have a 74 L80E car and my painter did his research to get the correct color.

Greg

How's it going Rory ?

I know I plan to paint the underside then assembly so I can make mine a roller. Being that I have chosen black it will be a multi year project for body work.

How's it coming along there Rory?
Any updates ?

Hey Luke
Happy New Year !
Plenty of progress through the fall months.
Etching primer, metal massage / body work , fitting doors and lids, body schutz, pebble coat, etc.etc. Not my work, I paid an old friend.
By the way two sets of front and rear lids and front and rear bumpers.
Four in fiberglass and four in metal.
In a lull now, doing projects on friends cars. Revived a 73 911 after a 21 year snooze and also revived a '70 914 6 that is 13 VINs from mine. The engines are consecutive numbers ! Fresh engine never started after being rebuilt in 1991 ! by a well known guy I worked for ....way back. Purrs like a kitten.
Attached are some random pics.
Stay in touch

Was it originally metallic green? Love that color. Cool stuff!!!

Yes, Palma green.

Some new pics since last report eight (!) months ago.
'6' harness in, dash and instruments in and wired, 6 column in, brakes all plumbed,
fuel lines in tunnel, speedo drive in tunnel, pedal cluster rebuilt and in, shifter freshened,modified and in, all suspension rebuilt and waiting ( install before or
after paint ?) thermostat and front cooler plumbed , etc.etc.etc.
I'm going to go with a '68 2.0 alum. engine for starters. It's been rebuilt and never started so this is a way to establish soundness for eventual sale.

Wow! Nice!

Looking really good. Hope to see more updates!

Wow Rory, that car is looking great.

Andy