Sprayed some protective paint inside the cavity and cut the needed section from a RD piece I’d picked up some time back:
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Passenger side done:
Driver Side before working my magic 
Cut it open, painted cavity with rust incapcilater:
Driver side welded up:
Then I fabricated 
the tab that sits above the parking brake cable holes:
the tab that sits above the parking brake cable holes:
Hope I got it stuck in the right place cause it was dark when I welded it in:
And just cause I’m a glutton for punishment, I decided to continue my welding in the dark non-sense! This time, the thin little metal strap for holding down the wiring under the passenger seat:
Next on the agenda is to repair the rusted out area that the frunk handle pull mounts to.. under the dash on the driver’s side. I made this repair over a few days work. First picture highlights the rusted out holes, but the area in between was pitted and thin so I opted to cut a large area out:
Same area from the topside:
The rusted area cut away:
Here’s an interesting detail I noticed while working under the dash… there is a curved reinforcement (highlighted in green) area on the passengers side where this piece would be welded for right-hand drive cars. You can see from the picture that the sheet metal is a flatter piece here instead of dropping down to hold the handle.
Started making a repair panel:
Ended up looking like this:
Welded in, ground down highs and filled with a fiberglass fill to seal the seams. You can see the two small holes I added for fastening the cable handle to the underside. Topside view:
… and the finished product from underneath:
Today I jumped back over to the hell-hole repair I did several months back. I had welded my fabricated panel in place but didn’t coat it with anything to protect it.. thinking I’d get back to it soon, but I didn’t until now. Anyway besides surface rust the area needed some high welds knocked down, followed by a phosphoric acid wash.
When I made this panel it seemed to be correct until I started welding, then it was somehow short by about a 1/4” at firewall side
.. I know addressing this gap is totally not necessary but since it keeps bugging me, I decided to fix it:
When I made this panel it seemed to be correct until I started welding, then it was somehow short by about a 1/4” at firewall side
.. I know addressing this gap is totally not necessary but since it keeps bugging me, I decided to fix it:
…made a patch to cover the gap:
.. welded into place. Will go back and fill the seams later:
Here’s the top-side of the HH repair showing FG-filler for any pin-holes, etc:
Smoothed and primed:
And the underside done the same way:
QUOTE(Literati914 @ Oct 24 2019, 08:56 PM) 
I've been putting this off, but I guess I should document the restoration build for my latest 914. I finally got the car on my property and even though there no garage (YET) I can go ahead and get some things started. This will be my 3rd 914 and it'll be a bit of a second chance for this car, as it has a front end section that's been grafted on (by PO) because of a previous accident - not to mention the rusted away hell-hole and holes in the floor. The graft actually looks pretty well done and solid, and the other items will be addressed. The car came with it's original engine - a 1.7 that's freshly rebuilt with zero miles on the rebuild (uninstalled). I've also got a 2056cc 'GA' motor that'll probably end up in this car.
The car was originally L21E Tangerine and someone's gone over it with a real crappy red paint. Since my last 914(/6) was L21E Tangerine.. I'm going to paint this one something else, and will be doing all bodywork and paint myself.
This "restoration" will be considered a driver quality effort.. but I don't plan on cutting too many corners either. I plan to do a quality job but it won't be going across the block at Christies either. Lots of parts have already been sourced, but there's always more, right! Here's the BEFORE shots:
Looks like mine! I purchased a 73 1.7 last month for $3800.00. Probably paid too much. It is also painted red, with a rattle can. Original color is “Frog Green” forgot the real name for that color. It had been painted orange and yellow previously. Has the same wheels as yours. Lol! Engine seems to run good, but the shifter needs to be sorted out. Both pans are rotted as well as the hell hole. Even worse, the pedal area is rotted out also. I had to rig the gas pedal to be able to drive it. Gauges work but lights do not. Brakes are ok. I’m only able to drive it around the block, barely!! All the rubber is cracked and the roof is just staying in place by it’s own weight. Wipers don’t work either. To ad to the fun, I was laid off last week, so now all I can do is sit and make a list of what needs to be done in order to just drive it. Never mind anything fancy. And of course look for a new job. I’m a carpenter. Millwork installer, commercial doors and hardware.
Got back to it, been working on this issue for a few days on and off. When my car had its front end collision (w/ previous owner), it knocked a small gap at the bottom of each door where the seal meets the threshold, under the lower door hinge on each side (must have been a hell of a pop!). Here some pics showing what I was repairing on the driver’s side:
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Under the attachment rail for the rocker cover too:
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Welded all this up, ground down the highs:
finished up the driver’s side:
Then it was over to the passenger side:
the patch:
… welded in, filled and lightly primed:
Been away from this project for a while, but got back on it the other day. This time I addressed the holes that were drilled in the rear center panel when a previous owner mounted one of the long reflectors (w/ Porsche script). I began this repair yesterday after I’d misplaced my phone (camera) for half the day, so no before shots unfortunately.. and no pics where I filled the holes with metal and welded them closed. Here’s a pic of the area leveled with FG filler though:
Lightly primed.. and check this one off the list. Next is on to the seal channel for the front trunk (frunk 
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Next, I needed to fix all the holes in the front part of the seal channel for the frunk.. including the perimeters of the headlight bucket areas. Here’s some before shots showing some of the rusted parts.
More ugly :
just a small sample actually:
Some typical repair techniques performed :
Crap cut away:
Patch made and ready :
And welded in place, and it’s front edge piece made up..
A picture of the completed bucket perimeter area… took lots of pics but it’s all the same thing through out the entire main seal channel. All this took about 5 x as long as I thought it would . I only have one small dime size hole to repair in this channel now, it’s up near the driver’s side wiper arm area. More on that later. Here’s a sample of the finished work covered in rust preventative paint, just before I leveled the channel with FG filler, mainly to fill weld seams:
. I only have one small dime size hole to repair in this channel now, it’s up near the driver’s side wiper arm area. More on that later. Here’s a sample of the finished work covered in rust preventative paint, just before I leveled the channel with FG filler, mainly to fill weld seams:QUOTE(Literati914 @ Jul 26 2021, 09:39 PM)
^ frustrating, when I use the forums 'attachment' buttons for pics, they get turned in all kinds of directions - is there something I can do to fix this?
My Phone makes the pictures to large and will make them fit any way the site wants. I have to go in and edit them down to about 25% of their original size.
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What !!! You mean I was finally able to get something 914 related done? 
Ok not directly to car on the rotisserie but at least something. I’m having to add sway bar tabs to a set of front a-arms because my other two sets that already have them (from the factory) are still mounted on cars
that’ll need to be jockied around so I can not dismantle those. So yea, I got to break the welder out for the first time in months. I will media blast this set later but for now I used the grinder to get to shined metal for welding:
Ok not directly to car on the rotisserie but at least something. I’m having to add sway bar tabs to a set of front a-arms because my other two sets that already have them (from the factory) are still mounted on cars
that’ll need to be jockied around so I can not dismantle those. So yea, I got to break the welder out for the first time in months. I will media blast this set later but for now I used the grinder to get to shined metal for welding:
I used a fourth set that I have to guide in placement of the sway bracket:
I’m looking forward to getting back to this project, and this small accomplishment was kinda motivating tbh. Here the completed tabs. I’ll dissemble the arms later (Wish me luck - these things are rusty!!) :
QUOTE(Literati914 @ Mar 10 2022, 10:39 PM)
I’m looking forward to getting back to this project, and this small accomplishment was kinda motivating tbh. Here the completed tabs. I’ll dissemble the arms later (Wish me luck - these things are rusty!!) :
I have about a dozen sets in my garage, most of which have the sway bar tabs. You could have just come over and picked out a set.
Clay
Oh well.. thanks anyway Clay! There was something I was thinking of hitting you up for the other day, but I’ve forgotten what it was now. 
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QUOTE(Literati914 @ Mar 10 2022, 11:11 PM)
Oh well.. thanks anyway Clay! There was something I was thinking of hitting you up for the other day, but I’ve forgotten what it was now.
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Memory is the second thing to go... and I forgot what the first one was.
Coming along very nicely Doug. I should have had you come do my front trunk channel. I hate it, mine rusted through up near the fender to cowel joints.
I got around to stripping these old A-arms of their bushings and ball joints - they did put up a bit of a fight I must say 
Then I decided to patch a hole in the bottom of a stock 2.0L air box that I have. I’m not sure which car this will be used on, or if I’ll use it at all but I figured it needed to be repaired before I proceed with sandblasting stuff.
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