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| pjf |
 Mar 21 2008, 07:37 PM
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Hi All. I've been around for awhile and even made a few posts but I finally got around to starting this restoration thread. My only claim to fame I would say is I was the guy who loaned Willam Harris some beat up steel wheels to finish his paint job. Still don't know why he returned them in favor of his pristine Fuchs.... Anyway, more years back than I'd care to admit I got the idea to restore a 914 and convert it to electric. I've worked on cars on an off and even graduated from the Somerville High Adult Ed Welding Night Course so I figured I'd go for it. A fairly ignorant Ebay winning bid later and I found myself the owner of a 76 from Texas. When the owner said that the right side door had a "latch problem" and the door wouldn't open I figured simple door repair, right? This was before discovering 914World and all the great information here. Things like don't buy 914s that have doors that don't open and don’t get POR-15 on your hootus. The thread by Michelko particularly inspired me to tackle the right side long. You guys are great and I want to thank everyone for their very helpful posts. (I got a “rebate” from the seller by the way).
Anyway here’s the car stripped down. As you can see space is no problem. |
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Mar 22 2008, 07:12 PM
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pjf Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 07:37 PM
pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 07:52 PM pjf Here's the worst first. The right side long ... Mar 21 2008, 08:02 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 08:04 PM pjf The left side long. The jackpost is gone but thi... Mar 21 2008, 08:07 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 08:08 PM pjf The floor looked great until the tar came up and t... Mar 21 2008, 08:12 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 08:13 PM pjf The hell hole has surface rust as you can see and ... Mar 21 2008, 08:16 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 08:18 PM pjf Sail panels need work as you can see. Mar 21 2008, 08:19 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 08:21 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 08:22 PM pjf Last but not least are the trunks. The usual rust... Mar 21 2008, 08:26 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 08:28 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 08:30 PM pjf Before tearing into the longs I welded up some doo... Mar 21 2008, 08:34 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 21 2008, 08:35 PM Van Great idea to put those door hinge-to-seat belt br... Mar 21 2008, 08:59 PM pjf Thanks. Hopefully, the bracing will hold thing in... Mar 21 2008, 09:25 PM 1970 Neun vierzehn Hooray, another one being saved :clap:
You know,... Mar 21 2008, 09:57 PM pjf Here's a shot that gives you an idea of how mu... Mar 22 2008, 05:48 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 05:49 PM pjf Now what? When I looked at the cost of the inner ... Mar 22 2008, 06:03 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 06:03 PM pjf The tricky part of this was cutting the car and He... Mar 22 2008, 06:08 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 06:09 PM pjf This worked for the right part but for the left in... Mar 22 2008, 06:13 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 06:14 PM pjf I next transferred the pattern piece to the car an... Mar 22 2008, 06:47 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 06:48 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 06:49 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 06:50 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 06:52 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 06:58 PM pjf The welds were then completed and the reinforcing ... Mar 22 2008, 07:12 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:14 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:15 PM pjf I was all ready to weld in the outer long piece fr... Mar 22 2008, 07:23 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:24 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:25 PM pjf I had to repair the box at the front of the long a... Mar 22 2008, 07:34 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:36 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:37 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:38 PM pjf Lastly for added support (in case I blew a weld or... Mar 22 2008, 07:43 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:44 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:45 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:46 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:47 PM pjf RE: Peter's Progress Mar 22 2008, 07:47 PM FourBlades Nice work Peter!!!
How long has th... Mar 22 2008, 09:13 PM pjf Thanks John. I saw your thread and will be follo... Mar 23 2008, 07:05 PM SirAndy very nice work! :trophy:
glad to see anoth... Mar 24 2008, 11:29 AM FourBlades 7 pounds per clamshell seems very reasonable for m... Mar 24 2008, 07:56 PM Richard Casto Peter,
It looks great! I am doing a similar ... Mar 25 2008, 07:08 AM DEC great job :smash: :trophy: Mar 25 2008, 11:50 AM charliew Your work looks very good Peter who makes the oute... Mar 25 2008, 04:41 PM
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Your work looks very good Peter who makes the out... Mar 26 2008, 10:33 AM tdgray Nice work Peter...been there done that... tough jo... Mar 26 2008, 09:47 AM charliew Thanks Peter I just ordered a set but it looks lik... Mar 26 2008, 12:01 PM pjf Too bad about the overlays for the longs. I think... Mar 26 2008, 03:36 PM pjf I found out yesterday that AutoAtlanta will be get... Mar 28 2008, 08:46 PM pjf Tonight I started the left side long by drilling o... Mar 28 2008, 08:58 PM pjf Then another epiphany hits me. I should be weldin... Mar 28 2008, 09:12 PM pjf Here's the Engman piece laid up in place. I f... Mar 28 2008, 09:18 PM charliew Paul good pictures, A couple of suggestions, if yo... Mar 29 2008, 09:30 AM pjf I do have some burrs and have used them to elongat... Mar 29 2008, 09:15 PM 9146986 Can I suggest more welding practice?
If your we... Mar 30 2008, 09:32 AM charliew You can see the penetration on his previous post. ... Mar 30 2008, 02:53 PM pjf Advice well taken. I have to admit looking back ... Mar 30 2008, 04:37 PM charliew Peter you can try setting the heat for the new met... Mar 30 2008, 10:04 PM |
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