Starting a 1973 restoration, Restoring a left for dead $500 914... Options

[FourBlades]

Hello 914 World Members!

I am starting on restoring a $500 914 that was left in a field for several years with no windshield. The car belonged to the POs older brother and thus has sentimental value. The sold it to me on the condition that I not part it out. I was looking for a project so this was fine with me. This is my first restoration project so I figured I would learn a lot (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

The car is a mixture of really good sections, appears to have suffered no major accidents, is straight, never been repainted--but it has totally rusted out floors and hell hole. All the suspension mounting points are not rusted. The door gaps are all even and good. If I can replace the floors, I think it will be a good straight car. Many small parts were stolen while it was "stored" and the wiring loom is a complete loss.

Thanks for any comments...John

[FourBlades]

Flip Your 914 Part Deux

When the car was tipped about 40 degrees it started to get very light.
At this point I figured I would see what happened if I pushed it the rest
of the way by hand.



Tipping it the rest of the way was much like using a large dolly to move
a filing cabinet. It is easy to get it back to the balancing point but going
back to flat from there it gets really heavy.



Thanks to careful calculations and planning it all worked out. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Looking forward to finishing the floor in a more vertical position.

John

[slow914]

dude, that is badass