Let's save another 914, and get it decent., Probably need advice from you old school 914 folk Options

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So here is the rust on this one. It's a 75 cali car it's entire life.

Get the worst over to begin. Let us take a look at the hell hole. It was solid, and even passed teh screwdriver/hammer test....

*until* it soaked in metal ready a while... then the screwdriver test started picking out giant holes which you see here. It is still soaking, and has been on/off for days not to eat away more to see what metal is truly left. Next step is a grinder or non-hand tool of sorts to break deep into the pitting and see what truly is through.

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The hell hole, or lack thereof.

The hole in the firewall was under seam sealer and looked perfect. The factory seals the rust in for you on 914's, or the sealer just ages and lets moisture behind it. Either way, I do not think that hole is factory heh.

Again both pictures were taken way early before the por-15 and primer in the case of the hell hole area. Unfortunately I lost my wifes camera battery charger and the battery was dying of course! I will take some pictures of the metal once I get back to strip the primer off, finish removing pitting from the metal and por-15 the hell hole area.

I plan on cutting out a 1.5" x 4" patch across which will leave about .75-1cm of metal from the long to the panel, where the patch will be welded.

There is a chunk of the actually drain missing as well, the metal under it however is fine. I think I am going to clean and por-15 it, not worrying about what it looks like or anything. I guess again if it bugs me in the future, it can be fixed with new metal.

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