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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Welded up two of these lame u shaped stamps in the floor pan to test the new welder setup and gas. Wow, it is cake. Once I verified the gauge of sheetmetal and set the welder, it was butter.

Super clean.

I even did some 16 gauge stuff as practice.

It is nice having a large bottle of 75% Argon and 25% CO2 around. I think I have enough to do about half the car and the stiffening kit.

Just need to get it on stands, measure some critical areas make sure I am not welding a bent or tweaked chassis and then por-15 & seal it up.

I also need to post some better pictures of my questionable damage spot to address now, sooner rather than later.


I am also about to pull the plug on ordering some nice cobalt spot weld cutters so that I can get this thing apart and back together easier.

I do not want to even mess with anymore spot welds until I get the kit with all the sizes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)