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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Spotweld cutter kit arrived today.

I sprang 97$ for the cherrywood boxed kit from 1/4" to 1/2" because the sizes of the spotwelds vary on the 914 it seems.

My eyecrometer tells me that most are 7.5-8mm but some go larger and some are just blobs of crap that i need to dremel out.


Once I get done working from home at 11, I am heading out there to hopefully get closer to having the center cross brace from long to long out!

Here are some more boring pics of my method for getting rid of the welds they poop on. I used a tungsten carbide cutting bit and light hand.

I left the welds there to mock line the piece back up later.


I totally hope these things work as expected. I see visions of puppies and rainbows now when I drill them out and they are gone within a few seconds and the metal is that much closer to free.

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