Worth it or not ???????, Rust pics..... |
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Worth it or not ???????, Rust pics..... |
914momo |
Jul 7 2004, 05:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 15-April 04 From: ORYGUN Member No.: 1,933 |
About a year ago I seen a 914 sitting on the corner for sale and it was like love at first sight.So I ran to the bank as fast as i could, pulled out 2000 smackers,and bought the car before anybody else could buy it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
Well a few months later I found this website called 914world.com,an noticed lots of people talking about rust in the battery tray area, so I went outside and took a look at my own car....Holy F*&%in shit my car was rusted all the way through to the suspension (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) .........It looks like the right trailing arm mount busted at sometime or another, because the PO (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif) welded some 1/4 in steel to hold it together.... I started to look a little farther and found rust everywhere,the longs,under pass seat,everywhere.........I guess my question is would this be worth fixing myself or would it be cheaper to buy a rust free tub? Here are some pics.............. Attached image(s) |
freezing14 |
Jul 8 2004, 11:21 AM
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freezing14 Group: Members Posts: 435 Joined: 21-June 04 From: brockville , Ontario, Canada Member No.: 2,233 |
I do not agree, with all of you, when I got mine about 4 months ago it looked like yours with the exception of the susupention console, i had to replace the inner long. bottom part, i made a replacement panel made of 1/4 steel as the replacement for the longs, changed the floor and the inner firewall and Bingo i have the stiffest 914 made, I have to admit that it was not that easy to bend and shape but it was the only thing to do the rest of the car was isn a not too bad shape a bit thin sheet here and there and this week end the car is ready for paint, the time involved is big but the final cost for the stiffest 914 is less than 100$ but around 150 hrs for the swiss cheezew fixing, if you gat an other tub or parts car, the trouble of parting the car selling piece by piece might be more trouble than the metal work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
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