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) |
Dave Bell |
Jul 8 2004, 02:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 27-November 03 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 1,398 Region Association: None |
Hmm... reminds of the last topic I posted on...
If you like welding and are decent at it... you got a project... if you don't/aren't.... cut the car up and part it out... Stripping the car may take a day or so, depending on how fast you are and what you call "a day". Cutting it up will take a day or less with a sawzall... longer if you are trying to save particular pieces... shorter if you hold a sawzall party. The bracing the guy put on the suspension ear looked O.K. to me in that single photo... might be stiffer than the original if he did it right, although he could have at least cleaned it up and painted over it instead of letting it rust again. Other photos show need for some major rust repair. You are on the west coast. Call somebody in the bay area or LA Area... have them find you a roller with less rust and then trailer it back up to Oregon. The obvious guys that spend time locating cars for others are: Brad in the Bay area Mike Z in the Santa Barbara Steve Malm in LA I am sure there are others on this list as well, I just don't send enough time on the list to know them. - Dave |
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