Rusty bucket into Solo toy, Some highlights of my budget autocross build from rust to rocket |
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Rusty bucket into Solo toy, Some highlights of my budget autocross build from rust to rocket |
Han Solo |
Sep 30 2013, 10:40 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 30-September 13 From: Middle Tennessee Member No.: 16,456 Region Association: South East States |
New to this forum but I've been around 944s, 924Ss, Boxster and Cayman forums for years.
This one is going to take some time. Purchased for $900, non-running but otherwise complete '73 914 2.0. Certainly just beyond a viable restoration car but probably okay for what I plan to do with it. Here's some highlights of the tear down... On the trailer going to the house. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Han Solo |
Jan 5 2014, 06:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 30-September 13 From: Middle Tennessee Member No.: 16,456 Region Association: South East States |
Last day of mild weather here so I'm back out in the shop first thing this morning. I figured I needed to move my rigging beam to the rear of the car for good access to the outer firewall and engine bay. The best spot I could find was under the trunk support between the sway bar brackets. It took a couple of attempts but I eventually found the right combo of blocks. So I raised it up to 48" garage floor to floor pan (if it was there).
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1336.photobucket.com-16456-1388968618.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1336.photobucket.com-16456-1388968619.2.jpg) That made for a very comfortable position when I'm standing inside the engine compartment. I repositioned my work lights and it's time to get going with the wire brush. Here's what it looked like prior to cleaning... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1336.photobucket.com-16456-1388968620.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1336.photobucket.com-16456-1388968620.4.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1336.photobucket.com-16456-1388968620.5.jpg) You can see where the PORT 15 has worked it's way through my patches on the firewall. You probably wouldn't want me welding gas pipe (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Anyway, I can weld a bead along those on this side before painting. So, to get some real cleaning done I remove the trunk lid brackets, brake lines, brake splitter, blower, circuit board, fuel pump and FPR. I cut the fuel pump bracket and blower bracket out also as I won't be needing those. The firewall cleans up better than I expected. The only rust holes are along the lower flange but the enough left to give me a really good idea on what I need to fabricate. The rear floor pan joins both the inner and outer firewall so I'll have to fix that edge. The driver side long is in pretty good shape. There's a little pan with a drain (clogged of course) just behind the firewall that's pretty rusty but no holes. Of course the battery tray area is a mess. That long has a rust hole on top just behind the fire wall and the side metal has that hole that I partially fixed on the other side. There's another rust hole on the side where the tray attaches. So quite a bit of work on that long. What's really funny though is how the PO fixed the suspension console when the "ear" broke off. It's a piece of 1.5" angle iron cut and fitted with three nuts and bolts. I've already got a replacement piece that looks like it will work very nicely. I'll probably cut out the rest of the engine shelving on the sides and rear to speed the structural work up. Something tells me I'll be working in this area till spring (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1336.photobucket.com-16456-1388968621.6.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1336.photobucket.com-16456-1388968622.7.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1336.photobucket.com-16456-1388968622.8.jpg) |
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