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 |
Feb 2 2014, 08:27 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 |
I've been working for this for a long time. Getting floor pans in this car will be a HUGE accomplishment for me. And I want to take my time a do it right. So today I started test fitting the front and rear pans. My hillbilly lift actually help keep the front pan in place with just enough space between lifting beam and longs to slide the pan in from the front. I discovered what one reader mentioned back when I was patching the front bulkhead. There is a recessed area under the peddle assembly. I'll have to do some modification to the sheet metal I've added there to make that conform. I cut out some of the leading folded edges under the bulkhead because the RD front pan has them and that was helpful for placement. I also trimmed the dead metal off the back off my replacement master cylinder mount. Then I tacked the front pan in with some self-taping screws and then used my floor jack with some lumber to support the rear pan and tacked it in position. There's about 3/4" of overlap with both pans in position so I'll have to trim one. I also found that I lost elevation on some of the inner firewall lower patches. I'll have to trim that area and re-bend the metal. Being satisfied that everything will line up well, I took the pans off, cleaned and prepped the metal then spray painted both sides with weld through primer.
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