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 8 2014, 09:16 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 |
Installing the front floor pan took about 8 hours. Mostly screwing in sheet metal screws, beating with a hammer, welding and grinding. It was nice to get a break from cutting patches. I started in the middle welding the tunnel. I had drilled for spot welds on the edges of the tunnel. I filled those and added some lap welds for extra strength. I'm leaving the rear 6" un-welded because I've decided to lap the rear pan instead of butt weld. Then I moved to the outer edges under the longs. I had drilled the pan for spot welds there and that was the most difficult area. Next I brought my attention to the front areas. You may remember when I was patching the bulkhead under the dash that much of that metal was missing and I fabricated a peddle assembly mount from what little was remaining The RD front pan had the recessed area for the peddles and my fabrications didn't quite match up. So I removed the bottom metal and made some adjustment. Also note that the RD pan front edges under the wheelhouses are turned down. If one was doing a proper restoration these would be crimped up to join but much of that was missing on this car so I simply turned it up, trimmed and welding to the bottom of the wheel house. There's a rust hole on the passenger side I'll come back to later. I worked from the outboard sides towards the middle - leaving the peddle area to last. I had to add a couple slivers for the adjustment but everything welded up nicely. All the joints at the front were lap welding top and bottom for maximum strength. Finally I ground everything down and I'll hopefully have the rear pan started soon.
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