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 |
Mar 23 2014, 06:51 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 |
This evening brings the end of a very productive weekend. Saturday morning I went to work first thing test fitting and drilling for rosette welds. The RD cross member comes in two segments. You have to bend the out-board ends out which is simple enough. I was going to lap the left piece over the top of the right piece were they come together over the tunnel (about 2" of over-lap). But I found that the floor pan needed to be pushed up to be flush with the cross member flanges. That extra 1/16" created if I lapped wouldn't be helpful. So I trimmed the left piece end over the tunnel. I used rosette welds along the pan, on top of the tunnel and where the "ears" join the longs. I also seam welded those areas (every 4" on the pans). The net result was a really solid feeling floor pan with zero give when you stand in the compartment. I finished up this morning and primed the pans and cross member. Then I went head first into the right front fender...
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