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 29 2014, 07:33 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 |
Blazing ahead. During the week I stripped the donor fender and the original that it was mated to. Then I went ahead and fabed up a quick patch over the turn signal hole (and marked the sheet metal for another). That went on nicely. Today I got down and dirty - stripping the wheel well of gobs of under-coating and rooting out all the seam sealer I could get to. Reaching back towards the rear of the car inside of the fender, heating and scraping was especially brutal. But I got the majority of the paint and sealer removed. Then I worked my way around to the front panel and stripped it. Much easier going there. After cleaning everything with Marine Clean, I treated it all with Metal Prep. I read in the POR 15 instructions that body filler can be applied over POR 15 when tacky. However, other posts indicate you can rough it after it's cured and get good adhesion. That's what I'll do later to dress up the seam in the fender and the rough areas on the front panel. I did try a new application technique with the POR 15. On the large areas I used a small disposable, short napped roller (the one that comes in the disposable trey). That material lays down so well I'm confident that it will look just as good as using a brush. I followed up in the tight areas with a brush. I think next I'll remove all the glass and seals from the car. I'm ready to take a break from wire brushing for a while (at least my sore arm is).
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