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 |
Apr 1 2014, 08:03 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 two evenings I've been pulling the all the glass, window regulators, window guilds and interior trim pieces. I got all the glass out without cracks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) The front windshield came out fairly easily. I was pleased to not find any rust under the molding there - just dirt. The A pillar trim actually looks pretty good but the top trim has cracks. Then I moved to the doors. Getting the glass out of the window regulators was a bit troublesome. After I fished the regulator mechanism out, then I went for the scrapers and guilds. The front guild holds the quarter glass and has an interesting adjuster at the bottom. The hardest piece was the rear guild with the two screws coming up through the bottom of the door. Those were pretty rusty and required a lot of PB Blaster. I left the door handles and latches in place. Overall the doors are in okay condition with moderate rust along the bottom. I think I'll be able to treat, paint and be fine. I'll probably seal the glass slot with a welded sheet metal strip. I finished up this evening pulling the rear interior trim and glass. That glass didn't need much prying at all - it practically fell out on it's own. Now I see why the firewall was in such bad shape with all the rain coming in behind the back pad. The areas around the rear glass and top of the roll structure are rust free though. Except for the rear roof latches that are somewhat rusty.
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