914-6 Restoration, ...and away we go Options

[914350]

Hi all, I’m still a newbie here on world, I’ve made a few posts but have not yet formally introduced myself. My name is Kent and I have been restoring cars for over 20 years now. I did the reconstruction, body and paint on Andy’s (socalandy) 914-6. I immediately became hooked on 914,s and bought and built a 914 V8 conversion. I am starting a new restoration on another 914-6 so I will be posting pics of the progress as I go. The owner of this cars name is Jim and he has done a nice job of rounding up and restoring many of the parts thus far so this will no doubt be a nice car in the end. Andy (socalandy) posted a thread on this car a few months back and now it is in my shop and I’m ready to begin.

[trojanhorsepower]

What did you use to remove the panels? What ever it was it seemed to go well.

[914350]

What did you use to remove the panels? What ever it was it seemed to go well.

There's many different tools that are used, I use a sawzall/Reciprocating saw (large and small) and a cut off wheel to cut the panel back to the edges then a spot weld drill bit to help with separating the spot welds and even a air chisel at some points but being carful not to damage the lip/edge that the new panel will attach to. there's lots of different ways to go about it, sometimes the welds just snap loose as you twist the metal away.