'71 Build Thread, Diamond in the Rough Options

[dlee6204]

I thought I would share my most recent project. I picked this car up a couple weeks ago on craigslist. It's a '71 w/ 78K on the clock. It's definitely in project form but one thing that I liked about it is that it is pretty original and unmolested... no goofy PO repairs, all stock parts, relatively low miles plus I love the early style 914 w/ steelies (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) . Its been stored in a barn for many years. It does have some rust but its fairly manageable which is pretty good for East coast standards.

The plan right now is to keep it all stock and just create a nice original driver.

Bringing it home...






The battery tray has some light surface rust



Here's the underside of the passenger long. I was able to jack the car up and door gaps didn't change (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) .... Heck, most 914s I bring home don't even have a place to jack it up anymore.

[dlee6204]

Well I started digging into some of the rust over the weekend. The plan was to replace both sail panels but after digging into it, I'm going to have to replace a little bit more. Both sail panels have rust in exactly same place so although I only cut open the driver's side I'm going to have to do the same things to passenger side. There's a small area on the inner sail support I will have to patch. The door jamb is rusted by the vent tube as well as down by the sill panel. I'm going to order new door jamb panels soon. I've done my fair share of panel forming but its much easier to just open up the wallet and buy replacement panels. I'll be removing the front of the fender which will give better access to the jackpoint too.