I bought it Options

[alfadoc]

Posted last week that I was considering buying a local car. It will go into dry storage awaiting restoration. Thought I'd share a couple of pics.

Stuck a battery in it. No starter engagement and no fuel pump whir. Maybe I just need to jump the seatbelt relay. Fingers crossed. It's not home yet, so I haven't really had a chance to wrench on it.

Really checked out the floors, and they are absolutely solid in passenger compartment and trunks. The battery tray is crusty and there are a couple of little bubbles in the adjacent side panel. Everything I can see and feel below the battery tray is solid. No rust on the battery tray support.

Under the jack points there is an area about 1" long where the seams come together that you can stick a screwdriver through. otherwise solid. It does have this one odd rust area on top of the rear quarter. Likely the result of a poor bondo job. Anyway, I can't wait to get this in out of the elements. My first 914. I don't think I did too badly for $1500. Oh, and bonus, it has Konis and a Bursch street exhaust with a cat delete.

[SirAndy]

Under the jack points there is an area about 1" long where the seams come together that you can stick a screwdriver through.
otherwise solid.

No

It does have this one odd rust area on top of the rear quarter.
Likely the result of a poor bondo job.

No


Sorry to be a bit harsh here but both of your assessments are likely to be false.

- If you have a 1" spot around your jack post where you can stick a screwdriver through you WILL have a lot more rust in that long and most likely also in the floorpan and rear firewall section close to that spot.
It's there, you just haven't found it yet.

- The spot on the back fender is well known and unfortunately that means the whole section is completely rotted.
There's a cavity that was sealed by the factory with foam and seam sealer. Once the sealer is compromised, the foam will soak up water and it will rust from the inside out. You'll need to replace the whole rear section of the fender and most likely also parts of the trunk wall.
I would also check the other side more closely. Remove the foam from the inside and look for rust there too.

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[jor]

Under the jack points there is an area about 1" long where the seams come together that you can stick a screwdriver through.
otherwise solid.

No

It does have this one odd rust area on top of the rear quarter.
Likely the result of a poor bondo job.

No


Sorry to be a bit harsh here but both of your assessments are likely to be false.

- If you have a 1" spot around your jack post where you can stick a screwdriver through you WILL have a lot more rust in that long and most likely also in the floorpan and rear firewall section close to that spot.
It's there, you just haven't found it yet.

- The spot on the back fender is well known and unfortunately that means the whole section is completely rotted.
There's a cavity that was sealed by the factory with foam and seam sealer. Once the sealer is compromised, the foam will soak up water and it will rust from the inside out. You'll need to replace the whole rear section of the fender and most likely also parts of the trunk wall.
I would also check the other side more closely. Remove the foam from the inside and look for rust there too.

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Sir Andy's right, but there is hope. Well, some hope at least. My 914 had the same 1" of rust under the jack point on the driver's side and, expecting the worst, I found that the rust, miraculously, was limited to that spot. It wasn't in the long and it didn't get into floorpans (under the tar, which hides rust) or into the firewall. That's really rare, but it could be possible on your car too. The only way to tell is after disassembly. I hope that you have the same luck (or better) than I had!

That rear panel, though, doesn't look promising at all.

Enjoy your purchase!