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alfadoc |
Nov 12 2015, 03:33 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 6-November 15 From: Lynchburg, VA Member No.: 19,340 Region Association: None |
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. |
ntmatter |
Nov 26 2015, 12:40 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 10-May 11 From: Gig Harbor, WA Member No.: 13,049 Region Association: None |
Don't be discouraged, I bought my own $1400 project, and they will always have twice the amount of work to be done than you'd hoped, but even scary projects can be done one bit at a time. It's only metal - the rust can be fixed and it's not as tough as you fear.
Final thought - it's good to have a brutally honest assessment of the potential problems now rather than later - it'll be easier in the long run to get it all upfront now than discovering it after you've done your first repaint. |
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