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> BUILD-OFF CHALLENGE: Eisberg rustoration, Need some input...
mbseto
post Aug 16 2015, 07:32 PM
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Funny, I am as nervous starting this thread as I was to start cutting into my car.

I resolved to start a rustoration thread when I made my first cuts, so here it is. I'm hoping the community will pipe in periodically with any, "Don't do that!", "Do it this other way!", "Do this first!", or "Don't forget this!" comments that are appropriate. Any and all guidance will be appreciated.

So here's the car as I got it, not quite a year ago:
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Started out doing a little engine work to get it running, then drove it around a little bit before starting to take it apart. Took the engine out, put it up on a dolly, took out much of the interior and suspension, and this is how it sits now:
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After cleaning out the inside and seeing the rust, it was hard to believe we were driving it at all. These are the first cuts, just straightening out the edges of the rust holes really.
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More pics coming soon, I'll be documenting the extent of the damage and forming a battle plan.
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Back at you on the fab skills! And I'll add to the "Awesome dolly!" comments.
Keep up the great work.
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mbseto   BUILD-OFF CHALLENGE: Eisberg rustoration   Aug 16 2015, 07:32 PM
TargaToy   Love your dolly setup. Keep the progress reports ...   Aug 16 2015, 07:35 PM
Zimms   Love your dolly setup. :agree: Nice work   Aug 17 2015, 02:46 AM
rick 918-S   Good bracing. If you end up needing to weld higher...   Aug 16 2015, 08:44 PM
mgp4591   Thanks for posting your pics- now I don't feel...   Aug 16 2015, 09:01 PM
thieuster   Nice! Don't be tempted to start working on...   Aug 17 2015, 04:27 AM
rgalla9146   Nice! Don't be tempted to start working o...   Aug 17 2015, 08:32 AM
Claus Graf   Nice dolly. Good Luck with the 914! I would s...   Aug 17 2015, 09:03 AM
blackmoon   nice work, good luck with the restoration, it...   Aug 17 2015, 09:17 AM
jmitro   love that color. good luck with your rustoration;...   Aug 17 2015, 09:50 AM
sfrenck   Shouldn't the door braces form an "X...   Aug 17 2015, 09:58 AM
rdauenhauer   How's your center tunnel- is it rusted up the ...   Aug 17 2015, 10:24 AM
mbseto   Thanks all for the kind words. ...I would sugges...   Aug 17 2015, 06:28 PM
mbseto   BTW, I love the wheels on your car. What are the...   Aug 17 2015, 06:34 PM
mbseto   Shouldn't the door braces form an "X...   Aug 17 2015, 06:44 PM
DirtyCossack   I'll be learning in the near future whether yo...   Aug 17 2015, 08:29 PM
mbseto   Guess I better update you guys... Some PO welded ...   Oct 3 2015, 07:49 PM
mbseto   I'm planning on buying a bunch of sheet metal ...   Oct 3 2015, 07:57 PM
turk22   I'm planning on buying a bunch of sheet metal...   Oct 4 2015, 10:29 AM
DirtyCossack   So far in my rustoration I'm not finding a nee...   Oct 3 2015, 07:57 PM
mbseto   I'm going to try to weld everything from the i...   Oct 3 2015, 08:09 PM
914forme   Matthew, I really like the dolly. I will be liber...   Oct 3 2015, 08:13 PM
Vysoc   Nice Dolly, I will bet that Brake can bend 16g but...   Oct 4 2015, 10:09 AM
Andyrew   Killer dolly setup!!   Oct 4 2015, 11:40 AM
mbseto   Matthew, I really like the dolly. I will be libe...   Oct 5 2015, 08:04 AM
mbseto   Breakfast of champions: I really like your Blo...   Oct 5 2015, 08:08 AM
jmitro   ha; timely update. I was just ruminating over how ...   Oct 5 2015, 08:44 AM
mbseto   ha; timely update. I was just ruminating over how...   Oct 6 2015, 09:51 PM
Andyrew   That is awesome... Its so simple!   Oct 6 2015, 09:58 PM
mbseto   Hammer forming patch for the back part of the forw...   Oct 9 2015, 08:46 PM
mbseto   You can probably guess where this little monkey is...   Dec 21 2015, 06:40 PM
tygaboy   Back at you on the fab skills! And I'll ad...   Jan 18 2016, 03:01 PM
injunmort   awesome work, that tunnel shot looks like a surgic...   Jan 18 2016, 03:50 PM
mbseto   Time to catch you guys up... Spending some cold J...   Jan 20 2016, 10:11 PM
mbseto   Some strategy: Was puzzling over the best way to ...   Jan 20 2016, 10:17 PM
ssuperflyoldguy   Just a suggestion, when I do sheetmetal fab on rus...   Jan 23 2016, 01:10 PM
mbseto   Just a suggestion, when I do sheetmetal fab on ru...   Jan 31 2016, 10:45 PM
mbseto   Man, the voting is quite a job. Fun to see where ...   Jan 31 2016, 10:47 PM
rick 918-S   Lots of hand fab work. nice.   Jan 31 2016, 10:53 PM
mbseto   Slow month. But started working on the tank. Dum...   Feb 29 2016, 09:46 PM
mbseto   Results of electrolysis on the tank. I would turn...   Mar 6 2016, 09:42 PM
mbseto   Front passenger corner is pretty much rebuilt and ...   Jul 6 2016, 09:42 PM
mbseto   Now you see it, now you don't... Final corn...   Jul 6 2016, 09:47 PM
mbseto   Anatomy Autopsy of a long... Here's the whole...   Jul 6 2016, 10:11 PM
914forme   Cool, I love dissections.   Jul 7 2016, 11:44 AM
mbseto   Had a shop bend channel sections in 12g. Did the ...   Jul 18 2016, 07:10 PM
Andyrew   12ga? Holy crap...   Jul 18 2016, 08:45 PM
mbseto   12ga? Holy crap... That's the standard gaug...   Jul 19 2016, 09:37 AM
DirtyCossack   That's awesome right there.   Jul 19 2016, 09:40 AM
buck toenges   How are you going to refinish your fuel tank on th...   Jul 19 2016, 09:53 AM
mbseto   Thinking of getting the POR15 kit. I'm planni...   Jul 19 2016, 10:00 AM
jd74914   Thinking of getting the POR15 kit. I'm plann...   Jul 19 2016, 02:28 PM
DirtyCossack   When I move back to CVG next year we're going ...   Jul 19 2016, 04:10 PM
914forme   When I move back to CVG next year we're going...   Jul 19 2016, 05:43 PM
trojanhorsepower   Wow! A complete longectomy. The replacement ...   Jul 19 2016, 06:05 PM
mbseto   Would you mind sharing the cost of getting those ...   Jul 19 2016, 09:10 PM
mbseto   When I move back to CVG next year we're going...   Jul 19 2016, 09:13 PM
jmitro   That's really nice work you're doing. onc...   Jul 20 2016, 08:26 AM
mbseto   More dissection... Cut the suspension pylon and m...   Jul 25 2016, 08:33 PM
mbseto   With that long completely cut out, it is pretty fl...   Aug 21 2016, 10:11 AM
mbseto   Now the car is mounted on 4 points again and I can...   Aug 21 2016, 10:23 AM
jmitro   Very nice work. i'm impressed with your foreth...   Aug 29 2016, 11:10 AM
mbseto   Continuing work on fabricating the inner long. Ne...   Aug 29 2016, 09:21 PM
mbseto   Puzzled over how to match up the inner long to the...   Aug 29 2016, 09:33 PM
mbseto   Test fitting the heater tube. Going to need a li...   Aug 29 2016, 09:40 PM
914forme   :drooley: Loving the work, We all know how frustra...   Aug 30 2016, 06:00 AM
mbseto   Thank you! I definitely plan to sleeve that ...   Aug 30 2016, 11:43 AM
mbseto   Acquired a mascot:   Aug 31 2016, 10:43 AM
mbseto   Getting behind on my updates. Got the long sleeve...   Jan 2 2017, 05:00 PM
914forme   Matthew, working it 12 ga. is a little :screwy: I...   Jan 2 2017, 07:00 PM
SixerJ   How did I miss this great thread before now, subsc...   Jan 4 2017, 02:03 AM
amfab   I am about a month behind you... http://www.914wo...   Jan 4 2017, 10:18 PM
cary   I am about a month behind you... http://www.914w...   Jan 23 2017, 05:40 AM
mbseto   Matthew, working it 12 ga. is a little :screwy: ...   Jan 5 2017, 05:06 PM
mbseto   Building a motor mount. Making a pattern... C...   Jan 5 2017, 05:14 PM
mbseto   All the bits... These are actually the bits from ...   Jan 5 2017, 05:22 PM
914forme   Nice work there :smash:   Jan 5 2017, 05:40 PM
JoeDees   That...is...awesome!!!!   Jan 5 2017, 06:10 PM
amfab   Man, that is great Matthew you have similar spots ...   Jan 5 2017, 10:12 PM
mbseto   Are you learning as you go or have you worked in ...   Jan 6 2017, 08:00 AM
amfab   Can you recommend a good Sheetmetal forum?   Jan 6 2017, 06:47 PM
tygaboy   Can you recommend a good Sheetmetal forum? Som...   Jan 6 2017, 09:23 PM
914forme   Can you recommend a good Sheetmetal forum? Not ...   Jan 7 2017, 08:17 AM
Cairo94507   Wow! :trophy: :popcorn:   Jan 6 2017, 08:19 AM
mbseto   metalmeet.com is about my speed, there's guys ...   Jan 7 2017, 10:41 AM
Cupomeat   Wow, been a little lax on the 914world lately due ...   Jan 7 2017, 11:23 AM
Curbandgutter   MBSETO Man you are awesome. Love your work. :t...   Feb 13 2017, 01:43 PM
mbseto   Thanks for the encouragement, guys... mbseto, lo...   Jun 25 2017, 09:16 AM
mbseto   Need an update, Spring got away from me- work, etc...   Jun 25 2017, 09:52 AM
mbseto   The new long is tacked in place. I keep measuring...   Jun 25 2017, 10:03 AM
amfab   The new long is tacked in place. I keep measurin...   Jun 25 2017, 12:21 PM
Garland   I was not sure how this build was going to go in t...   Jun 25 2017, 01:57 PM
mbseto   Thank you for the encouragement. Being a part of ...   Oct 26 2017, 11:25 AM
mbseto   Another thread I was reading was talking about how...   Oct 26 2017, 11:36 AM
bbrock   Man you do pretty work! :thumbsup:   Oct 26 2017, 11:47 AM
mbseto   These pics should have gone in with the last post,...   Feb 25 2018, 11:43 PM
defianty   Nice work you're doing there.   Feb 26 2018, 02:42 AM
mbseto   Nice work you're doing there. Thank you, I ...   Feb 26 2018, 10:46 PM
mbseto   Took out a little of the door frame to get those r...   Feb 26 2018, 11:15 PM
bbrock   I'm really impressed with your work. Keep ...   Feb 27 2018, 09:07 AM
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