Mark's (914Rubber) Project Car Options

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I've been asked by Mark to do some sheet metal/body work on his 75 2.0 Liter project car. The car arrived last Monday. But I needed to finish up a couple things on my project car and in my shop first. But I dove in this afternoon.

First task is to tidy things up after the paint stripping. Which included dropping the engine in order remove any residual media in the nooks and crannies. I was concerned with the rust prevention product that Dustless Blaster mixes with the glass media being left on and in the electrical connections. I'm a firm believer of an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I dribbled some OSPHO on a couple connectors in my white car. Not good. It ate the crap out the plating.

Here's Super In Law working on loosening up the media in order to blow it off. It will need to be steam cleaned.






Project List : So Far

Replace rear panel
Replace rear trunk floor pan
Replace back half of floor pan ............... Mark I'll send you pictures
Misc. hammer and dolly work
A few misc. patch panels
R&R both jack points and posts
This is like a new car compared to my project ...............

Observations :

Suspension Consoles look great and seem to be virgin.
Same with the motor mounts
Battery tray was changed at some time in its life
Back engine tray is bent to hell .............pushed up
Hell hole is filled with caked in blast media. Stopping at Sears on the way home for a new filter for my vacuum. I'll look closely for prior repairs.
Both the lower longs look great at first glance

Needing more research :

A few rust pits on the upper right outer wheelhouse long


But we also a have fairly good sized rust spot a little further up the upper long. Right next to the suspension console.


These are both in the double walled section of the upper long.

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Now's it time to create a 75-76 rear panel from a pre 74 rear panel.
First ........... remove the tow hook. Not an easy task when trying not to damage the sheet metal underneath.

See post above for removed pieces

Next remove the spot welded flange of the rear trunk floor pan. Probably 50 spot welds.


Next peel back the flange of the qtr. panel where it ties to the rear panel. Delicate work.
Used the Rick's method. Ground it down with die grinder them peeled it back with the small wood chisel.


Tow hook removed (yellow) and qtr. panel (blue) that came with the cut out removed.


Braces will still need to be removed.


And these braces will need to be transferred from the old rear panel.