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Just Bought One, 1976 914 |
Craigers17 |
Aug 8 2017, 02:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 785 Joined: 5-August 17 From: Rome, GA Member No.: 21,317 Region Association: South East States |
Hello All,
Just bought a "new to me" 1976 model. I'll try to post a few pics, but I'm new to the site, so bear with me. This thing's barely a 76' model, as most of the panels have been bastardized. The door handles and side markers have been shaved, and the front headlights and turn signals....well, ....you can see for yourself. At any rate, the car actually has very little rust, and I THINK I can still make it a decent looking cheap project. Thinking about keeping it super light and adding fiberglass bumpers, pulling out most unnecessary parts, and changing the single carb setup to dual carbs....mainly because it doesn't run right now, and came with extra set of carbs, manifold intakes, etc. Looking forward to the project....I sanded/primed the passenger rear quarter last nite, as well as both sail panels. The rest of the primer/bondo was already done by p.o., and I'll be redoing. I'll probably be asking for a lot of advice when I get to the mechanical/electrical portion of the program, so hopefully I won't be too much of a pain in the ass! -Craig |
porschetub |
Aug 8 2017, 06:04 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,725 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
[quote name='Craigers17' date='Aug 8 2017, 08:36 PM' post='2514736']
Hello All, Just bought a "new to me" 1976 model. I'll try to post a few pics, but I'm new to the site, so bear with me. This thing's barely a 76' model, as most of the panels have been bastardized. The door handles and side markers have been shaved, and the front headlights and turn signals....well, ....you can see for yourself. At any rate, the car actually has very little rust, and I THINK I can still make it a decent looking cheap project. Thinking about keeping it super light and adding fiberglass bumpers, pulling out most unnecessary parts, and changing the single carb setup to dual carbs....mainly because it doesn't run right now, and came with extra set of carbs, manifold intakes, etc. Looking forward to the project....I sanded/primed the passenger rear quarter last nite, as well as both sail panels. The rest of the primer/bondo was already done by p.o., and I'll be redoing. I'll probably be asking for a lot of advice when I get to the mechanical/electrical portion of the program, so hopefully I won't be too much of a pain in the ass! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) and the madness that is these cars,looks like a lot of $$$ spent on bodywork already which is mostly good and sometimes a little bad (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) ,problem being you don't know whats underneath (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) . Please cover those exposed area's of filler to avoid latter issues bog (bondo ) can suck up moisture and cause big issues when you come to paint the car later,seen it before (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . Research on here and find the main rust issue areas and check those on the car you have,good luck. |
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