Just another Factory 6 being fixed up Options

[Luke M]

Well it's gotten to be that time finally. I've been collecting parts to do the repair on my 914-6 and now the work starts. The main issue is the hell hole/inner engine long, inner pass long, pass inner rocker panels are rusted out. The last part I was trying to source seams to be NLA. I sourced most of the parts from the good guys at Restoration Design. I received my order today for the last batch of things. Based on a few threads that I've looked over the outer shell to the inner engine long is currently not being made by RD. A few guys have made their own which looks like a real pain in the rear to do. I laid out all the new metal to see how things lined up. By the looks of things it will need some fine tuning to mate things properly. Before I start cutting into the chassis I'll build a few braces to keep things true.

Time for the pics...

[mb911]

I will have to tackle this shortly. I am not sure what it should be but I have never seen a 914 with consistent gaps..

[Superhawk996]

I will have to tackle this shortly. I am not sure what it should be but I have never seen a 914 with consistent gaps..

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@Luke M

@MB911

5-6mm gaps (and inconsitent) were not at all uncommon in any 1970's era cars domestic or imported.

I could write a dissertation on how body dies used to be cut in the Pre-CNC era. Basically, it was done by a Keller Tracing Mill that basically carved metal by tracing a cutting path on a 3-D master which was usually a Kirksite (Zinc based alloy that cuts sort of like Aluminum) prototype die that would only be suitable for low volume use. As the path was traced on the Kirksite die, a production die was simultaneously being cut out of cast iron. Think of a pantograph but cutting cast iron instead of tracing a drawing on paper.

Needless to say, accuracy wasn't what it is today.

Don't kill yourself trying to get a consistent 3-4 mm gap that you would expect today. It isn't going to happen without welding door edges.