Time to un-DAPO the "new" car, Bad things happened to a nice car Options

[BillC]

So, I bought a "new" 914 a few weeks ago (a '73 2.0). When I received it from the shipper, I noticed was the seller was quite artful about his pictures, with what was and what wasn't shown. And, now that I've had a chance to start taking things apart, I have uncovered quite a bit of DAPO-done-damage, and I'm sure there's more hiding somewhere (oh boy! something to look forward too....). Some of the damage appears to have been there for a loooong time.

I've already received a piece from a scrap car to fix this hole:


Once I took the rockers off, I discovered this:

Yes, they hole-sawed through FOUR layers of sheet metal, including the heat duct. Not sure what they were thinking, but there it is.

In the trunk, I found three hole-sawed holes. I think they might have been thinking about mounting the fuel pump in a 75/76 blister, but they never finished the work (and also picked the wrong location).

[Montreal914]

Front mounted oil cooler or AC? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
Look for holes at the feet of the passenger side.

[BillC]

Front mounted oil cooler or AC? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
Look for holes at the feet of the passenger side.

Possibly, but no holes inside on the passenger side. If that's what they were doing, then they gave up before finishing.


But wait! There's more:

They did front-mount the fuel pump. However, for whatever reason, they decided to run the wiring for the pump through the passenger compartment. And, they drilled a hole in the firewall above the EFI computer to do it (notice, no grommet).

The wire runs between the passenger seat and the longitudinal, and then up into the front trunk through the grommet for the heat air tube and then down under the tank to the pump. Once I get a chance to pull the tank, I'll be able to see how that is mounted.