914 structure, How are they made? Options

[Ace Le Count]

Hi all, from what I understand, the longs are double thickness? Is it the same all the way through the car, as in the top, bottom, and sides of them? Just trying to understand how these cars are built. Photos would really help. Thanks!

[nathanxnathan]

Here are a few pics I have that show how it's layered. To use the terminology in the diagram, Auto Atlanta has a piece that includes the inside outer and outside outer already assembled/welded together. The outside outer is actually the inner wheel well.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/232571921636?chn=p...BoaAnr1EALw_wcB

On the outside the long is a separate piece just forward of the firewall. You can see here how there is a flap that overlaps both layers of the rear. I think I fudged them together at the top here which I don't think is actually correct. It all gets sandwiched together as the rear of the door jam comes together with it.



Here's a pic of the inside, the 1 piece that goes from the rear of the front fender past the firewall, and it's cut just forward of the front of the trunk



Tricky to remove rear of that as there's a double layer section that overlaps it just in front of the trunk.



And a shot of both layers of the inside which includes the lower seatbelt mounting point.




I wouldn't recommend doing it how I did here, to remove the inside with the outside still attached. I feel like it would go way smoother to build up the car from the inside out as most builds I've seen do it.