my grandads '74 restoration project Options

[_stickykitty79_]

just want to say hi to all you crazy people trying to revive these things like me. this is a bit of a sentimental project as its been in the family 3 gens now. was a Michigan car, suffered the consequences as the pics show, trailered it to california where it will remian.
my plans are to address all the obvious rust issues and do some fun upgrades along the way, some chassis stiffening, some minor engine tuning. (webers instead of fuel injection...yes i know the forum doesnt like it but it was always a disaster and carbs just sound better)
im a realist so heres what im prepared to face:

- tons of welding, i can do and thanks to Restoration Design i have plenty of metal to purchase as i go
-spending a few thousand here and there to do this right and time to do it. its a passion project and im in no hurry.
-building a chassis rig as i tear into the longitudinals, along with temp supports in the door jams.

i know this will seem daunting but i also dont think its at the point of scrapping based on what we can buy, and what im willing to do.
thanks

[_stickykitty79_]

totally fascinating! found some mildly interesting stuff in the owners manual, i know where the car was picked up and it NJ. must have been imported to CA and sent to this distributer?

[davep]

totally fascinating! found some mildly interesting stuff in the owners manual, i know where the car was picked up and it NJ. must have been imported to CA and sent to this distributer?

I find it hard to believe it was imported into California, and shipped to a dealer in NJ!
But we can find out if needed. The Factory data in post 21 is an example of what I can obtain. The dealer is generally only available from the maintenance record book as above. Transmission numbers and Karmann body #'s have to come from the cars as does the completion month from the decal on the car.
This car has a lot of extremely useful info on it and it would be very nice if it can be restored.