Repainting the 914: Down to metal, always?, Curious to get your thoughts Options

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So I'm curious to see what the collected wisdom and experience here says -- and I'd like to hear from those who are NOT/have NOT stripped the car of every part for a "rotisserie" style restoration.

This is for those of us with running, driving 914s considering a paint job yet less than enthusiastic about disassembling the whole car.

I'd especially like to hear from Dr. 914 and others who have restored multiple 914s over time and seen how the paint jobs held up. Is a rust bubble the kiss of death for all surrounding metal?

Thanks, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

pete

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I've got a factory 1970 914-6 that was originally signal orange, and has at least two paint jobs over that. The white spray may have been okay, and they left the trunks alone. The black paint job was at best sloppy, and at worst came out of a rattle can. There's overspray all over the car, including the driver's window -- couldn't even be bothered to take a scraper to that -- and the interior carpets. The black is now flaking off the original signal orange in the rear trunk and engine bay.

My inclination is to take it to bare metal, removing everything. Since this car already has a slant nose and swapped motor, I'm not trying to keep it factory original or anything. But I do want it to last, and I don't want to have to do anything over again due to quality issues.

I've figured I'd get it soda blasted everywhere reachable. I haven't reached a sufficient level of comfort with acid dipping the tub, or perhaps I should say I lack confidence in the neutralizers being 100% effective. How to treat or coat the underbody, inner rockers, trunks, fenderwells, and all the hard-to-reach nooks and crannies is still an open question.

So I expect to wind up with a rotisserie-type bare metal strip and build-up, and may God have mercy upon my checkbook... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)