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What the World needs now is... a progress thread, An update after 2 years? Unpossible! Yet, true. |
VaccaRabite |
May 21 2007, 09:18 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,616 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
So, when I started this restoration in October of 2005, I started a progress thread on the Subaru Board (NASIOC) that I active on. I have been meaning to create a thread here, but I never got around to it. I figured the kids over in ricer land would find it more amusing to see a classic resto in action then the folks here that have lived it.
But, I now post more here then I post in NASIOC OT, and feel more involved in the community then I did when I started. So, for the sake of ease, I am going to port over my posts from NASIOC, and posts from today on will be unique here. As I get ready to paint (JUNE 9th - 13th are PAINT DAYS!) this thread will get more active. :-) Zach PS, it kinda fun for me to do this. Looking over the old posts brings back memories of the ride... |
VaccaRabite |
May 21 2007, 09:34 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,616 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Update for 12-16-05
Well, today I tackled one of the cars "problem areas." And if you know 914s, i'll give you one guess as to what is was. When I bought the car, I could not see any rust in the hell hole area. As I dug into it over the past couple of months, I found some, and then some more. So, today I took care of it. The day started with the hell hole looking like this (keep in mind, this is _LIGHT_ rust for a 914 hell hole): (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/static.flickr.com-179-1274377052.1.jpg) 4 hours later, it looked like this: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/static.flickr.com-179-1274377053.2.jpg) And from the cabin side: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/static.flickr.com-179-1274377054.3.jpg) I tried to grind it out with my angle grinder and a 4 1/2 inch cutting disk. But my grinder is too bulky to get int here. So, I swapped over to a dremel, and burned through about 15 heavy duty cutting disks. The I used my grinder to wire brush it, then hit it withthe dremel again. Last part of this repair will be to cut some patches out of sheet steel, and weld them in. But, alas, I have yet to buy a welder. I looked at them today, but I refuse to buy one till after all my Christmas holiday shopping is over. Anyhow, patches will be welded in, and the hole mess will be POR-15ed. Hopefully that will be that for rust in the hell hole. At least for the next 30 years. Zach |
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