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

[horizontally-opposed]

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

[Gudhjem]

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

I've been pondering the same questions myself, so glad to see all those with experience weighing in here.

I'm also wondering if the experts can offer their insights on prep method for a less-than-rotisserie repaint. Assuming the car has only removable exterior components removed (trim, seals, etc.) but is not a tub, obviously dipping isn't an option. Can a car still be sand/media blasted like that? Anyone have any experience with "homestyle" media balsters (I suppose it would be the ones that use the dissolving media)? If you are going the labor-intensive route and useing sanders/sanding blocks and paint remover, is this really feasible to get down to or close to bare metal on a car with 3 or 4 coats of bad paint?

Sorry Pete if this is a highjack, seemed like a close enough issue to include it here.

[turtleturtle]

What about cars that have the Chalon body conversion on it? I have it, but it's been painted 17 times. I have been working on sanding it down as best as possible. All of the metal on the body is gone, except the doors, hood and trunks. The original paint is still there and I had some very very minor rust problems, but my hood is just too rusted underneath it to fix. Should I just get the fiberglass hood as well and not have to worry about rust there anymore, seeing how the whole body is also fiberglass? The rear trunk is perfect and so is the doors and engine cover.