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> My rusty 73 1.7 build thread, sayin hello world
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post Aug 2 2012, 06:00 AM
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Taking on a project like this is a huge endeavor. Your work looks good - keep rolling and keep the pics coming. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

To re-size pics, I open them in paint.
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post Aug 2 2012, 06:48 AM
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QUOTE(saigon71 @ Aug 2 2012, 08:00 AM) *

Taking on a project like this is a huge endeavor. Your work looks good - keep rolling and keep the pics coming. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

To re-size pics, I open them in paint.

If you have Microsoft office, Microsoft picture manager has a handy resize function.
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post Aug 2 2012, 06:52 PM
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Heres a little more of the pass side going back together. Everything seemed to line back up really nicely I spent alot of time measuring all this stuff before tacking it in place. And to get back to Porschef's question about the wheels they are... I hate to admit it but aftermarket honda prelude wheels. They are 17 x 7s and I got them for super cheap from a guy i used to work with. I'm out of time for now , more later.


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post Aug 4 2012, 07:09 PM
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So I got to re-meet dlee6204 today and see his sweet 914. Its awesome to have all you guys collection of knowledge and meet up with nice folks locally who love 914s. Can't wait till I can go ridin around w some of you 914 peps. So back to the build pics, these are from July 2011 and are of the bad dr side. I remember being so bummed about having to open up the whole dr long. I guess I was in denial, that I might not have to. Wrong! But I had to get rid of all the rust I could see. So out came the drill and grinder and welder.


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post Aug 4 2012, 07:12 PM
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post Aug 4 2012, 07:24 PM
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And here its starting to get some repairs and some good ol Rust Bullet.


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post Aug 4 2012, 08:09 PM
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Sometime in aug 2011 I guess I felt the urge to cut half the dr side off. I repaired and reinstalled the pc at the btm of the frt door jam. And checkin fittment of the og outter long along w some of the pass long to patch the dr side back up.


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post Aug 5 2012, 07:19 PM
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Well I had hoped to paint my engine compartment and the bottom of the floors this wkend but fell just short. But aside from masking off a few things and minor prep work I am ready to paint next work session. Anyway back to the build pics, these next 2 are a little out of chronological order and are from around oct 2010. They just show the first test fit of the driver side floor. I was probably tring to decide where to cut the front edge of the floor. Thats all for now may get more posted in an hr or so.


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post Aug 5 2012, 08:42 PM
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Is that an red/orange tree fiddy six (356) in the background... If so do tell!

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post Aug 5 2012, 09:17 PM
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No Thomas I wish it was a 356 but its only my 70 vw fastback, which is no longer mine. If I would've had $2000 back in the mid/late 90's I could have had one. O well I guess almost all of us have the one that got away stories. But at least I have my rockin, rusty 914! And thank goodness its not so rusty anymore! I almost can't believe its been 2 yrs that I've been workin on this thing. My goal now is to fire it up before the end of aug. So i'll get back to the pics so y'all can get caught up to how it currently looks. Heres 2 of the dr long pretty much buttoned up. And I'll find a pic of the fasty and post it later, if I don't forget.


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post Aug 6 2012, 02:40 PM
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Looks like great progress!!!!!!!!!!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
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post Aug 6 2012, 04:30 PM
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No Thomas I wish it was a 356 but its only my 70 vw fastback, which is no longer mine. If I would've had $2000 back in the mid/late 90's I could have had one. O well I guess almost all of us have the one that got away stories. But at least I have my rockin, rusty 914! And thank goodness its not so rusty anymore! I almost can't believe its been 2 yrs that I've been workin on this thing. My goal now is to fire it up before the end of aug. So i'll get back to the pics so y'all can get caught up to how it currently looks. Heres 2 of the dr long pretty much buttoned up. And I'll find a pic of the fasty and post it later, if I don't forget.


Ahh now I see. Sure had me fooled for a minute. Well don't discount the 914 or yur work! It looks awesome!!!

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post Aug 6 2012, 05:00 PM
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Very good work!!!

I've been there and done that, and you'll have no better day, than the last day you'll need to turn on your welder.


One thing to watch for constantly is keep an eye on the body, ever so slightly twisting like a bread tie.
All that welding will cause metal to move. if it is ever going to twist, you'll notice it in the roof lid alignment.

You should put that left side sail panel back on, and always keep checking the back end of the lid for a proper fit.

Keep it up, looks great... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

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post Aug 19 2012, 06:24 PM
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Hello again everyone, its been almost 2 wks since posting anything. I just got back from my whirlwind trip to new england and I'm glad to be back in the land of sweet tea and biscuits. Anyway back to the build thread pics, heres some of the motor when I started takin it apart to clean it up. I didn't rebuild it as it runs fine just wanted to clean it. Once I removed the tins I found all this, don't know how the poor thing cooled itself.


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post Aug 19 2012, 06:26 PM
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Heres a few after shots.


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post Aug 19 2012, 09:38 PM
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Before I get back to the body, I forgot to mention that the motor got more than a major cleaning. It got new pushrod tube seals, oil cooler seals, heads torqued and valves adjusted, spark plugs, all new vacuum lines, powder coated tins,, and other new odds and ends. I'll have to find and/or take some pics of it now to post later. So now I'll get back to the body. These are from March of this yr I put the driver door back on to start the fitment of the sail panel, doorjam, and org fender. So everythings moving along fine so far, just takin my time tryin to get the panels just right.


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post Aug 19 2012, 09:56 PM
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And now for the sill plate.


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post Aug 20 2012, 10:10 PM
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Heres more of the drivers side goin back together except its permenent now. No more clamps and sheet metal screws, we have spot welds! Also, as you can see I've painted everything so my new metal is protected. So now I've got a bare doorjam that needs a new vin sticker. Although that will have to wait till it gets painted which may be awhile. On another note I found some pics last night that I couldn't find eariler that show more of the pass long repair in detail. I'll post a few of them later even though they will be a little out of order.


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post Aug 20 2012, 10:12 PM
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post Aug 23 2012, 08:50 PM
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Here we go back to the lost but now found out of order pass long pics. Earlier you got pics of the k-rust still in place and then next thing you know the new metal is in. These are just some more details in the middle of all that. Hope you enjoy! So back to Oct 2010 when my poor little car was alomst cut in half and I had all my scrap tubing holding it together.


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