Restoration Literati914 Build, A clipped car rebuild Options

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Got a couple small items checked off the list

The little bracket that holds the long parking brake cable.. I finally figured out where exactly it mounts but honestly I kind of just guessed at which direction it was supposed to sit (couldn’t find a clear pic, but pretty sure this will work)

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Installed :

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Next I fabbed up a little support bracket for the tube (of the long parking brake):

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Well you did better than I. I forgot all together to put them on my car.

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.. and got that installed:

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.. then it was on to that pesky PS rear hinge (rear trunk lid), had to repair the bracket first:

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Got it measured out and located properly before welding it into place:

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The bigger accomplishment tho, was getting the corner brackets (w/ jack donuts) installed. Before:

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Installed… I reused the DS one so it’s not as pretty but is definitely solid :

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Been wet for a couple days but I was able to get out and weld up those annoying factory placed openings in the floor. These -

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After..

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.. next I’ll be patching the huge hole in the frunk floor (ac condenser). AC is actually gonna be a must, but since this car is slated for a Suby engine, that huge floor opening needs to go. Stay tuned..

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I Have the same issue. Im thinking of making a plate that bolts in with reinforcement around it

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I Have the same issue. Im thinking of making a plate that bolts in with reinforcement around it

My other 914 project car (a future build) has a generic plate of steel attached under where the opening was for a condenser… it’s all painted up nicely, but I hate the look of the generic steel plate tbh. If I was keeping that car non-ac I’d have to rip that plate patch out and source a proper replacement. But luckily the car will have ac too - and I have a condenser box for it. BTW, the replacement panel that I’m using on my current project is stock material cut out of a scrapped 914, was much cheaper than new but did have a couple small rust holes to repair.. no biggie tho.

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Frunk floor replacement panel ready to install.. it’s a repurposed piece obviously and is crusty but very solid - looks worse than it is. I’ll go back and clean it up later when I address the area for paint:

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.. not my best welds, as I had trouble chasing good grounds the whole time. All old metal - go figure (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

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.. the inside side (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) , I’ll go back and seem seal it at some point.

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This next issue is a doozy… this car was in a front end accident in its previous life and the geniuses that made the repair, decided to graft a front section (of another 914) on in such a way that the seal channels (from the doner) we’re sitting down inside the old seal channels, and lightly tacked in (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) . This caused all kinds of issues… not the least of which was that the seals no longer would sit low enough for the frunk lid to close properly. So I’m in the process of reversing this - ive cut away the excess doner metal in the channel and the excess original metal and am welding them together to correct the height and hood alignment issues. In the following pic you can see a long cut where my pen is pointing- doner metal on the left, original on the right. Then below that, of course you can see a section of missing metal - where rust ate thru because of the over-lap of the “repair”.

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.. it was the same story on the driver's side, I butt welded the seam, ground down the highs, primed and skimmed the seam & channel with fiberglass filler for a nice level base for the seals. Here’s a shot of the DS post operation:

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I stripped down the back side of my stock heat shield..