First of the Texas Twins, First Build Options

[Cairo94507]

Taking the time to blast the entire chassis is well worth it. It will make everything from that point on so much easier and rewarding when you get to the color stage.

I think a lot of cars get repainted over old, poor body work with products that were just not that great back in the heyday of the 914. The result is typically paint failure a few years down the road after all that hard work. Stripping the chassis and starting fresh with known excellent products is the way to go. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[Puebloswatcop]

Got a bit more painting done today to include the underside of the rear trunk and the rear jacking points

[Puebloswatcop]

Both of the rear suspension points... what a pain getting all those angles....

[Puebloswatcop]

And of course the lower wall where all of the brake, shift linkage and fuel lines come through...

[Puebloswatcop]

One thing I liked about blasting the car was getting the grounding points absolutely clean. So I made sure to mask this off before painting. These should get great ground connection....

[Root_Werks]

Wow, this is really coming along!

[Puebloswatcop]

Didn't get anything too exciting done on the car today. A bit of hand sanding....But i did get some cool stuff from 914 Rubber... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

[Literati914]

Good to see you still chipping away at it Kevin.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

I just got my pressurized blaster tank and am about to start back at it my self. Will be starting on the same items you’ve just done, but may hold off and get running gear blasted and painted first. I would suggest that we’d be finishing up our first projects about the same time .. but we all know that you’re the ‘man on a mission’ here, so I won’t jinx myself (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)


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[Puebloswatcop]

[quote name='Literati914' date='Apr 26 2022, 08:24 PM' post='2998017']
Good to see you still chipping away at it Kevin.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

I just got my pressurized blaster tank and am about to start back at it my self. Will be starting on the same items you’ve just done, but may hold off and get running gear blasted and painted first. I would suggest that we’d be finishing up our first projects about the same time .. but we all know that you’re the ‘man on a mission’ here, so I won’t jinx myself (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)


Hey Doug,

We are men on the same mission in different towns. Keep at it, its a great feeling when we turn the corner and start seeing things go back together rather than constantly tearing things apart. When we finish, we will have to go on a two Porsche cruise somewhere in this great state of Texas.

[Puebloswatcop]

Today I decided to start addressing body issues that will be mostly out of sight out of mind. In the front trunk there is an area of rust that did not come completely clean during blasting. This got treated with Ospho rust converter.

[Puebloswatcop]

Then I decided to address the patch that had been put in by the PO on the passenger firewall. The seams are solid, but not pretty. So I decided to cover the top seam with body filler. The lower seam gets seam sealer.

[Puebloswatcop]

Got the first layer of filler on the top seam. Still plenty of shaping and sanding to do.

[Puebloswatcop]

And the first layer applied to the outside of the firewall as well.

[Puebloswatcop]

Another area of damage from a prior collision was the rear inner engine wall. The repair to the quarter panel was actually done quite well. But they didn't replace the inner wall. They just hammered out most of the krinkles and it was filled with layer upon layer of high build primer. So I wanted to fill the real deep stuff with filler.

[Puebloswatcop]

First coating filled most of the deep creases...I think a skim coat then using high build primer will help the appearance in the end.

[Puebloswatcop]

Didn't want to do the second coats of filler today, so took a little time to fill some seams.
The lower seam on the firewall. I tried to stipple it so it would look somewhat original, but that turned into a total mess, so I just finished it smooth, will see if I can come up with an idea to change the appearance to resemble spray on sealer....

[Puebloswatcop]

Then with what was left in the tube of sealer, I started in the hell hole areas. Notice that in the right hell hole, Bkrantz's prediction of blast media sneaking out of somewhere has come true....

[Puebloswatcop]

Well this week has been a bit slow for car fun, been preparing for a family visit. But I did get most of the engine compartment done. Still a bit to do on the driver's side hell hole.

[Puebloswatcop]

Passenger side hell hole and inner wall.

[bkrantz]

That looks nice.