Tag Archive: rust
Body back and in work…
I got the body back, the good news is that it wasnt very out of alignment but the front right suspension tower was sitting about 8 mm’s too far outwards so it was pulled back to the correct position. First…
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New rear jack plates
Todays work was alot about prepping for welding and finally doing some welding. The areas where the new jack plates connects to the body was media blasted and painted with a weldthru primer (the blue stuff) The same paint was…
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Rear jackpoints
Drilled out the spotwelds for the rear jack points. Surprise! (well, not that much of a surprise really..) You do NOT want a visit from this guy in the dark. Quick dusting with Aluminium silicate at 6 bar and it…
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Progress update, part 3 – Home again.
After about a month away from home she was towed home again and setup in the garage. Time to try a new product, paintremover from the Biltema store, just brush it on… Wait an hour or two for the paint…
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Progress update, part 2, – The good…
So finding alot more work than expected when I bought the car and having less time because of work away from home I decided to let someone alot more skilled at metalwork handle the things shown in the earlier post….
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Progress update, part 1 – The bad…
The famous or rather infamous Porsche 914 Hellhole, the area under the battery shelf. (cut away in this image since it was so badly rusted) The firewall above the hellhole was also a bit rotten. The opposite side from the…
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