Old cars, DIY and other stuff…
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 piece of fender going back on, a few small spot welds to keep it in...
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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 applied to the jackplates where there will be metal to metal contact and subsequently hard...
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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 looks a bit nicer! Now I just need to order new jack panels from http://www.restoration-design.com/
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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 to bubble up. Scrape it off… ..it comes off pretty easily here on the fender,...
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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. The car was made drivable, rollable and rolled/towed to a nearby bodyshop. Of course it...
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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 hellhole has some surface rust. Engine lid hinge points shows signs of earlier (marginally successfull)...
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