Old cars, DIY and other stuff…
Already from beginning this build I decided the holes for the stock 914 jack in the sill covers needed to go. So clean up the surrounding area around the holes. Make a patch piece from 1 mm steel. And very carefully tack it into place taking time to cool each spotweld after applying it.
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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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Reinforcment plate welded to lower firewall. Reinforcement plate welded to rear suspension console. Rear underfloor and engine bay in primer. Left hand side suspension console reinforcement from Tangerine Racing. and the right hand side suspension console reinforcment.
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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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I’ve mentioned before that the cars has been crashed in the right front at some time, today it was time to tackle some of the remains of that. This is what the left strut tower looks like. …and here’s the right one. It seems that someone at some point thought it would be better to...
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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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