My 914 lightweight project

[carrera39]

What a great project! Fantastic job!

[uai]

Wow, wenn Du aber schon so weit gehst, würde ich mir überlegen den zu tauchen und KTL zu machen.
EZZ ist hier die Wahl, (günstiger als Carblast)
Grüße
Uli

[TRS63]

Thanks a lot for the kind words guys!!
@Uli: I thought about it but decided against the full program..I have a ghia that I am restoring 100% with every nut &bolt restored, but the 914 is my fun ride.. l am doing "only" the necessary (which is/was a lot) to bring it back solid on the road, one "Driver quality" paint and go..Not removing/restoring everything (at least this time!)..

More adjustments, measurements..and welding here:










And fully welded:






Now adjusting the suspension console :




And all welded including the connecting parts between the consoles:



All measurements are ok and the arm felt right in place:




I can tell you that this view was a real relief !!

But still lots to do, like here with this poor repair:


And behind it some metal put under the rust..




So big cleaning :


Adjusting the bottom part:




And welded:




And the top part:










And welded:

[TRS63]

Before taking care of the bottom of the passenger rear quarter, I thought I will see what I can do with the top part with the holes and dents:






I first planished it roughly with hammer and dollies:


And welded the holes shut. Some smoothing left but already way better:


Then I decided to continue on the firewall..first taking care of this old terrible repair:




I decided to replace this part:


Making a template:


And the patch :






Cut out the wrong repair:


Adjusting:


Welding:


Et voilà:


And in between, I had noticed that the floor was also repaired with metal over rust, what I can't stand so I also fixed that:
How it was:




Starting the shape:






Verifying the fit:




Whole shape:


Test-fitting:


Cutting and adjusting:




And welded:


I did not over-grind it..the weld is under the front part of the firewall and robustness is more important!

Stay tuned, I have more to share!

Antoine

[mepstein]

Fantastic progress!

[bob joyce]

great progress and more importantly the lesson learned from the previous inappropriate repair.

[gtBen]

very well done despite old "repairs" that are a real pita

[Darren65]

Great thread and love your enthusiasm

Look forward to seeing the project progress

[TRS63]

Thanks a lot for the support and the compliment, really appreciated ! So let's continue, I am still not up to date with the current status!

Now the goal was to close the firewall, so…let’s start!

Making the part:



You see it coming?



Still some work:







Getting there:



And the top part:





Welded together:







And welded to the car:



Then I made the small part left on top of it:



Welded:



And some rust protection, paint,…





And the passenger side-firewall is done:



Then the jack point:



Here adjusting:





Rust protection:



And complete:



Under it the donut triangle is also back there:



Antoine

[TRS63]

I created this small hammering form:




Guessing why?


Yes, to build myself the engine sealing surrounds:


And my first try is quite positive:




So I will build the long part!

I also mounted my front sway bar, first making a tool to position precisely the hole:




Thema making the holes:






Modifying inside:


And mounting the sway bar mounts :




Welded back the inside frame:




And everything done: