1967S rust bucket

[av winans]

I am new to Early S but not to the Porsche world. Thought I would share my latest adventure in rust, a 1967 S tub with clean title. Last week the tub got bake and washed and surprise rust. My 914 has less rust than this. Unfortunately over time someone did poor quality rust repair work. Just purchased a 1966 912 as a donor car. It has rust in differant places so I am hoping to make one out of two. More pictures as the project develops.

[kenikh]

You are going about it the right way. Save it!!! Using the 912 metal is a very good idea, BTW. You should be able to cut the cancer out of the '67S pretty easily and match the 912 panels up perfectly. PLEASE, keep us posted as we are all suckers for a hard case.

[JCR]

A hard case... yes. But at least it's light.
Collective applause to you!

[erick72pors]

I'll give that a second applause!

[boba]

Welcome to the board. That is a big undertaking to have ready for RR3, but you can get it done. The two into one will be something to document.
Bob

[912-2.8]

I may get dinged for this, but oh well - I am curious.

Q: So what makes the 912 so 'disposable'?

If one has a solid 912 and rotten 911S both of 67 vintage, why not just hot rod the 912 with the parts from the S?

Yes, there were 3 or 4 (IIRC) times as many 912s as early 911s, but they are the same car but for the motor. (Yes, they aren't EXACTLY the same, but real darn close).

tadd

[Type911]

I may get dinged for this, but oh well - I am curious.

Q: So what makes the 912 so 'disposable'?

If one has a solid 912 and rotten 911S both of 67 vintage, why not just hot rod the 912 with the parts from the S?

tadd

Not sure if his 912 is "solid", sounds like it has serious rust issues as well, just in different areas. I like 912's , but if faced with a choice of having to restore a rusty 912 vs a rusty 67 911S...I think the choice is pretty clear.

Now before all the 912 guys descend on me like hornets at a picnic, just know that I was very close to buying a restored 67 912....before I found my 911E

Av , welcome to the board & best of luck with the restoration. Keep those pictures coming.

Cheers!

[Paul Schooley]

That's not that bad...you should see my pos parts car that keeps calling me!

[912-2.8]

Acually, this kinda begs the question why porsche doesn't do like the MG Heratige foundation and offer new body shells. It was like 3k back in the very early 90s.

That was the nicest resto I've ever done. My father ordered an MGB body. It took six months and showed up on a truck. Unload and run to paint shop. Return to garage. Remove one side front suspension - rebuild/repaint/replace as required. Move to next part. Last bit was moving the ID plate. Nothing got lost or misplaced as you only had a small section of the car appart at any instant.

Drove out in a perfect car (fully galvanized) almost 2 months after arrival (we did the motor/tranny while waiting on the shell).

You could even order the shell seam welding for an additional charge.

tadd

[kenikh]

C'mon Tadd, you know the answer. You are just hitting the bee's nest with a stick here. It is a fun philosophical question, but I know you know the asnwer.