This is how I found my 914 Porsche at my friends house. I have known for several years that he has wanted to sell them, but it wasn't until the last month that I really wanted to buy them. When I say them I mean a 1972 914 1.7L that the right rear suspension fell out of years ago (ever hear that happen to a 914?), and a 1970 or 71 body. The '72 will provide me with a parts car, and the body of the '70-71 is virtually rust free, but has some crash repairs.
So where do I start on a car that needs restoring? Beats me, I've never done this before. Where I am starting is freeing up and painting any rust that is on the '70-71 while it doesn't have any parts on it. So far I have it scraped and I am waiting for the Coreless paint to get here from The Eastwood Company. After that I don't know. Well I'll keep this page updated on my progress. Here are some more pictures, just click on them to view a larger version.
Ok now it’s a little while later and I have all the rust clean up finished. The Coreless paint from The Eastwood Company was great. It covered well dried fast, created a strong coating and was very easy to paint over. There are a few discoveries that I have found so far:
About the body. It is a very early 914 body (70 or 71) because of the lack of a moveable passenger seat, seatbelt location and lack of vents in the dash. It does have 75 or newer ends on it. It lookes like it was wrecked (I knew this) and new front and rear clips were welded on (about a foot on each end). Who ever did this did a very good job and I see no problem this could cause in the future. The wires are a mess (look at the picture below). I really didn’t want to but I am going to use the wires out of the donor car. I know this will take longer but it will be better in the long run. Check out the new pictures below. Since I took these pictures I have removed the dash and bad wiring and striped the interior and all the seals off the donor car. The donor car is very badly rusted and the only thing we might save off the body are the doors and some scrap sheet metal. Hope you enjoy the pictures.
This is a 2.0L motor I have that might someday go into the car.