Great job bud. A great testament that just about anything on these cars can be fixed. The front top cowl at the top of the fenders is a bitch also due to rust. In my day the original/repro sheet metal wasn't as available as it is now. I had a 73 1.7 that literally had the suspension console snap as I went over a speed bump in my apartment complex. Good thing I wasn't doing 100 mph on the freeway when it snapped. That was in 1987. Bck then there were some original parts that were still available to fix that in the original Porsche Parts bins which is where I got an "original" suspension console from believe it or not. I took it to some local guys that had no clue and they hacked up a brand new original suspension console instead of taking off the old suspension console they just stuffed it up into a rusty area to do a shoddy repair. I was so sick of their shoddy job that I just sold the car for parts. Then I bought a 74 1.8 that was just missing the battery tray and there was no hole in the longitudinal member lime my 73. Once you're finished with your repairs you should get an 914 6 suspension stiffener kit and overlay all your work as this was used in the 914 6 GT. THEN go find a surplus 928 engine and drop that thing in there. There are a few guys on RU-vid that have done this but they struggle with the repositioning of the water pump. There is a simple solution to this. Just drive it electrically like a race car. Then you don't have to worry about hacking up the firewall. If you don't have a six, it would be cheaper than buying a 6-cylinder motor to put in it. 6 cylinder 911 engines START at $10 to $12,000, and putting a small block Chevy in it is like cringe for a purist as far as I'm concerned. Again great job man.
Thank you, it is a challenge to find one that doesn't have issues that are hidden but not impossible. There are some good resources to help you though.
You are a genius! Thank you for bringing an actually dead 914 back to life! Thank God that you don't have a technical inspection association (TÜV for short). Here in Germany, no matter how well you did the repairs, you wouldn't have needed this vehicle back on the road. Because it was about the "load-bearing parts" of the vehicle and unfortunately in Germany you can't simply flex them away and replace them with new sheets.
yes there were no need for door braces as everything was solid from jam to jam. I also supported the rear section of the chassis to hold everything in place. door braces would have been necessary if I was relying on the structure to support itself during the process.
This was all done with a Lincoln 175HD mig welder. I believe I used 0.030 solid wire and 75/25 shielding gas. Really basic setup but is very diverse for all kinds of metal work.
Sadly soon all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime!!!!!!
In the first video I show how I built a couple of wooden stands to support the weight of the rear while I did the repair work. I know a lot of guys make door supports to keep the opening correct but I didn't see the need to take the door off.
@@mobiledevto I did not have any sag as I had strengthened the long when I first built the car. This repair was mainly due to the suspension console and surrounding areas being rotten.
