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originally posted in:The Garage
12/23/2016 6:29:01 AM
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Found rust in my Porsche 914 not sure which route to take....
So my 914 was having trouble starting. I narrowed it down to a wiring problem. I decided to take apart the interior to track down any issues. Anyway after doing that I discovered rust and a lot of it. I knew my 914 had rust but not this much. I pretty much need a new floor pan. I'm also sure there's more rust elsewhere too...
Honestly I don't know what route to take. Sell it and wait for a nice 914 to come up later in life? Sell it and get something different for the same money? Keep it and fix it the best I can and drive it till I can afford to do it property? Or go balls deep and dive head first into a full restoration. What do you guys think?
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Always restore
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So cleaned up more and of course found more rust. Car is in need of full ground up restoration. I've decided to keep it and do as much work on it myself as I can. It's going to be a long and costly road but it's what I want and what the car deserves.
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I'd only restore it if you plan on keeping it for a significant amount of time, 5 years or so, maybe more. It may be best to sell as is, and let someone who has more funds, skills, time, etc to finish it the way that it needs to be. Then, you can set aside the money and wait until you can buy a car (another Porsche if that's what you're into) that doesn't have as much issues. Maybe something that needs just a small bit of work to complete it. I.E. a car that has a good straight body, good floors, frame, etc..but needs a little bit of engine work to get it going. Or something that has some small, easily repairable dings and or/ a body that needs just a respray, and bam! You'd have a good drivers quality Porsche. One part of me says you should keep it, and not give up. The other, says to sell it and get something like a 912 while they're still cheap.
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Well, I have some guns, and we can go buy like 20 pounds of tannerite. That'd take care of the problem.
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Edited by Sethrey: 12/23/2016 11:08:06 PMRust-oleum and rhino line it. Drive it till you're Fred Flinstone
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10 RepliesLooking at those pics it actually doesn't look so that bad, you got a few options. Your floor is very flat so it would be very easy to repair. You should and out the rust and see how bad it is. If those couple of holes are all you got they would be easy to patch. Even the part of your frame would be pretty easy to fix. You would need to know how to weld though. If you don't already, I highly recommend taking a course at your local college. You would be able to fix it all during the course and would have some professional help along the way. Even if the rust is really bad, because the floor looks to be basically just a flat piece it would be super easy to cut out with a grinder and weld in a whole new floor. No need for a specific floor pan for your car. Then you'd just need to repaint it. You'd also learn some very valuable skills of you took a welding course. The other option is you can find a shell for your car on Craigslist that has already had all the body work done on it. That would actually be a lot more work though to swap every part of your car over though and your VIN numbers would no longer match, though I don't believe that is much of an issue on a 914. If you went that route though, I'd look for a Porsche 6 body and maybe a motor as well so you could have a much cooler car after all that work. So it really depends on how you want to handle it, if you want the upgrades it might be worth it to find a whole new car as well. It really doesn't look all that bad! Good luck!
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It's always nice to restore something on your own, but you also need to consider how capable you are of doing certain jobs and how much more restoring will cost than a nice 914.
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Edited by Porsche 914: 12/23/2016 6:47:30 PMThe rust http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx19/1994Celica/16E0909B-95D3-47F7-BE36-3E0A4B0B8446_zpsqipgavcb.jpg http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx19/1994Celica/7586EC22-502F-44EE-A183-04B59068C591_zpslnwmljnj.jpg http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx19/1994Celica/AC768E8E-213B-4637-9187-5859EB2C3F7C_zpsadovv3st.jpg http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx19/1994Celica/AC208833-7D7D-42FA-BF66-59891003391A_zpshl1kvyi3.jpg http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx19/1994Celica/339445C9-4004-49F0-A121-828F2A9870EB_zpsegurf9ah.jpg http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx19/1994Celica/E4DA3E87-A86C-4B5F-85F4-91833018B595_zpscigrue1q.jpg
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1 ReplyRepair it yourself. Nothing more satisfying than saying "Yeah, I did that and for half the cost"
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2 RepliesTake it to a mechanic and let them assess the damage.
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I'd drive head first off a bridge
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1 ReplyEdited by EmoSceneRawrXD: 12/23/2016 3:27:19 PMRoute 17 looks good [spoiler]rich boi[/spoiler] [spoiler]just restore a '59 caddy coupe deville, more radical[/spoiler]
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1 ReplyEdited by genericuser81: 12/23/2016 2:07:52 PMJust go with it.
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1 Replycan you weld and do you have access to a welder? sheet metal sucks IMO but its a possibility. if you have the ability to restore it then get a beater and get that beauty restored.
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1 ReplyCutting out a floorpan and welding in new steel is fairly major surgery, but it's doable. Selling it in its current condition wouldn't net you very much. Depends on what value you hold for the car, but that would be the route I'd recommend. You get more years out of it and when you do go to sell, it's rust free.
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1 ReplyConsidering how much you seem to love your car, I'd go with a full restoration.
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3 RepliesDepends on what it's worth to you. You know what it's worth as is and how much it's worth if restored. Can you afford the net difference of all the parts and labor in the event that you may one day have to sell it? That's what it all boils down to. Restoration is normally a lost investment unless the vehicle has some sort of appreciable history or worth. Sadly, most cars do not have that. They only are as valuable as what a buyer will give you for it. Not what we independently value it at.
