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Originally Posted by NYNick
This is a major project. The rust repair alone will drive you to drink and the potential rabbit hole is deep.
While I respect your rat rod goal, these things tend to escalate quickly. Most notably we get a bad case of the "might as wells" or "while we're in theres", and then there is the ridiculous price of Porsche parts. Also, the surprises.
I have always encouraged Mario. He reminds me of my younger self. If you can manage your expectations and stick to your "driver" goals, it could could turn into a cool project. Just be ready to overspend your money and your time.
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My '71 is my 3rd air-cooled car and I'm roughly $40,000 into "while you're in there" projects and I have not split the case nor performed any body work or paint, and this is on a car that is road worthy, capable of passing inspection, and all major systems have functioned since I purchased in 2021.
Some of my projects have been massive upgrades (the EFI conversion and redoing the entire fuel system, redoing the entire braking system, replacing the transmission, new clutch, partial reseal, full suspension rebuild) and I would be way, way less in if I simply rebuilt the Webers, stuck with my functioning T brakes, not gone all out on the suspension, and just "lived with" the leaks but it's really easy to spend a lot of money fast.