my primary driving 914 that i got 6 months ago ... i fear is dead... :(

[shorty10]

barely any rust that i can see new rebuilt engine paint and interior sadly i was driving it home 1 hour ago and heard a loud crunk!!! and felt it around my seat i looked under the car and the floorboard (outside of my car) was bulging .. i pushed it baack in and with only using 1 hand the drivers seat moved

1 is this bad?
can i just order new loginals and floorboards and re weld the car?
2 is this the end
also the car dosnt sag or any trhing the loginals are not rusted alot oonly near the doughut jack points(and that rust is just ok)

and aboiut my other post before about all of the problems? well the funny thing is is that all mechanical problems stopped a couple of days ago

[lmcchesney]

Short, the teener is not dead and only limping. Fortunately, I have not had to replace my floor panels, but others on the forum have. It seems like it does take some work, but very doable. Don't give up the ghost.
L. McC

[shorty10]

my dad says throw that heap out and get a new car sure smart but a new porsche at 22 yrs is hard to come by and a new normal car just sucks

porsche
they need to make a new 914 you know thunderbird and mustage type looks old but new

so my car is only limping? i thought rust like that ment its totaly gone like terminal rust. id say around 600 for all of the sheet metal is labor alot? and should i just take the whole thing apart to build it from the ground up?(just paraniod of other problems) ahhhhh rust

[lmcchesney]

It's a thirty year old car. Having a 914 is akin to the old saying about boats. "If you like sailboats, get a wooden sailboat. But, if you like sailing, get a fiberglass one."
L. McC

[shorty10]

its not shotgun to the knees limping is it??
ive got recipts from 4 yrs back adding up to around 14,000?
besides paint and interior, and i got the car for 3,200
came with 5 mahles too and some nice spoke looking vw rims
so i must repair it and not sell it for scrap
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=137710

pic of my car

[red-beard]

Where are you located? That could make a big difference in the cost of repairs.

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Shorty, you pretty much have the same options now as you did back when you bought the car and discovered the large holes underneath. Fix it, part it, swap your parts to a less rusty chassis, bail out and sell it all now, or crush it.

Replacing the floor pans will likely run you something near the value of the car to have someone else do. (Depends a lot on what the local labor rate is, though, and how much experience such locals have at dealing with old unibody cars.) You will find more problems as you dig into the car. You always find more problems...

Doing the work yourself can be very rewarding, but will be very time consuming. Not overly cheap, either, as you'll be buying the parts and you'll also be buying the equipment. Decent welders don't grow on trees... But you'll have the equipment for any further use down the road, and you'll always have whatever skills you learn.

--DD