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Several things to do before installing the new floor, including straightening a dent in the bottom of the right long. Somebody probably jacked the car up the dumb way.

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Hope you guys are enjoying all my posts...

Anyway, today I took care of a few more things around the floor. Here's the small patch of the left front corner removed, leaving solid metal including the sill (just some surface rust).

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And the right front corner. The sill has a small rust hole adjacent to the floor panel seam.

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Good news! The rust-through is very localized, and from the outside in. This will take a small simple curved patch.

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One more sill problem: the left inner sill has typical cracks near the recess for grabbing the parking brake lever. These need to be welded up!




To get access I detached the remaining floor from the left sill, and propped it away. This gave me room to grind a groove along each crack for better weld penetration.

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Before quitting today I could not resist a first fitting of the replacement rear floor. This will need trimming all around but looks good.

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I love that a 914 is getting this much love. Of course I'm biased but they deserve it!!

Keep it coming.

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Just a token bit of work today, straightening one of the rear floor triangle braces. These should clean up fine for re-use.

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Got distracted with upgrading y garage ceiling lights, replacing fluorescent bulbs with LED. The light is both brighter and whiter.




The problem is that I have to strip the old fixture down to a bare shell, since the sockets are wrong.

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Today, I first finished the 2 light fixtures directly over my work area.

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With a just a little bit of time, I worked on the muffler shield, which was still attached to a remnant of the old trunk floor.




Here's the shield, after detaching the floor, and doing a bit of metal work.

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Back from "vacation" (not sure if I get vacations during retirement). Got some new tools and played a bit, starting with grinding and cleaning up the old seams.

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Getting back to it, prepping the surfaces for welding: lots of grinding of drilled-out spot welds and metal clean-up.

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And then fitting the replacement floor section. Cutting excess from the panel, cutting the edge of the remaining floor, and grinding for fit.

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A few things before welding in the floor panel. First: welding the cracks in the left inner long, near the recess for the parking brake handle (a very common phenomenon). Weld first, and then grind.