[BillC]

Subtitled: Bad things happened to a nice car.

Last month, I bought a new-to-me '73 914 2.0, in Alaska Blue Metallic. The car is in reasonably nice shape for a 47 year old car with at least 107,000 miles. Not sure of actual mileage, since the odometer hasn't worked in years. The car has surprisingly little rust. Unfortunately, though, it did suffer at the hands of at least a few of its previous owners.

Important side note: if someone offers you a rust-free 914, it just means that they aren't charging you for the rust! Probably applies to early 911s, too.

Anyway, this is not going to be an Engelbert-style full restoration thread. My plan is to fix the worst of the damage and get the car back on the road so I can drive it before the winter weather arrives.

Here are a few pics of the car from the seller. The paint is in rough shape, but they did make an effort to prevent more rusting -- all that grey paint is primer added at some point.