Making the Old 914 Look Like New Underneath
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ast month’s article left off with disassembling the rear suspension and diving into stripping the undercoating and paint off the rear underside of my 914 since all the parts for reassembly had arrived. It all started out so simple, my objective was to just remove the rubberized undercoating and old factory seam sealer, prospect for rust and do the cosmetic work I couldn’t do 30 years ago because of a lack of time and working on jack stands. At first, I was just going to just refresh the black rubberized undercoating applied by the body shop with fresh Wurth High Build Under seal. After inspiration from some detailed period photos of 914s on the Karmann assembly line and others of the underside of pristine survivor 914s on Bring-a-Trailer, the urge to make the underside look like how it would have come from the factory if painted red took hold.
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STORY and PHOTOS BY DARRYL DEPPE, Pacific Northwest PCA Region CONTRIBUTED BY DENNIS ROOD
