Jonny944CS
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An interesting Post.
I too purchased my first 944 3 years ago based (in no small part) on the often praised galvanised body.
Since then I have found several patches on the sills. These all looked to have been caused by poor jack placement during its 20 odd years. The stonechip protection has been disturbed and, in places, the crucial drain hole slots have been deformed causing condensation to build up. Generally however (on that car) I was impressed by the lack of any serious rust from a car that rolled off the production line in the early eighties.
My biggest experience of rust though has been on my track car project.
I picked up an '84 donor car early last year, mainly for the fact it had the rare non sunroof shell and was free from accident damage.
The project being to completely strip and rebuild the car as a fairly std but lightweight (for a 944) track car.
On initial inspection the sills and wheel arches looked to have patches of rust but nothing too major, I thought. It wasn't till I got the car home and started stripping it down for a closer inspection that it seemed the patches were only the tip of the iceberg.
It must be said that this car is, in my experience, a particularly poor example [
] that has seen many years of neglect through its life.
But hopefully I have several pictures taken as the project progresses that may be of interest, if only to see evidence of some possible, "˜worst case' spots for rust on these cars and work carried out to fix them.
In order to post pictures do I need to upload them to a website?
I too purchased my first 944 3 years ago based (in no small part) on the often praised galvanised body.
Since then I have found several patches on the sills. These all looked to have been caused by poor jack placement during its 20 odd years. The stonechip protection has been disturbed and, in places, the crucial drain hole slots have been deformed causing condensation to build up. Generally however (on that car) I was impressed by the lack of any serious rust from a car that rolled off the production line in the early eighties.
My biggest experience of rust though has been on my track car project.
I picked up an '84 donor car early last year, mainly for the fact it had the rare non sunroof shell and was free from accident damage.
The project being to completely strip and rebuild the car as a fairly std but lightweight (for a 944) track car.
On initial inspection the sills and wheel arches looked to have patches of rust but nothing too major, I thought. It wasn't till I got the car home and started stripping it down for a closer inspection that it seemed the patches were only the tip of the iceberg.
It must be said that this car is, in my experience, a particularly poor example [
] that has seen many years of neglect through its life. But hopefully I have several pictures taken as the project progresses that may be of interest, if only to see evidence of some possible, "˜worst case' spots for rust on these cars and work carried out to fix them.
In order to post pictures do I need to upload them to a website?
