This was the PO's attempt to patch up the area infamous for its rusting - the Hell Hole. This wall panel is referred to as the Inner Wheel House. I bought an entire panel to replace these bodged patches from Restoration Design. RD makes great after market panels for most of the important body parts of the 914 - like the Trunk Floor I installed earlier.
Here's the view from the inside.
Obviously before the replacement panel goes in, I needed to cut out all the poor repair and any other rusty bits. I honestly don't know what goes through some people's minds when they try to fix things. The rear trunk hinge was held in place by welds stacked on top of one another in a absolute mess. But it looks to me like the hinge bracket is copper or similar so will never be welded to! Look at the mess I was having to deal with..
So after all the crap was cut out, the hole to fill looks like this; inside and out.
It took an age to shape the replacement panel to neatly fit the hole but after much cutting and sanding the panel looks like this. Actually the fit is pretty good but I'll show that in a later post when I weld the bugger in!
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