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So I have finally purchased my dream project

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So I have finally purchased my dream project, a 1969 Porsche 912, it may only be a poorly rolling shell but from humble beginnings come the greatest successes! purchased the car from a tinkerer in LongBeach who honestly disclosed nothing about the car and initial responses to my questions of condition were "its ready for paint" and "there is light rust in places, you might want to change the floor out if you want it perfect" so i went to take a look... light rust was an understatement to say the least. Ready for paint was a joke!!! Not to mention different rear trailing arms both with significant damage, the rear suspension was two 1" wooden dowels and the front lower arms were floating just resting under the car not really connected to any thing because the mounting points were rusted away to nothingness. So I did as any gentleman would and gave the seller my reasonable price, noting every thing I had seen as a problem and he came back with an as...