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Posted by: edwin Apr 5 2010, 05:13 AM
Hey guys.
Been on here a while now but finaly have a 914 close to being on the road. It's a '72 but has a sideshift gearbox, 5 stud wheels (911 front not redrilled) and from what i can tell late doors with reinforcing along with the obvious RHD conversion to make life a little easier here in Australia.
Hope these photos work.
First some of the car a couple of years back.
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Posted by: edwin Apr 5 2010, 05:18 AM
Now for the less exciting pics.
Previous owner tried to take out a pole.
Thankfully made the car cheaper so i could buy it now i have to decide how to go about fixing.
Off to a panel shop tomorrow to get their opinion and if the price is stupid i will do myself.
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Posted by: shoguneagle Apr 5 2010, 05:36 AM
Glad you were able to purchase the car and possibly preventing it going to the "wrecking yard". Should not be any problem fixing the right front damage as long as the attachment points for the suspension and shocks are not damaged. Looks like the headlight box is were the damage is the structure. I double where the front part of the torsion bar attaches has any damage.
My car had damage more extensive to the left front corner pushing it back to the front trunk/fuel compartment divider; repaired and I had to do a little shimming on the front part of the left torsion bar. Got an excellent alignment and everything else checks out.
It looks like a very nice conversion to RHD and it should give you many years of driving enjoyment.
Steve Hurt
Posted by: Vacca Rabite Apr 5 2010, 05:41 AM
I think I remember this car. The PO was a member on Club, or maybe Rennlist.
Zach
Posted by: zymurgist Apr 5 2010, 05:48 AM
Very nice! It's good to see a RHD car in good hands... there aren't that many of them around.
Posted by: edwin Apr 5 2010, 06:05 AM
Conversion was done local by a guy who has a porsche wreckers so he used a proper RHD pedal box unlike some others i have seen.
it's had a few owners in the time i have known it, not sure if they were around on the club site or not.
Fixing the front should be pretty easy as it hasnt marked the wheel well at all. only visible panel is the area next to the corner marker but it is pretty minor.
the bumper reinforcing bar is crushed so i'm not sure if i would drill the spots and remove then weld back in when the front is straight or leave it all and try and pull it as is.
Time is the big killer at the moment so if the panel shop is hapy to do the work i will probably just get them to do it so i have more time to work on the EFI and 2.0
Cheers guys
Posted by: stepuptotheMike Apr 5 2010, 06:21 AM
Welcome and you've got a gem there.
Posted by: RobW Apr 5 2010, 07:08 AM
Super cool car.... buff it out and get it back on the road.. 
Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 5 2010, 07:23 AM
My advice would be to use the existing head light bucket as a point to start your pull. You want to stress relieve the damage before cutting anything off the car. The inner panel the fender is welded to is stout. It is ver hard to pound out the crease in hte innner pan because the fender is totally in the way. I had to use a large rod with a BFH through the side light hole on Sandy's car.
Here's a couple photos of the same damage you have. 
Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Apr 5 2010, 08:16 AM
I see the steering wheel is upside down, sign of a true southern hemisphere car ................
The Cap'n
Posted by: Tom_T Apr 5 2010, 03:10 PM
Good on ya Mate!
I especially like that Beige interior like on mine - much cooler in hot climes!
A couple of others looking at mine posted in garage on here, with similar damage to the opposite side (maybe a bit worse) have ssaid that pulling it on a Cellette Bench (or similar), then replacing the too far damaged parts with new/NOS or a good donor shell parts/sections was doable (primarily a light box & struts & maybe inner fender/well in my case).
That's basically what Rick Ollah is saying above too, but don't know what shops down under will charge you for it? ... certainly more than a case of Fosters! 
Cheers & Good Luck! 
Tom
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Posted by: effutuo101 Apr 5 2010, 06:06 PM
Very cool!
Posted by: McMark Apr 5 2010, 06:25 PM
AWESOME!!
Posted by: PanelBilly Apr 5 2010, 07:54 PM
I see the steering wheel is upside down, sign of a true southern hemisphere car ................
The Cap'n
You beat me to it!
What I want to know is is the gas pedal on the left side with the clutch on the right or is the cluster the same only on the other side of the tunnel?
Posted by: Lou W Apr 5 2010, 08:17 PM
Welcome and you've got a gem there.
Posted by: neilca Apr 5 2010, 09:01 PM
Conversion was done local by a guy who has a porsche wreckers so he used a proper RHD pedal box unlike some others i have seen.
it's had a few owners in the time i have known it, not sure if they were around on the club site or not.
Fixing the front should be pretty easy as it hasnt marked the wheel well at all. only visible panel is the area next to the corner marker but it is pretty minor.
the bumper reinforcing bar is crushed so i'm not sure if i would drill the spots and remove then weld back in when the front is straight or leave it all and try and pull it as is.
Time is the big killer at the moment so if the panel shop is hapy to do the work i will probably just get them to do it so i have more time to work on the EFI and 2.0
Cheers guys
Edwin,
Can you post a picture of your pedal box? I have made a RHD 914 and know the car was not originally built to be symetric. I was wondering how this was done by the rest of the world. Mine is a race car and I used the Wilwood pedals.
Thanks,
neilca
Posted by: orange914 Apr 6 2010, 01:34 PM
I see the steering wheel is upside down, sign of a true southern hemisphere car ................
The Cap'n
thats so your foot doesn't get stuck when you hit the high beam!
only us old guys get that!
nice car worth fixing
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