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Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 4 2013, 06:46 PM

I bought it in 1978, did a bunch of preservative measures, Had a 2.4 with S pistons and solex cams built, by Ralph Meaney, Drove the crap out of it and then one night...new wife, hates my junker, I sell it to a friend, He does nothing to it, Flash Forward last year I did a Turbo engine , and his wife insists I take that 914...OK so still in my name title never even signed, Its back at my house..
I ruined my moms garden sprayer spraying Imron Irish green in the cavity's and even drilled 1.0 holes for access, behind the seats and every other box, after scraping the floors and not so hell hole.

Originally from Steamboat Springs Colorado


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Posted by: scotty b Jan 4 2013, 06:49 PM

I think you just got a winning lottery ticket Cool story. Good thing you did all that work back then eh ?

Posted by: Tom_T Jan 4 2013, 06:57 PM

Wow! Great job on the rust prevention, as shown today!

Did your Mom ever forgive you?

Posted by: Tom Jan 4 2013, 07:00 PM

Jeff,
You gotta be a happy fellow!
Tom

Posted by: effutuo101 Jan 4 2013, 07:06 PM

Sweet! We all talk about the car we never should have sold...

Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 4 2013, 07:28 PM

The motor and trans I put in another 914 and still have the combo,
trans is number matching, The 2.0 I put in a friends 911, I don't give a shit about it. Last I saw it was froze full of water...but its out there somewhere..

Posted by: ConeDodger Jan 4 2013, 08:21 PM

That is so cool Jeff!

Posted by: JmuRiz Jan 4 2013, 09:51 PM

Wow, great looking car, 2.4 with s cams sounds like a blast in a lightweight 914

The reminds me I need to PM you about something we talked about a year ago too...

Posted by: bcheney Jan 4 2013, 09:57 PM

Great story! Cool ride!!

Posted by: Socalandy Jan 4 2013, 09:57 PM

Awesome Jeff but I think we need more pictures of the car, floor pan and engine compartment only

Posted by: KELTY360 Jan 4 2013, 10:12 PM

Nice, but the color? Didn't know you liked green cars.

Posted by: aircooledtechguy Jan 4 2013, 10:35 PM

Way to go Jeff!! Doing things right the first time pays off again.

So,. . . just how many -6s are you legally able to own at one time?? I think you are over your limit

Congrats!!

Posted by: plays with cars Jan 4 2013, 10:47 PM

So cool! The one that got away... didn't.

We need more pictures!!

Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 5 2013, 03:02 AM

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Posted by: Cairo94507 Jan 5 2013, 08:57 AM

Irish Green Though I am sure my car will be Light Ivory, Irish Green is always in the back of my mind....

Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 5 2013, 12:20 PM

It needs these pieces , plus left rear quarter panel.
The storage keeper, sold the front hood. no biggy.


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Posted by: rhodyguy Jan 5 2013, 01:14 PM

lot's-o-NOS.

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Posted by: Gint Jan 5 2013, 09:28 PM

Nice car! Who's that skinny kid?

Posted by: MoveQik Jan 6 2013, 08:19 PM

You should put 7's on it.

Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 6 2013, 08:38 PM

Will Do ... 1 inch makes a diff, ask around

I am also wondering where the oil tank and relay board went:

planning on 3 trips to the frame rack, driving to and from

Posted by: NORD Jan 6 2013, 08:57 PM

So,. . . just how many -6s are you legally able to own at one time?? I think you are over your limit


This is the Evergreen State. I think if they all green there is no limit.

Posted by: sixnotfour Aug 1 2013, 09:01 PM

The left front was wrecked when I bought it, but repaired, and new paint on the whole 914, Well, first things first to right a wrong I knew existed ,since I bought it in 1978.
Luckily they did such a bad job, that the OG parts they used could be salvaged as new parts, recycled.
A few spot brazing blobs and a paint job

I knew it when I bought it, and spent a bit of time with a torch and hammers, chisels and various tools when 18 to sorta make it right in appearance in the trunk.
pretty much in vain..

fast forward, dissection, Heat braze remove new parts, blast and spray spies hecker primer, hammer, and drill out spot welds, notice the remanants of the factory smashed bits Good reference point though.. I hate brass But it did save the replaced parts that were badly installed.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Aug 1 2013, 09:16 PM

I could not save the new replacement fender as it was poorly spliced on top of the remanents of the OG fender..
more brass...yay


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Posted by: r_towle Aug 1 2013, 09:17 PM

Really exciting find, good luck with this one

Posted by: McMark Aug 1 2013, 10:34 PM

Brass

Posted by: rick 918-S Aug 1 2013, 10:41 PM

QUOTE(McMark @ Aug 1 2013, 11:34 PM)

Brass

Posted by: sixnotfour Aug 6 2013, 08:09 PM

After much thought, I decided that I didn't have the elbow to bang this shit out, So I pulled from the archives a left front corner from an Irish Green six, that was totaled and was a GM test car, that may been a pace car, that the last owner had restored and crashed very badly, any how, Sectioning has been done. Also, my NOS right front fender, Does Not Fit, It appears to be a very early fender with the weird profile at the cowl... Maybe I should have spliced the fender ??
Na, glad to have a full fender replacement... A little mod necessary, but still NOS
full front fender.. oh and its Euro, no side marker holes..
The front 6 inches appears to be pushed down about 8mm. I will tack it all together until it gets straight.

Don't get me wrong, Lots of grinding and fitting left to do...





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Posted by: sixnotfour Aug 6 2013, 08:38 PM

The six was Irish green / metallic blue and was purchased and painted the bright blue that was wrecked was for sale in excellence as X GM test car ?????
I bought the front clip and various pieces from Chicago Auto Werkes in 199???something.

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Posted by: sixnotfour Aug 6 2013, 08:55 PM

The fender and the front corner are going down to get stripped chemically,
For a glimpse of the next part of the story, I cant believe how rust free this six is.............
Telephone Pole meet Mister Sixxxxxxx..

I think we can save the outer long and threshold, but will need a new inner long as it did all the folding.


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Posted by: sixnotfour Sep 1 2013, 12:35 PM

On its way to get many pulls...


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Posted by: gms Sep 2 2013, 09:56 AM

Jeff it is good to see you saving this one, it is too nice.

Posted by: effutuo101 Sep 2 2013, 10:37 PM

As always Jeff. Excellent work!

Posted by: sixnotfour Sep 15 2013, 06:06 PM

Made it to the shop, will get started in a week or so, I have to get to Utah...


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Posted by: rhodyguy Sep 16 2013, 10:02 AM

mark's shop or the one in renton?

Posted by: sixnotfour Sep 16 2013, 10:21 AM

snohomish, secret squirrel

Posted by: rhodyguy Sep 16 2013, 10:43 AM

"secret squirrel". is that code or the name of the biz?

Posted by: sixnotfour Oct 13 2013, 02:26 PM

No he does his own insurance buys and sells...

Posted by: sixnotfour May 4 2014, 10:38 PM

Well, that didn't work out...travel time, he got busy, car off and on the rack...
Fuch It..bought this...

Swiss made


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 4 2014, 10:46 PM

914 the door opening was almost one inch short from embracing a telephone pole..

edit; the door opening


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 4 2014, 10:48 PM

Inner long cut out, trying to pull floor straight..
The burn line on the floor is how far the inner long folded in, It is burnt from plasma cutting to remove the damaged inner long.


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 4 2014, 10:53 PM

After a lot of pulling here and there..
Hasn't had a right door in 30 years.. closer


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 4 2014, 10:55 PM

Next step the cowl section is still pushed over..


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 4 2014, 11:13 PM

before inner


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Posted by: rick 918-S May 5 2014, 08:05 AM

Nice score on the Caroliner and Unic! I had one of those Unic lifts when I had my shop. It works awesome!

I wanted to be sure you were thinking about all aspects of this repair before starting to weld it back together. Cowl hits are often misdiagnosed. Because of the unit body the damage will travel through the car causing it to banana or form an arch. It will shorten the wheel base on one side. Just pulling out in the area of damage will not be enough to get the front back in place. a front pull is needed to help with with the stress of the trapped damage. Special attention needs to be paid when checking the center line of the car before, during and after as the car will tend to want to spring back.

You may want to make up some fixtures to hold the cars center line and suspension track before you start to weld. Here is a quick 2 dimensional sketch to show what happens to a unitized chassis when it is side hit. Remember this banana effect carries through on all plains.


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 5 2014, 11:00 AM

Richs thanks, that is why , I pulled the lower first, it hinged on the top a bit, There was an impact with the pole right there cause the crunch area. also the windshield frame is square, but the lower is turned inward towards the back..I am making something to get behind the pinchweld at the base and will pull there should on roll the frame and start easing the creases in the gas tank area.
A little pull, a little hammer, a little pull, a little hammer..

Also , the car still has two major hits to work out so right now Im going for panel fit and major aesthetics, after the others are to that level , I am being careful not to over pull. I will get down to every other dimension. I am going to brace it. and move to the next impact.
not do any assembly welding until that point..

Posted by: sixnotfour May 5 2014, 11:13 AM

I should have posted these also, it tool quite a bit of messy around ...trying to save that OG parts...

you can see how the door post assembly pushed in and rolled the wheel house in a U shape, no creasing just rolled.

So really all I did is un roll it.. Rich I am not saying the chassis is still square, but the rolled area is what made the door opening shorten.


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Posted by: effutuo101 May 5 2014, 11:25 AM

Great work Jeff! love the pictures.

Posted by: sixnotfour May 5 2014, 11:27 AM

Before.... I knew I had a shot at it because the door pillar is ok so if I backed it up with some solid it would move back with some pulling power.
It really hasn't taken much to move this pressure wise so far..


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Posted by: rick 918-S May 5 2014, 09:08 PM

Looking good Jeff. I can see you have the concept. Work from the center square of the chassis. Those things most guy's call hockey pucks or jack points are actually used as check sets on the Celette. This is the way to tell if the center of the chassis is square and level. If it's not nothing else matters. Move out from there. I don't know if you got any measuring equipment with the Caroliner but with simple centering gauges you can hang them from the check sets and work out from there.

Posted by: sixnotfour May 6 2014, 09:31 AM

Here is the little last little kink hiding behind the windshield and dash
once this hinge point is opened a bit, I think things will be a lot closer..
windshield opening, fender seam, and the cowl hump should come down some more.

The cowl seem area that takes the blk trim piece was completely closed, but as I progressed , it is almost factory width again.


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 9 2014, 11:03 AM

Moving rearward...


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 9 2014, 11:09 AM

Coming around...


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 9 2014, 11:13 AM

before...


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 9 2014, 11:15 AM

before II...


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Posted by: sixnotfour May 9 2014, 11:25 AM

So Far So Good, made a couple minor mistakes, But all the rough Reshaping is Done..I now know what to save and what not to for replacement body parts.. I'm tired..Next step...Remove from the CarOliner,
Put a straight never bent OG paint 914 on the carOliner and make some jigs....

oh and I need to og to Utah..finally...and go pickup some brass, after that..

Posted by: Root_Werks May 12 2014, 01:31 PM

Good on you for getting your old 914-6 back! Keep on top of it and get it back on the road.

Posted by: JRust May 12 2014, 01:53 PM

QUOTE(Root_Werks @ May 12 2014, 12:31 PM)

Posted by: KELTY360 May 12 2014, 02:56 PM

QUOTE(JRust @ May 12 2014, 11:53 AM)

QUOTE(Root_Werks @ May 12 2014, 12:31 PM)

Good on you for getting your old 914-6 back! Keep on top of it and get it back on the road.

Uh oh there has been a Dan Root sighting. Must be time for you to by another 914 . Good to see you on Dan

Posted by: sixnotfour May 19 2014, 09:13 PM

Bump for Troy, as he was very interested....

Posted by: messix May 19 2014, 10:13 PM

I have been following!

good seeing you and catching up today

if any of you don't know this guy is a magician with body repair and panel work!

this car was a write off and damn near every one here would grab this even if it was a 4 car. nice work!

Posted by: mgp4591 May 19 2014, 11:16 PM

QUOTE(sixnotfour @ May 9 2014, 11:25 AM)

Posted by: sixnotfour May 21 2014, 07:55 PM

well, I am sorts headed that way via Montana , as I have Shea's long awaited 3.0..

Oh bought this for cheep, true 914 fashion...


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Posted by: rick 918-S May 21 2014, 11:03 PM

QUOTE(sixnotfour @ May 21 2014, 08:55 PM)

well, I am sorts headed that way via Montana , as I have Shea's long awaited 3.0..

Oh bought this for cheep, true 914 fashion...

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Posted by: sixnotfour Sep 14 2015, 10:18 AM

I might as well update my progress, earlier this year, we bought a place in Erda Utah,
So My Six has moved 900 miles to a much dryer climate...


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Posted by: JRust Sep 14 2015, 10:34 AM

Damn you have snow allready

Posted by: sixnotfour Sep 14 2015, 11:10 AM

no that was march ?? so now I am 6 more months behind...

Posted by: rhodyguy Sep 14 2015, 11:13 AM

Is that out building on your property?

Posted by: sixnotfour Sep 14 2015, 11:52 AM

yes I have 4 914's in it

Posted by: gms Sep 14 2015, 01:45 PM

You all moved in now?