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Posted by: tracks914 Jan 30 2005, 12:21 PM
A year after my ISP changed my Web page, I finally got around to updating it.
It's pretty crude as far as web design goes and I want to make it fancier......but as far as the pictures go, you can tell what I have done to the car.
Thanks for looking.
BTW click on the link below (My 914 Project) 
Posted by: Lou W Jan 30 2005, 12:31 PM
Very good 
Posted by: scotty b Jan 30 2005, 12:45 PM
Very nice car, I'm particularly jealous of your mobile car lift! I've had several occasions where that would have been golden. How did the muffler turn out? Also curious what you repacked it with. 
Posted by: tracks914 Jan 30 2005, 12:47 PM
The muffler has been rewelded but still needs to be polished. I won't know what it sounds like until I get the car out of storage in about 2 months from now and put it on. It wasn't repacked with anything. I replace the tail pipe (with some sound dampening in it) with a straight SS pipe. We'll see how loud it is.
Posted by: cdmcse Jan 30 2005, 12:54 PM
Great Job! You give me hope! My car is very similar in rust damage to yours.
What kind of finish did you finally decide on for the wheels? They look nice and clean and proper. I'm doing cookie cutters, but I'd like to end up with something similar.
Posted by: sgomes Jan 30 2005, 12:59 PM
Wow! Fantastic Job! The car looks great! I get so jealous seeing people with that much skill (and money my wife adds... )
The web page looks great too. except on the home page I see a bunch of "<>" show up all over. I'm using Firefox 1.0
Posted by: pete-stevers Jan 30 2005, 01:38 PM
Great lookin site...
keep it up!
Posted by: tracks914 Jan 30 2005, 05:53 PM
| QUOTE (cdmcse @ Jan 30 2005, 10:54 AM) |
| What kind of finish did you finally decide on for the wheels? They look nice and clean and proper. |
I glass beaded the rims then shot them with 3 coats of clear coat for aluminium wheels.
Posted by: tracks914 Jan 30 2005, 06:08 PM
| QUOTE (sgomes @ Jan 30 2005, 10:59 AM) |
| I see a bunch of "<>" show up all over. I'm using Firefox 1.0 |
I think I got that fixed now.
Posted by: DuckRyder Jan 30 2005, 06:11 PM
Nice.
Might want to fix the "website" in your Profile so that the "WWW" button at the bottom of your post works as well.
Posted by: r_towle Jan 30 2005, 07:06 PM
A real man, doing real rust repair...
I love to see what others would consider junk being saved, great job.
Rich
Posted by: tracks914 Jan 30 2005, 07:17 PM
| QUOTE (DuckRyder @ Jan 30 2005, 04:11 PM) |
| Nice. Might want to fix the "website" in your Profile so that the "WWW" button at the bottom of your post works as well. |
Done.
Posted by: Hi_Fi_Guy Jan 30 2005, 07:27 PM
Great documentation of your progress. Thanks for sharing this.
Posted by: Air_Cooled_Nut Jan 31 2005, 11:39 AM
Nice 
One thing I would like to do to both my cars (Type 3 and 914) is strip them down, do body work, paint, and put back together. But the complete striping is intimidating. I'm fearful that I'll lose a piece or forget how to put it back together. What do you guys & gals do to mentally get yourself into striping a car? If I could just get over that hurdle (and get a bigger space to store everything )
Posted by: freezing14 Jan 31 2005, 01:02 PM
I just cant wait for all that snow and cold to go to take mine for a drive , i am comming back from where you were , did the hell hole and etc, at least the outside panel were ok, the engine is in and it runs, got to finish the interior ( just need carpet and they are already ordered) you did a great job,, I hope we will have a 914 canadian classic!!!!!
Posted by: tracks914 Jan 31 2005, 05:53 PM
| QUOTE (Air_Cooled_Nut @ Jan 31 2005, 09:39 AM) |
| What do you guys & gals do to mentally get yourself into striping a car? |
Just start taking parts off, put them in large ziplock bags, label them with a black felt pen, put them in a box......then take another part off.
All it takes is comitment.
Posted by: rdauenhauer Jan 31 2005, 07:39 PM
What Muffler was that?
Posted by: tracks914 Feb 1 2005, 04:53 PM
This muffler.
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Posted by: tracks914 Feb 1 2005, 04:54 PM
SS back in insides welded to the original front.
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Posted by: tracks914 Feb 1 2005, 04:55 PM
With a SS Cadillac tip. 
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Posted by: riverman Feb 1 2005, 05:34 PM
Good job! Since I'm only at the beginning of my project, and you're doing (or have done) essentially the same thing as me, I'm interested to know how long it took you. Also, what would you consider harder (more aggravating), the body work or the mechanicals? Most days I just plug away and don't think about the end result, but sometimes I look at how much there is to do and I just wonder why I decided to start this in the first place. I just remind myself that life is in the journey, not the destination.
It's good to see the number of Canadians represented on this board. If any of you are going to be in Kitchener, PM me and you're more than welcome to drop by. My project is my garage and I essentially work at home. It's hard to find people around here with too much enthusiasm for beat up old Teeners.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=24337
Posted by: BigD9146gt Feb 1 2005, 06:01 PM
Absolutly wonderful work!
Posted by: tracks914 Feb 1 2005, 09:34 PM
| QUOTE (riverman @ Feb 1 2005, 03:34 PM) |
| I'm interested to know how long it took you. Also, what would you consider harder (more aggravating), the body work or the mechanicals? |
From the day I tore it apart to the day I insured it and drove it...17 months 28 days.
What I enjoyed the most? The mechanical. It was the first time I had really painted a base coat/ clear coat car (I'd done enamel stock cars before) and I really learned and enjoyed that, but putting it all back together, clean or new parts, was like icing a cake. I love building motors too, that was fun.
I hated the body work. The welding and fabricating is fun but I can't sand worth a dam. If you look on page 2 of my site, you'll see a door and one trunk lid. 17 hours of applying and sanding body filler on those alone.
This spring I am going to do my tranny and install my SS exhaust system. Then it will all be done..............but it never really ends.
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