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Posted by: Cal Dec 14 2015, 02:36 PM
I recently purchased a low mileage '74 2.0L and have spent the past couple of weekends detailing everything. This weekend I detailed the front trunk area. Did these cars ever come with protective felt pads to keep the tire/wheel from rubbing the trunk bottom?
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Posted by: Tom_T Dec 14 2015, 04:39 PM
Not as far as I've ever seen back in the 70's, but some owners put them in there themselves (& maybe some dealers) to reduce paint wear & the rubber squeaking in the floor on rougher roads.
I never glued my added ones in, but just laid some scrap felt under the tire on each bearing point (3-4 pieces).
It was a trick my mechanic taught me, & he was the Circle Porsche+Audi dealer in Long Beach CA's 914 specialist, before he started his own shop in `72, & he said that was their "special secret dealer fix" for the squeaking (imagine it said in his thick Austrian accent). 
PS - that looks like an excellent 914 too! 
Cheers! 
Tom
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Posted by: wndsnd Dec 14 2015, 04:50 PM
Your car looks great!
Sorry I do not know,
But
Your car looks great!
Posted by: pete000 Dec 14 2015, 05:06 PM
Wow, Concours time !
Please post more pictures as you go !
Posted by: RobW Dec 14 2015, 07:39 PM
Posted by: RobW Dec 14 2015, 07:39 PM
Wow, Concours time !
Please post more pictures as you go !
Post more picts....
Posted by: Cal Dec 14 2015, 08:05 PM
Not as far as I've ever seen back in the 70's, but some owners put them in there themselves (& maybe some dealers) to reduce paint wear & the rubber squeaking in the floor on rougher roads.
I never glued my added ones in, but just laid some scrap felt under the tire on each bearing point (3-4 pieces).
It was a trick my mechanic taught me, & he was the Circle Porsche+Audi dealer in Long Beach CA's 914 specialist, before he started his own shop in `72, & he said that was their "special secret dealer fix" for the squeaking (imagine it said in his thick Austrian accent).
PS - that looks like an excellent 914 too!
Cheers!
Tom
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Thanks Tom....I'll try the loose felt pads.
Posted by: Cal Dec 14 2015, 08:11 PM
Wow, Concours time !
Please post more pictures as you go !
Post more picts....
Thanks guys.....here are some more photos.[attachmentid=531597] [attachmentid=531597]
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Posted by: bandjoey Dec 14 2015, 09:42 PM
What did you do to clean up the wheels. That part looks better than any I've seen 
Posted by: pete000 Dec 15 2015, 12:41 AM
I smell a Parade winner...
Posted by: alfadoc Dec 15 2015, 02:09 AM
I smell a Parade winner...
Posted by: 914Next Dec 15 2015, 04:14 AM
Looks great cal! Need to see lots more pics of this one. Also tell us a bit about the car....history, how you located it. Great find.
Posted by: Philip W. Dec 15 2015, 09:03 AM
Looks great cal! Need to see lots more pics of this one. Also tell us a bit about the car....history, how you located it. Great find.
, more pictures!!, was it a local find?
Posted by: eric9144 Dec 15 2015, 11:20 AM
What did you do to clean up the wheels. That part looks better than any I've seen
DAMN!
Posted by: JawjaPorsche Dec 15 2015, 02:59 PM
Your teener looks amazing! I am jealous!
Posted by: phillstek Dec 15 2015, 04:43 PM
Wow, that looks extraordinary, please post pics of the entire car.
Posted by: whitetwinturbo Dec 16 2015, 11:56 AM
...........I think a saw a spec of dust in one of those shots 
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