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Posted by: FUEL14 Jul 19 2019, 04:57 AM

Hi Folks,

I'm new to the forum. I've been trying to get my project up and going for a couple of years now and it's finally about to get some momentum over the coming months.

I tried to start a thread in the 'Restoration and Build Threads' area but I got a note saying that I didn't have permission to do so. Is it cool to start a build thread in this part of the forum?

Thanks and greetings from Australia.
// Luke.




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Posted by: Chris H. Jul 19 2019, 08:26 AM

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Is it cool to start a build thread in this part of the forum?




Yes. Definitely yes.

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Posted by: porschetub Jul 19 2019, 09:31 PM

welcome.png you have come to the right place,great group of people on here ...no question ,good luck.

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Welcome...

Posted by: FUEL14 Jul 19 2019, 11:36 PM

Thanks very much for the welcomes. I'll back up a bit and fill in some history from the last few years.

I'm a Brit, living in Australia since '06. I have a media brand called Fuel Tank http://fueltank.cc/.

I bought this car in the motherland in 2001, shortly after it had been imported there from California. I did a few bits and pieces to make it my own (lowering, seat trimming, Bilstein shocks, Autometer gauges, covered the targa roof in Mercedes convertible fabric and a few other cosmetics) and enjoyed driving it lots and lots. This is how it was then. This is was at a photoshoot for Ultra VW magazine in 2004 at Rockingham Raceway in the UK where the relatively shortlived 'ASCAR' series was held.

The car in the back was being raced at the time by Ben Collins, the original Top Gear 'Stig' and Daniel Craig's Bond stunt driver.

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After enjoying the car in Europe for five years, I was offered a job here in Australia and I locked up the '14 and made my way here and I've been here ever since. The car sat for quite a while and I finally got round to bringing it over here a couple of years ago. Here are some pictures of what it looked like on the day that I dragged it out of the lock-up in the UK and sent it off on a flatbed to start its journey to Australia:

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Posted by: FUEL14 Jul 20 2019, 07:01 PM

When we started stripping it back, we found that the rear quarters were the worst part. Generally, the rest wasn't too bad....

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Posted by: burton73 Jul 20 2019, 07:28 PM

Nice work. Welcome to the 914World

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Posted by: FUEL14 Jul 20 2019, 07:36 PM

Thanks Bob. It's all a steep learning curve for me...

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Posted by: FUEL14 Aug 18 2019, 10:10 PM

Things are looking up. I've been told that I'm next in line for the paint booth, so things should pick up in the next couple of weeks.

It's been almost a year since it was primered, so I'm keen for the next step. Here are some picks from that stage:

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Posted by: FUEL14 Aug 31 2019, 01:23 AM

I just signed the final colour off yesterday and the car will be painted in the next few days. She's all prepped in the booth, ready to go...

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Posted by: daytona Aug 31 2019, 07:39 AM

Welcome Luke,
That should be a beautiful car when it is all done.
Looking at the photos of the car and parts in the booth it seems that you are going with a fiberglass rear bumper. Is that right? Front also? What are you going to do with the targa top this time?
Be well, enjoy, and keep the photos coming.
Bill.

Posted by: FUEL14 Aug 31 2019, 07:03 PM


Thank you, Bill. Yes, fibreglass front and rear bumpers from GT Racing, along with a limited edition lower front spoiler... the most problematic parts that I've had the misfortune of buying so far. But, all sorted now.

The targa has been filled and smoothed and will be body colour also. The whole car is to be body colour. Sail panels, sill and all.

Thanks for following, I will be asking lots of questions along the way.


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Welcome Luke,
That should be a beautiful car when it is all done.
Looking at the photos of the car and parts in the booth it seems that you are going with a fiberglass rear bumper. Is that right? Front also? What are you going to do with the targa top this time?
Be well, enjoy, and keep the photos coming.
Bill.


Posted by: Tdskip Sep 1 2019, 12:45 PM

Belated welcome, thanks for the thread mate

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Belated welcome, thanks for the thread mate


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Posted by: FUEL14 Sep 11 2019, 04:36 AM

After the best part of a year since first contacting Len Hoffman, my pair of HAM heads just arrived here in Australia today. A big thanks to Len (HAM Inc) for all the great communication over the last 12 months.

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Posted by: FUEL14 Sep 11 2019, 04:48 AM

...and paint is finishing this week. Apparently, she'll be home at the weekend, which is exciting.

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Posted by: jim_hoyland Sep 11 2019, 05:12 AM

Terrific project, thanks for sharing ! smile.gif You will have a "new" 914..... beer.gif

Posted by: nrc914 Sep 11 2019, 07:00 AM

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...and paint is finishing this week. Apparently, she'll be home at the weekend, which is exciting.

Looks a lovely colour Luke. What green is that?

Regards

Nathan

Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 11 2019, 11:22 AM

I love the green!

Posted by: Coondog Sep 11 2019, 01:55 PM

Very nice. So what’s the cost to paint a car in Australia

Posted by: FUEL14 Sep 13 2019, 03:15 AM

Here's the green, it's based on a rare 356 colour. I shot this RWB 911 'Kizuna' in Indonesia last year and I was inspired by the colour scheme, so my friends who built Kizuna sent me a sample from the build and we've matched closeish to it.

If you keep following this build, you'll see more influences from Kizuna come through such as the dark interior and exterior detailing. You could say that my 914 will be a 'baby brother' to Kizuna.

You can see my full article on Kizuna by http://fueltank.cc/blog/rwb-indonesia-006

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Posted by: FUEL14 Sep 13 2019, 04:42 AM

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Terrific project, thanks for sharing ! smile.gif You will have a "new" 914..... beer.gif


Thanks, Jim. Almost... It's not a full resto, the interior metal and underpinnings have all been left untouched.
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I love the green!


Thanks. It was a tricky decision to go for something so different, but I'm really happy with it.

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Very nice. So what’s the cost to paint a car in Australia


As much as you're prepared to spend.

Posted by: FUEL14 Sep 16 2019, 06:09 AM

She arrived home today and is now tucked up snug in the shed.

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Posted by: FUEL14 Jan 28 2020, 09:10 PM

Things are ticking along here. The front end is out for rebuilding, the rear shocks and springs are out. I scrubbed and painted the underside of the car, the interior floor has had some attention and now I'm working on some custom dash ideas.


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Posted by: Literati914 Jan 28 2020, 10:17 PM

Hey that's looking great Luke, I'm envious!! beer.gif Keep it up, and welcome btw.

Quick question.. at one point your entire car was primed white (looks white on my monitor) but then in the next shots it's dull black w/ grey looking filler at the quarter fenders. Can you give me a quick explanation? I assume imperfections were found after a black sealer went on? but could not be seen with the white primer? I assume a fresh black sealer followed, and was used under the green, right? Sorry just trying to understand the process your guy used.

Posted by: FUEL14 Feb 8 2020, 12:26 AM

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Hey that's looking great Luke, I'm envious!! beer.gif Keep it up, and welcome btw.


Hi, thanks for the welcome, I appreciate it. I don't recall all the exact steps with the paint prep, but yes, the black was the last layer of primer before the green.

Posted by: FUEL14 May 24 2020, 09:04 PM

Some lockdown progress from me. I've done a few things over the last few months.

I've been taking advantage of the autumn sunshine to prep and paint some front end parts:

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Posted by: FUEL14 May 24 2020, 09:09 PM

I stripped the old covers off the driver's seat and had a go at installing one of the 914 Rubber kits. Excuse the wrinkles, but I'm a car DIY newbie and I'm not used to doing these kinds of jobs. It's all good fun though, and I'm learning lots along the way.

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Posted by: FUEL14 May 24 2020, 09:32 PM

I installed a layer of sound deadening on the floor and up the firewall from a company called Carbuilders in Melbourne.

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Posted by: FUEL14 May 24 2020, 09:36 PM

And, most recently, I've mocked up a few interior parts to see how things are going to look. I have a new gauge plate from Rennline, a MOMO Prototipo Heritage Edition wheel, Autometer Tach and footplates and shifter from Thorotec in Germany.

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Posted by: Retroracer May 25 2020, 08:32 AM

Great photos and awesome build! keep the posts coming on this one.

- Tony

Posted by: wonkipop May 27 2020, 04:09 PM

am in melbourne too fuel14.

just put mine back on the road after 16 years of storage.
know two other owners.
not many of us around down here.

i like your car.

Posted by: FUEL14 May 27 2020, 07:06 PM


Hi there, please get in touch. If you use Facebook, we have a 914 Australia group. Please join and tell the two people that you know. If no Facebook, please PM me. Thanks, Luke.

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am in melbourne too fuel14.

just put mine back on the road after 16 years of storage.
know two other owners.
not many of us around down here.

i like your car.


Posted by: porschetub May 27 2020, 10:23 PM

What's with the shifter over a stock one? cheers.
Oh and nice car by the way biggrin.gif .

Posted by: wonkipop May 28 2020, 03:03 AM

@ FUEL14

we are all in the karmann club (me not yet, but shortly).
porsche purist crowd won't/wouldn't have us.
....and i have a long memory when it comes to the arsedragger lot from 30 years ago.
don't do facebook, but i'll drop you a pm with my number.

the two i know happily run in the k club.
we have been made very welcome there.

i occasionally join in with the 356 mob who are relaxed about 914s these days.

Posted by: tygaboy May 28 2020, 07:59 AM

Wow, GREAT looking color! And you're a braver man than I, doing all that work AFTER fresh paint...
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Posted by: bbrock May 28 2020, 08:14 AM

Loving the progress! FYI, if you put a damp towel over the wrinkles and loose aeas on your seats and run a steam iron over them, the fabric will tighten up and pull most or al of the wrinkles out. The pros use a steamer which you might be able to rent, but I found the towel and iron that I already had on hand worked great.

Posted by: FUEL14 May 31 2020, 06:02 PM

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What's with the shifter over a stock one? cheers.
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Thanks but I don't understand the question. Do you mean what brand is it? It's by Thorotec in Germany.

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@ FUEL14

we are all in the karmann club (me not yet, but shortly).
porsche purist crowd won't/wouldn't have us.
....and i have a long memory when it comes to the arsedragger lot from 30 years ago.
don't do facebook, but i'll drop you a pm with my number.

the two i know happily run in the k club.
we have been made very welcome there.

i occasionally join in with the 356 mob who are relaxed about 914s these days.

Great, I'll talk to you soon.

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Loving the progress! FYI, if you put a damp towel over the wrinkles and loose aeas on your seats and run a steam iron over them, the fabric will tighten up and pull most or al of the wrinkles out. The pros use a steamer which you might be able to rent, but I found the towel and iron that I already had on hand worked great.


Thanks, I'll sort it down the track, no rush. A bit of usage in the sunshine come spring will also help.

Posted by: FUEL14 Jul 8 2020, 11:39 PM

I've been working away at the custom dash panel. It's not finished yet, but I've got about as far as I'm happy with before it needs to be powder coated in black.

The main jist is that it will be black mesh with a sheet of raw aluminium behind. I am placing various items in the panel such as toggle switches, LEDs, USB ports and a mobile phone holder in the centre. It's been fun to make, particularly since I've never done any metalwork in my life... Just making it up as I go.

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Posted by: tygaboy Jul 9 2020, 07:54 AM

Nice work on that dash! I think that'll be a great compliment to your unique color.
I'd love to be able to see this in person as it's going to be a stunner!
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Nice work on that dash! I think that'll be a great compliment to your unique colour.
I'd love to be able to see this in person as it's going to be a stunner!
Great stuff, really great stuff! aktion035.gif


Thanks, we're not there yet, but fingers crossed it will all work out ok.

Posted by: FUEL14 Aug 12 2020, 04:33 AM

The engine is pretty much done and being installed at the moment. Ceramic coated MSDS headers going on too.

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Posted by: Cairo94507 Sep 14 2020, 06:12 AM

That may be one of my favorite colors! Looks great but I would be nervous working on the rest of the car after the exterior paint was done. beerchug.gif

Posted by: Frankvw Sep 14 2020, 06:55 AM

great color car and that shifter is a piece of art ! looks very nice. Fun to follow your build/work !
What kind of airfilters are you running ?

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What kind of airfilters are you running ?



Vintage Speed.

Posted by: FUEL14 Nov 26 2020, 11:28 PM

I made a start on the door cards today. Matt from 914 Rubber supplied me with some plain door cards last year that he custom stitched in orange for me. Today I got round to making up some RS-style door pulls. I used a roll of orange webbing and a craft eyelet punch tool. I then drilled into the door casing and mounted the loop with a bolt.

I cut a hole in the new door card and threaded the loop through, finishing off with genuine 911 RS plastic pull loop escutcheons.

The main difference with this method to regular 911 RS pulls is that mine pulls the door closed, whereas they open the door. This method is more in line with my skill level as I did not want to get into mounting the loop to the opening mechanism.

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// Luke.

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Posted by: FUEL14 Jan 20 2021, 11:50 PM

A fair bit has happened recently, but I'll jump forward to the interior that I finished a few weeks ago.

I laid down a layer of Carbuilders acoustic foam to go between the sound deadening and the carpet:

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Posted by: FUEL14 Jan 20 2021, 11:50 PM

I then made a start on the carpet, also from Carbuilders (Melbourne). It's not a 914 kit, I started with a roll of raw material. It's not the most hard-wearing carpet around, but it goes around corners really nicely and easy to glue down and trim to size.

Since I threw the factory backpad in the bin a couple of years ago, it's been my intention to carpet all the way up to the rear glass, so that's what I did.

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Posted by: FUEL14 Jan 20 2021, 11:53 PM

After final assembly, the interior is now finished. I've never done anything like this before.. it was fun.

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Posted by: wonkipop Jan 21 2021, 01:47 AM

for once being down here means i get to see one of the cars on this site in the metal.

looks fantastic luke.
nice job.

Posted by: FUEL14 Jan 21 2021, 03:27 PM


Thanks. Nearly there...

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for once being down here means i get to see one of the cars on this site in the metal.

looks fantastic luke.
nice job.


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Posted by: djway Jan 22 2021, 10:32 PM

BEAUTIFUL
I went to the Thorotec website and can't find the shifter. What they have looks completly different.
Do you have any more information? How does it mount to the shift rod?

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BEAUTIFUL
I went to the Thorotec website and can't find the shifter. What they have looks completly different.
Do you have any more information? How does it mount to the shift rod?


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Posted by: FUEL14 Jan 31 2021, 02:23 PM

I rolled the car out into daylight for the first time in many months to take a look last week. The windscreen has since been fitted, but here's a peek at how things are looking so far.

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Posted by: watsonrx13 Jan 31 2021, 03:40 PM

That is one bad ass 914... Fantastic...

Posted by: Shivers Jan 31 2021, 06:49 PM

It's definitely yours. All sorts of cool touches. I like the color and it being on the whole body. I do miss the rubber bumper top. Nice job. When you start driving it around, I'd sure like to hear more about that shifter.

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It's definitely yours. All sorts of cool touches. I like the color and it being on the whole body. I do miss the rubber bumper top. Nice job. When you start driving it around, I'd sure like to hear more about that shifter.


Thanks. Full body colour was always the plan. If I think it's too much down the track, I can always start blacking parts out. But, so far I like it like this.

Posted by: wonkipop Feb 1 2021, 02:50 AM

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Posted by: Cairo94507 Mar 5 2023, 09:36 AM

Great looking car- finished out nicely. I hope you get many many miles of smiles. beerchug.gif

Posted by: MSGGrunt Mar 5 2023, 07:18 PM

Beautiful. I too like the monochromatic color. My new to me 914 was originally silver, but repainted red at some point. I was leaning towards going back to the original color when it gets repainted, but seeing your car has given me some new ideas.

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