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Posted by: RiqueMar Aug 28 2008, 04:35 PM

Hey guys what going on!? I'm currently working on my first car, a 70' 914 2.0, so I thought I would join this site to get into the scene.

Tried going on another site, but I think it's dead, atleast the thread for 914's is.

Posted by: toon1 Aug 28 2008, 04:39 PM

Posted by: RiqueMar Aug 28 2008, 04:42 PM

Hahahaha, right on.

Luckily, I have them on hand from when I joined that other place, give me 2 minutes.

Posted by: SirAndy Aug 28 2008, 04:44 PM

There's quite a few guys down in the SD area.
Andy

Posted by: RiqueMar Aug 28 2008, 04:46 PM

The car was a Cali car that my Dad found on eBay (I'm 19) it was near Agoura Hills. Originally it was Canary Yellow, but I put a stop to that madness quite quickly and took it down to bare metal.

Give me a few more minutes, last week, my flares came in, and I just finished putting them on, I'll post those in a sec...


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0052.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0053.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0051.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0049.jpg

Posted by: RiqueMar Aug 28 2008, 04:50 PM

Oh, here's some others. The car had an AC unit that someone put in, so we took a floor from a 76 that was already cut in half and on it''s way to the yard, stitched welded it in, and sprayed rubberized undercoating throguhout the front.

Also, my flares before we put them on....

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0042.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0043.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0044.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0046.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0057.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0058.jpg

Posted by: SirAndy Aug 28 2008, 04:58 PM

Looks Irish Green to me.


You went a bit overboard with the coating ...
Andy

Posted by: RiqueMar Aug 28 2008, 05:01 PM

I'm sorry, I didn't specify. Yes, it was green originally, when I got it, it was Canary Yellow.......about 3 layers of canary yellow.

Also, I went heavy on the undercoating to um....hide the welds. Plus, I'm informed the Rubberized coating not only protects, but also acts well for noise dampening.

Posted by: RiqueMar Aug 28 2008, 05:09 PM

The car before, and during the installation of the flares.


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/Porsche%20914/IMG_0049.jpg


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/8.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/7-1.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/6.jpg

Posted by: RiqueMar Aug 28 2008, 05:12 PM

This is the car as of a few days ago. Last weekend, I took some reinforced doors and slapped them on, and they fit great, pictures of the to come later tonight.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/2-1.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/3.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/4.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/5.jpg

Posted by: Gint Aug 28 2008, 05:45 PM

Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Aug 28 2008, 06:39 PM

Looks like you have done a good deal of work on it already. Looking forward to seeing this car complete,

Posted by: orange914 Aug 28 2008, 06:45 PM

great to see the progress

Posted by: ArtechnikA Aug 28 2008, 06:47 PM

Welcome!
I lived in San Diego for about 20 years...

You get extra points for knowing how to spell 'flare.'

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Aug 28 2008, 06:58 PM

Keep up the Good work.

Posted by: roadster fan Aug 29 2008, 06:10 AM

Keep up the good work, get it done by next summer, and bring it to The West Coast Ramble 2009!

Jim

Posted by: Gustl Aug 29 2008, 07:08 AM

... from far, far away


Gustl

Posted by: SGB Aug 29 2008, 07:13 AM

NICE! You've got the whole sickness!

welcome to the party.

Posted by: AJB Aug 29 2008, 07:22 AM

Welcome from far away - but not quite as far as Gustl (unless you go the other way round.....)

Posted by: rick 918-S Aug 29 2008, 08:11 AM

keep going

Posted by: Lou W Aug 29 2008, 12:08 PM

what color are you going with? Irish green is cool.

Posted by: RiqueMar Aug 29 2008, 12:29 PM

Much to the discouragement of my Dad, I'm going black. He's been trying to talk me out of it for months, but I can't take him seriously as he has both a black 328 and 355. For a long while, it was between black or a dark (Arthrasite?) Grey, but I hardly ever see any black GT's, so that is even more motivation.

The first picture is of the holes to mount the chrome, I don't much care for the chrome, so I covered those up and they'll be painted.

The second picture is of the other day. I added some reinforced doors off of a 76'. Though, the passenger side door was quite rusted, so I'm thinking of just making the drivers side reinforced, any thoughts?

Also, please check out the last picture. I want to make sure all my gaps are correct, so I took a picture of the gap on the drivers side door and it's about the width of a key, does this seem about right?



http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/2-1-1.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/4-1.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/5-1.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/6-1.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/3-1.jpg

Posted by: RiqueMar Sep 5 2008, 04:49 PM

Finally some more pictures of my project. As I mentioned in another post in the Garage, I found out my car was originally a 6, as I found a corresponding number in the trunk, which, I'm told was only on 6's.

This last week, I've ordered Alumi-lite, which is like bondo, but it is metal based. Most of the application is done to the seems and the under sides of the flares, and it is now ready for Bond-O.

Comments Welcome and, quite frankly, needed, as this is my first project car.


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/IMG_0072.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/IMG_0073.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/IMG_0074.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/IMG_0075.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/Emar06/IMG_0076.jpg

Posted by: Gustl Sep 5 2008, 11:44 PM

this is a 1970/71 photo - so, period correct



and I guess everyone knows this one ...



not to mention the black 916 ...


but - black is beauty


Gustl

Posted by: LarryR Sep 6 2008, 01:18 AM

nice work so far. My factory black 72 will some day have 916 flares too.


Larry

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Sep 6 2008, 11:20 AM

Stick around, you will plenty of them, that and silver. No offence Fella's...

Posted by: McMark Sep 6 2008, 11:52 AM

You'll see far fewer Irish Green GTs. As I read the first few posts I thought, "I bet this is another black project." Your interior is Irish Green, which is probably the original color. That'd be my choice, since you asked.

Posted by: RiqueMar Sep 6 2008, 04:36 PM

I really like that Green (it is the orig) as well as a dark Grey, and I have seen a few Black GT's, just not as many as others.

Any input on that picture with they key? How does that gap look?

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Sep 6 2008, 07:54 PM

I went out and measured mine. 5/32" both gaps (front and rear) and both sides.

Posted by: McMark Sep 6 2008, 11:52 PM

Massive. But if the complete front end was replaced, then the front edge of the door should be unaffected. The door mount is on the front fender area. A 'frankenstein' car like yours usually has bad door gaps at the rear. Perhaps the welding work history is more complex than initially thought. Perhaps that fender was replaced at some point and welded too far forward.

Posted by: r_towle Sep 9 2008, 08:05 PM

cool project...

Rich

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 9 2008, 08:22 PM

Nice work so far.

PS: Irish green is the way to go . . .





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Posted by: seanery Sep 10 2008, 11:02 AM

Welcome! You're project looks great so far.

I think a dark gray metallic GT would be totally bitchin' so my vote goes Anthracite

Posted by: RiqueMar Oct 11 2008, 02:26 PM

Finally an update!

Found a dashboard from a Six, so I took of that old Four one yesterday. Today, I'm painting the new one and mounting it, as well as doing the headlights.

We also bought a mini-lift, so my project will be alot easier now.

Sidenote: Here are some pictures of my Dad's project as well as the dash before...