As of the 14th of June, 2006, I no longer have the (usta-be-blue-but-now-it's-red) 914. The paint shop owner who painted the car became too much of a pain in the a$$ to deal with, calling every other day to have me fix something he was told we'd do all at once when the bugs had been worked out. He was pestering me, and he was starting to pester a couple of friends. So, I gave him my 914 and told him we were done, I hope to never hear from him again. I will forever miss that car. I spent 6 years getting it the way I wanted it, and was very close to having it finished. All I can say is that I may regret the decision, but I would do the same thing again. It's only a car, and I can get another. I have the black 71 that was going to the body shop guy, so I still have one, and it has a rebuilt 1.7 and a sideshifter, so it could be built into a nice car. Some rust, but don't they all?



This is the final picture taken of the car while it was mine.

A week after this picture was taken, I got the Mahles back from the paint shop, painted body color, and the painted top and front bumper, also body color. It turned out nice.

Here are a couple more pics from when it was going back together.



When I gave up the car, everything had pretty much been added to the car. Tan upholstery and carpet, pilot driving lights, the 911 flag mirror was installed, but the electrics hadn't been wired. It needed the engine lid painted below the grills, and the rear targa trim was to be painted semi-gloss black. Other than that, all of the new rubber seals had been installed, and the fiberglas rockers just needed to be pop riveted in, rather than useing screws. As I said, it was almost done.

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