 Bringin my '76 back to life, 76 Resto |
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| mdelwiche |
  May 4 2013, 09:46 AM
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Vegas_914  Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 17-March 12 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 14,266 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
This thread is going to document my restoration of my '76 which I picked up about a year ago. This vehicle lived its life in southern California and was in relatively good shape compared to a lot of 914's I have seen for sale. The restoration I am doing is not going to be a full 100% nut and bolt concurs rest, but one to bring the car back so I can enjoy it as a driver. I originally started the work back in September, don't know why I didn't start documenting then, I have learned so much from others who have posted their work on here, so all I can hope is that I return the favor to someone else. The first series of post and photos will be to get everyone caught up to where I am now...below is my wife posing with the new member of the family!
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| mdelwiche |
May 4 2013, 10:11 AM
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Vegas_914 Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 17-March 12 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 14,266 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Around the exterior...this is definitely a 10 footer car...from about 10 feet she looks great. From the photos you can tell that it appears that the rear drivers quarter panel and perhaps the trunk were repainted. I verified this as I found overspray on the rear drivers side trailing arm. It appears it was just a cosmetic fix because I didn't discover any type of collision damage. Again overall the car was in decent shape, interior not bad, just shows 36+ years of aging in the sun. The car didn't run to bad, it lagged a little bit in a few areas of the power band. After further inspection I did notice it was missing the heating duct work and fan from the engine bay...but since I live in Las Vegas, having heat in the car is not really that big of an issue. One thing I liked about the interior was the RACEMARK steering wheel, definitely an upgrade of the factory stock wheel I am not fond of. I didn't like that someone cut holes in the doors to mount speakers, so I definitely will be replacing those. Overall seats were in good condition with no rips, center console leather was decent, carpet was good shape--just old, and the back pad had a big puncture on the drivers side.
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| mdelwiche |
May 4 2013, 10:28 AM
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Vegas_914 Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 17-March 12 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 14,266 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Now for the up close... some surface rust and paint bubbling, perhaps the car received some other paint work in it's previous life
    What appears to be minor surface rust in the trunk areas...   Battery tray and Hell hole....could be worst, no major rust or structural damage....   |
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| mdelwiche |
May 4 2013, 10:42 AM
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Vegas_914 Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 17-March 12 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 14,266 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Prepping to look at the underside of the car....
 Rear disc...brake pads had life left in them, just a lot of surface rust everywhere from its life on the coast...   Oil pan was nasty...definitely had some leaks!  Doing the first tune up....  I would drive the car for the next few months and it was a blast. It had a few hiccups here and there, but again this is a 36 (at that time) year old car. In July I took it to Carls's Place here in LV to have them do a once over on the car and overall they said the operational health was pretty good. After driving it a few months the leaks starting showing up and they recommended redoing the push rod tube seals and the seal for the oil temp sensor on the bottom of the car was bad as well. Compression was decent but could be better. Also they recommended replacing the drivers fron tie rod and rear trailing arm bushing. |
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| veltror |
May 4 2013, 11:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: 27-April 08 From: Potters Bar Herts UK Member No.: 8,978 Region Association: None |
same year as mine, same colour hopefully not the same problems
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| rex66m |
May 4 2013, 11:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 3-August 11 From: Birmingham, AL Member No.: 13,393 Region Association: None |
Looks like you have a great place to start from - good looking car - long live the rubber bumpers!
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| porschecb |
May 4 2013, 03:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,092 Joined: 13-August 04 From: Las Vegas NV Member No.: 2,529 Region Association: None |
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| Drums66 |
May 4 2013, 03:42 PM
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914 Rudiments Group: Members Posts: 5,321 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Coronado,Cali Member No.: 151 Region Association: Southwest Region |
.....WELCOME...my fav's 75' 76'
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| billh1963 |
May 4 2013, 07:24 PM
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Car Hoarder! Group: Members Posts: 3,402 Joined: 28-March 11 From: South Carolina Member No.: 12,871 Region Association: South East States |
We need more pictures of the wife to accurately assess the overall situation!
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| mdelwiche |
May 5 2013, 01:10 PM
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Vegas_914 Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 17-March 12 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 14,266 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(veltror @ May 4 2013, 10:14 AM)  same year as mine, same colour hopefully not the same problems No where close to what you had to deal with...I fell very lucky I was able to score one in this shape. I am amazed on what I have seen on these forums on the work people do to bring these cars back to life! |
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| mdelwiche |
May 5 2013, 07:01 PM
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Vegas_914 Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 17-March 12 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 14,266 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(billh1963 @ May 4 2013, 06:24 PM) We need more pictures of the wife to accurately assess the overall situation! Here is the wife polishing up the Fuch's...  This wheel wasn't too bad...all of them had minor surface rust and corrosion  A good start on brining it back to life...still have a scratch on this wheel to work on  |
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| JawjaPorsche |
May 5 2013, 07:07 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,463 Joined: 23-July 11 From: Clayton, Georgia Member No.: 13,351 Region Association: South East States |
Damn! I wish my wife would polish my wheels! You are a lucky man!
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| dawendy01 |
May 6 2013, 11:42 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 16-April 12 From: Roanoke, VA and Boone, NC Member No.: 14,386 Region Association: South East States |
Cant wait to see the end result (but probably not as much as you! haha).
Looks great! Dan |
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| mdelwiche |
May 10 2013, 08:48 PM
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Vegas_914 Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 17-March 12 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 14,266 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Took A look under the rocker panels...definitely the worst areas of the car...
 Booth Jack post will have to be replace...yes I know this is nothing compared to a lot of cars out there...Thank God for the west coast!  There is small hole rusted through the floor board underneath the passenger seat...  Both rockers will have to be repaired...eventually probably will replaced....are the fiberglass one the way to go???    |
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| rick 918-S |
May 10 2013, 08:59 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,473 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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Nice start. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)
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| mdelwiche |
May 11 2013, 09:38 AM
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Vegas_914 Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 17-March 12 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 14,266 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Engine Out! It was a really simple process. Took me about two hours which was not bad. I printed out the instructions from the Pelican tech forums and the directions were spot on. This is the first time I have embarked on an endeavor as in depth as this. I just hope once its torn down I can get it back together and running again!
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| mdelwiche |
May 11 2013, 02:09 PM
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Vegas_914 Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 17-March 12 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 14,266 Region Association: Southwest Region |
A litte fun steam cleaning the block and tranny!
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| Steve |
May 11 2013, 07:34 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,606 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California
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My wife does the same thing with my tools. I think its penis envy! LOL
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| mdelwiche |
Jun 15 2013, 01:47 PM
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Vegas_914 Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 17-March 12 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 14,266 Region Association: Southwest Region |
It's been awhile since I posted...
Below are some pics of the tear down back in March...looking back now, I wish I would have done a little more preparation before I sent it, out such as remove undercoating, pulling out the dash etc...but at the time I had anticipated that I would be getting an new assignment and would be moving in fall and would have to rush and get the car back together. Turns out I will be here in Vegas at least another two years... Tear down started...  floor boards are really clean...  My teardown elves...  Almost there...  Off to my body man!  |
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| raw1298 |
Jun 15 2013, 03:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 616 Joined: 9-March 09 From: Rocklin,Ca. Member No.: 10,148 Region Association: Northern California |
Looking forward to seeing the progress on this one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)
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