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post Jul 17 2014, 02:53 PM
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How long did it take you to complete your /6 conversion? And by complete I mean in general running daily drive-able - we all know our cars are never finished being worked on! From 2 separate starting points....

A) From making the decision of wanting to do a /6 conversion and starting to collect parts/engine - to completion.

B) Beginning the actual conversion of removing the /4 engine and installing mounts/lines/oil tanks/etc - to completion.

Feel free to add any details that might have influenced how long it took...e.g. married, 5 kids, 3 jobs, 10 other project cars, etc etc.
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post Jul 17 2014, 02:56 PM
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1.5 yr's, thus far. Another month to go. Now if it was a Porsche 6, maybe 2 weeks. Ron (aka Slits) can do one in a day or 2.
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post Jul 17 2014, 03:26 PM
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Unfortunately, I have neither time or money. I'm 6 years into it and I still need an oil tank, motor mount and exhaust. I suspect It'll be a few more years before it's complete.

Married with 2 kids. Ones about to go to college $$$$$....
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post Jul 17 2014, 03:45 PM
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In my head - 2 hours
In real time, I'm not there yet.
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post Jul 17 2014, 03:46 PM
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post Jul 17 2014, 03:52 PM
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2.5 years and was *this close* to being done (just needed the shift linkage sorted out) and I COMPLETELY burned out. Didnt even want to look at the car anymore.

Sold it after 20+ years of ownership.

I should have left it alone.
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post Jul 17 2014, 03:55 PM
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1. Discussion with builder began in 2010.
2. Engine rebuild/parts sourcing began shortly thereafter.
3. Life with four cylinders ceased in 2013.
4. Discussion with ignition key began in 2014. Many smiles ensued.

A lot of life—for both of us—happened in between points 1 and 4. Not quite sorted yet (mainly carb tuning), but well worth the wait.

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post Jul 17 2014, 04:15 PM
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It took me about 7 1/2 months from the day I purchased the car to driving it to the WCC in Seaside!

Lennies914 and I built 2 cars durring that time! His Black one and my 6 conversion!

He helped me with the hard stuff and I helped him with his!

We spent at least 2 days a week working on one car or the other together and countless hours working on them ourselfs.

The thing that took the most time was waiting for the group buy on the oil tank. I already had the motor and most of the 5-lug conversion stuff. I hosted a Dr Evil Clinic at my house so the transmission came together just in time!
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post Jul 17 2014, 04:16 PM
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Hm.... I think about 3 months
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post Jul 17 2014, 05:22 PM
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My car runs well now so I am not even going to touch the car until all parts are collected. I am just starting the engine build and that could take over a year because of budgeting of the expense. Then saving and getting all the conversion parts will take probably another year (all I have is the engine mount). My guess is 2+ years, but I will let you know if I remember this thread or anything for that matter.........

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post Jul 17 2014, 05:46 PM
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QUOTE(914itis @ Jul 17 2014, 06:16 PM) *

Hm.... I think about 3 months


That long? I thought it was two weekends (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post Jul 17 2014, 06:08 PM
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I think it took me a whole 9 days from the point in which I pulled the 4 out, and drove down the road with a -6. I had all the parts stripped off of another car, and had everything ordered before hand, so that helped. I also had some serious motivation given it is my daily..
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post Jul 17 2014, 06:34 PM
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Year 7. Way off the deep end. Full rotisserie restoration of the body. 915 Vellios conversion that I did myself. Custom made shifter, hydraulic clutch and dash. Widened Koening seats. Too much to list. What started as a six conversion turned into a full restoration. Car goes to the painter in a few weeks. Back by Xmas. On the road in the spring. I'm tires just thinking about it!
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post Jul 17 2014, 08:29 PM
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I never did a 6 conversion but based on my track record... If I had the motor, I could be driving it in about 3 months. Working weekends only. So that works out to about 24 days.

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post Jul 17 2014, 08:36 PM
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QUOTE(patssle @ Jul 17 2014, 01:53 PM) *

A) From making the decision of wanting to do a /6 conversion and starting to collect parts/engine - to completion.

B) Beginning the actual conversion of removing the /4 engine and installing mounts/lines/oil tanks/etc - to completion.


A - About two years

B - Several months

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post Jul 17 2014, 09:22 PM
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My spare time doing the conversion - 6 months.
Paint shop for flares and paint - 18 months
Finishing details - the last 5 years!

It's never totally finished as I can always think of another modification I'd like to make.
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post Jul 17 2014, 09:44 PM
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QUOTE(Porschef @ Jul 17 2014, 07:46 PM) *

QUOTE(914itis @ Jul 17 2014, 06:16 PM) *

Hm.... I think about 3 months


That long? I thought it was two weekends (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Well 3 months from the time i picked up the motor, collected all the parts and got it running. If you are talking about time it takes from when I pulled the 4, then you are about right. Two weekends .
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post Jul 18 2014, 02:30 AM
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From what you guys are all saying I think mine will get the record for longest build...slowed by lack of funds, young family, house-moves and extension-build etc etc, I'm into year 4 with the car and expect it won't be on the road for at least another 6 years!...but I am determined to drive it one day.
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post Jul 18 2014, 05:30 AM
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My original -6 was a complete basket case from the beginning back in 1998. My time line, from the time of purchase to full tags, insurance, and driving was 12years.

Still tweeking, and now we are up to 16years (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jul 18 2014, 06:24 AM
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The answer lies in 1) how motivated you are, 2) how much money you are willing/able/ready to spend, 3) how handy you are doing things yourself, and 4) how 'complete' you want to make it.

Huey was a 1.8 when we started, and I had zero parts except an engine because we just swapped engines from Papa Smurf for the first few years.

It took about 8 months got get from this:

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