Been a while, Driving the 914 again...woohoo Options

[r_towle]

I had my car up on jack stands with a long Dirk Wright list going on..
My Van died...
I went out, basically removed tons of items from the list and put the car back together..tranny installed, muffler on..finished up a few things, nothing majore, tune up and oil change...and DROVE IT...again...

What a great f-in car...the van is big and takes turns slow...
The 914....oh I missed it.

The list of todo's can wait...I will do one at a time instead of getting in so deep I cant drive it again...I hate when that happens, but it did happen to me this time.

Beware of DWD.....it creaps up and bites you like the flu and there is no vaccine.

So yes, it has a nice salty coating again...gotta keep the rust fed.
Nice thing is water removes salt, so a daily bath that takes 5 minutes is part of the program...a weekly run the the pressure washer is also part of the program...

Ahhh, the price we pay to drive year round.
This thing has more heat than my van....always amazes me...and it comes on way faster than either of my other cars...or the van.
Rich

[r_towle]

And the beauty is that is washes off with water.

Dont be afraid to drive your car.
When it was built, people actually drove these cars year round.

If you are sitting on a concours quality restoration with brand new paint....you may have different goals than me.

For me, I built the car to drive, not to look at.

RIch

[ericread]

And the beauty is that is washes off with water.

Dont be afraid to drive your car.
When it was built, people actually drove these cars year round.

If you are sitting on a concours quality restoration with brand new paint....you may have different goals than me.

For me, I built the car to drive, not to look at.

RIch

WHAT!!! You DRIVE your car??? Do you realize the downside of that??????? Not only can you pick up salt, but your tires can wear, your oil begins to break down, and your milage will increase! What the hell are you thinking? The only place for a 914 is on jackstands.

Geesh, I thought you knew better... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chairfall.gif)

[r_towle]

And the beauty is that is washes off with water.

Dont be afraid to drive your car.
When it was built, people actually drove these cars year round.

If you are sitting on a concours quality restoration with brand new paint....you may have different goals than me.

For me, I built the car to drive, not to look at.

RIch

WHAT!!! You DRIVE your car??? Do you realize the downside of that??????? Not only can you pick up salt, but your tires can wear, your oil begins to break down, and your milage will increase! What the hell are you thinking? The only place for a 914 is on jackstands.

Geesh, I thought you knew better... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chairfall.gif)

In an effort ot do my part, I have a few spare porsches on jack stand.
I would not want my jack stands to walk away due to non-use..
Go forbid the jack stand union find out my stands are standing around...they may strike, or they may go find works somewhere else.

There is a van that comes by frequently to see if there are any jack stands (mine are immigrant jack stands...and a few american ones also) for quick day jobs and on occasion, they do go off my property and perform their duties when I have no need for them.

I did have a tough week when I built a rolling table for a 914...alot of flack and I had to demonstrate the stability of the design, along with the wheels to convince all the parties involved that my table was a better alternative to jack stands on wheel dollies...

I like to keep on spare car working...and murphy stepped in while I was working on the spare car...so I had to finish it up quickly.

Rich