Dad's Early 1970 Project #1140, Updated 03/18 (finally!) |
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Dad's Early 1970 Project #1140, Updated 03/18 (finally!) |
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Feb 16 2010, 10:50 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,647 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Grand Junction, Co. Member No.: 8,357 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I saw a listing on Craigslist the other day (Friday), "1969 Porsche 914 - Good Condition $price" I figured I would call and go look at it. I called the guy, asked him the VIN 4702901140...ohh early 70.
"When could I see the car?" "Not until Monday, I have things going over Valentine's" Ok....I gotta wait two days, no biggie. Monday rolls around...go over to the guy's house after work. He opens the garage and I am immediately impressed that through the dust is a nice looking car! Build date 01/70..... Vegas car...zero rust...needs some definite attention. I do the exam before trying to start it. Not too shabby. I go to fire it up... "Oh, this hasn't started since Oct 2008...it hasn't been driven at all since 2006." Ok, time to mechanic a little and get her fired up...45 minutes later she is "kind of" running. Let the owner know that I would think about it. I then sent my dad some pics of it once I got home. He sends me an email shortly after saying "lets go get it". He fell instantly in love with it. Today was my birthday, so Dad and I got together to go pick it up. Once I got her running again, I had to 4x4 it out of his dirt (not gravel) driveway and over a snowbank....this required pushing...quite entertaining from the driver's seat! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Once backed up a bit, I made a comment that this was going to take a while to get out of this driveway... "just go forward across my lawn" ok....hehe drove across the wet lawn auto xing around his sprinkler heads. So here she is, my dad standing proudly by his new toy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i171.photobucket.com-8357-1268923314.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i171.photobucket.com-8357-1268923314.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i171.photobucket.com-8357-1268923315.3.jpg) |
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Feb 27 2010, 02:00 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,647 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Grand Junction, Co. Member No.: 8,357 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Yup....this is the dumbest thing I have seen for a while. I found why the *&%*(&^ wheel fell off. Looks like someone had threaded these into the hubs. When the DAPO hit the curb, or went around a slight sweeping right, the studs promptly pulled out. So...what does he do, puts a new set of the same style of studs back in the rears. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)
I was wondering what he was talking about when he told me he had "only replaced the rear lug nuts and hadn't put the new ones on the front yet...." So I look into his baggie of "lug nuts" to find four lug nuts and four screw in studs. So, just to prove myself right, I went and pulled a lug bolt off of the front...three turns and I had the stud, and nut in my hand. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) If you are gonna be stupid, you had better be tough: (IMG:http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u307/Sleepin1974/Dads%20914/108_0134.jpg) I like this picture.....if you look hard enough, you can actually see the stupid floating away: (IMG:http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u307/Sleepin1974/Dads%20914/108_0132.jpg) |
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