Open invite and call for help., My new, preserved Oly Blue Options

[RFoulds]

As you might have seen elsewhere on this site and others, I just bought my fourth 914, this time a well preserved 1974 Olympic Blue, that has been in storage for over 20 years.

So first, this is an open invite for anyone near La Quinta CA to come by and see it anytime you like.

And second, a call out for any advice or help to put this car back to dealer showroom condition. Also, what shows I should consider entering once she is complete.

One of my first dilemnas is the side stripes. Were these dealer added? or factory? Should I leave the slightly worn originals in place?, replace them with repros, or remove altogether??

Randy

[RFoulds]

Pulled fuel tank today. Sorry no pics, camera still not back from repair. very clean underneath, but the front two bolts for the underpan were missing. Wire was stuck in there to hold it on!
tank is half full of old gas, and all rust inside. Filler tube is rusted away inside.
Under tank, one black wire ran down from above, with a quick connector right at the access hole. Any idea what that was? was fuel pump locate here at one time??

[Tom_T]

Pulled fuel tank today. Sorry no pics, camera still not back from repair. very clean underneath, but the front two bolts for the underpan were missing. Wire was stuck in there to hold it on!
tank is half full of old gas, and all rust inside. Filler tube is rusted away inside.
Under tank, one black wire ran down from above, with a quick connector right at the access hole. Any idea what that was? was fuel pump locate here at one time??

On pre-75 914s, the factory recommended fuel pump relocation Service Bulletin was/is to put it up behind the steering rack cover behind the ZF Rack itself next to the lower access hole. Power can be wired either along the pass. side rocker/sill space or through the tunnel - but most mechanics don't want to screw with this extra work & it's not accessible for inspection later for a wiring problem. This would require 2 wires for power the FP though, so that's either half the set or something else.

[RFoulds]

Still not sure what the wires there are. Fuel tank was not salvageable. So many HUGE chunks of rust, no way it can be cleaned up and recoated to usable condition.
Filler neck was so rusted that it was a solid block of rust inside. Sending unit shot too.

But, on the plus side, I dropped the car at Desert Motorsports to have the engine evaluated, before I begin anything else. They tell me the engine turned easily, and they feel that replacing hoses, fuel pump and tune up is all thats going to be necessary to get it started.

I'm going to chase down a replacementt tank this week, get it out to them and let them get it running..

Once they have that accomplished, then I will bring her back home for all the rest of the work.