Ol' #7.... Rand's back in a 914 Options

[Rand]

Picked up this '70 1.7 for $1900. Drove her home 110 miles over the pass from Auburn to Reno. Runs flawless. My first tailshifter, surprised me how well it shifts. Pulled the hills on the pass strong, another surprise from my first 1.7.

So now it begins again.....

[Rand]

The PO of the '75 is letting me keep it parked at his place until we get moved into our new house. Everything has really come together well on these purchases... The $500 car has a 2.0, side shift, nice Mahle's, SSIs, and everything else is there, complete. Score!

Got started on the '70. Fixed a dent on the passenger door. Lubed all the latches (the engine lid was the worst, but now "smooth like butta!"). One of the headlight covers was a little misaligned, all gaps straight now.

The interior is a little rough. Removed all the early seats. Picked up a nice pair of Momo seats for $200. Will be fabbing up mounts this weekend.

Removed the backpad and insulation pads from both sides of the firewall, and started taking up some of the floor tar. Was really curious to see the condition of the sheet metal under there. My last 914 was totally rotted out in the rear passenger floor corner and you could see through it. I was pleased to find this one wasn't bad at all, will just need some very small patching in the corner and a very short part of the edge at the long. A little more around the seat mounting brackets/studs. (I don't need those for the new seats anyway, so this will be an easy cleanup.)

Firewall just looks dirty from the adhesive and a little paint coming loose.