my full on custom 914 build Options

[mark21742]

I joined and posted a thread here last week with a couple of question and now its time to start my own custom build thread. Love it or hate it (I hope more love it lol) but here it goes.

About 12 years ago I was looking for a fun kit car project and ended up being GIVEN a 73 Porsche 914 project someone had started and abandoned.....guess either they ran out of money, time or got in over their head, but either way it ended up with me getting a free car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I ended up storing it at my parents house under a tarp behind the shed and then it sat in the same spot til a few weeks ago when I put it on a trailer and brought it to my house.

This is what it looked like when I loaded it up on the trailer

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i283.photobucket.com-13502-1315319668.1.jpg)

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i283.photobucket.com-13502-1315319668.2.jpg)

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i283.photobucket.com-13502-1315319668.3.jpg)

[Hontec]

Don't get me wrong, but you've welded 4" round steel within the already very wide longitudinals and on top of that you again constructed your cage structure within that, so you basically made the inner room , which is very cramped to start with, even smaller. Plus you now even sit at least 4"higher? This car going to be a single seater?

And why your choice for 4"round steel? Why didn't you use square beams and replace the side longs with your new subframe...no loss of space, more rigid, less weight and a place to build up your cage without sacrificing inner space like you're doing now?

Once again, not dissing you but you've made some decisions here that do not fit regular chassis building logic....

Best regards

Randall