914 spotting at TN Tech Options

[amphiduck]

Saw this in the parking lot at TN Tech this morning, and I've seen it around in the Crossville/Cookeville area. Gorgeous car. It belong to anyone on here?

[BritCarJim]

hmm. you asked for it.



i bought my '72 GT in the spring of '08. i am a member of a MG site that is very similar to this site but MG-centric and not 914-centric. somebody posted up on that forum about a closed MG shop in VA that was being put to a estate sale. i drove up there after a couple of particular parts that i could see in the pics posted on the 'net. the shop had about a dozen cars in its private junk yard. i gathered the parts i needed and then made an offer for the GT. i asked for this one because it was the most complete car there. the floorboards were gone, the sill and rocker structure under the doors (what 'yall call "the longs") were gone...but it was fairly complete. all of those sheetmetal bits are available by catalog. (if you don't know, google "moss motors" and check it out.) the pic here is when i first got it into the garage. i show this one because you can see the rust damage behind the PS wheel.



i spent last winter (a year ago) redoing the body. the pic here is a representative sample. fenders, sills, rockers, floors, plus insulation, carpet, stereo, seat belts, etc.



i replaced the brake and clutch masters, the rear brake slaves, the front calipers, replaced all shoes, replaced the clutch slaves, and replace all hydraulic hoses. i rebuilt the SU HIF carbs. i did enough to the engine to get it running...changed the oil and flushed the coolant. this winter i've been rebuilding the suspension...rear springs, shackels and bushings, front bushings and completely reassemble, repaint, and reassemble. then the rencently rebuilt "spare" motor goes in. during the next few months i'll be rebuilding the original motor and going with a fast street cam. oh, i'll also be installing the OD gearbox i rebuilt last May.



i spent all last summer driving it around and i intend to be driving it a bunch this winter.

i've not spent alot on a paint job because i want it loose enough i can work on it without running the risk of screwing it up. its supposed to be a realaxation, not a source of stress. (thats the whole car hobby: better for me than a substance abuse problema and heaper than a mistress.)