The story of a silver -6, ...My '70 914-6 |
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The story of a silver -6, ...My '70 914-6 |
db9146 |
Apr 26 2015, 07:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 953 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3,315 Region Association: None |
The first 914 I had was a white '76 2.0L. I didn't know a lot about 914s back then (mid 80's) but I came to love that car, despite our ups and downs. Eventually I had to sell it and buy something more practical (I was buying a house and could only afford one car) but I remember reading an article in VW & Porsche magazine about a 914 conversion to a -6. That one was white as well and I started dreaming about one day having a -6.
Well, about a month ago, I was surfing another Porsche site that I don't visit much at all and just on a lark, typed in 914-6 just to see what would come up. To my surprise, I found a silver 1970 for sale near San Francisco. I finally reached the seller and started a conversation. I then reached out to the board here for a PPI and Matthepcat responded and very graciously offered to take a look for me. Well, things progressed with the seller and not wanting to let it get away, I made arrangement to skip the step 1 visual PPI that Matt offered to do and jump straight to step 2, a professional PPI with a compression check and the whole bit. A few more conversations and it was mine. There was money to wire and forms to FedEx back and forth but on my drive up to the Hershey swap meet a little over a week ago, it all came together. My wonderful wife was working out the transfer at the bank while I was driving up through Virginia. To cut to the chase, it got delivered yesterday. [attachmentid=498 632][attachmentid =498636] I know you guys especially can understand the excitement about this....I'm not bragging at all just very thankful that it has all worked out this way after dreaming about this for 30 years. Attached thumbnail(s) |
db9146 |
Jul 24 2015, 09:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 953 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3,315 Region Association: None |
I been working on a number of projects on it since I got it....trying to get it ready now for Okteenerfest. Some things I've done:
- detailed wash, polish, and wax, - cleaned the underside of the engine and transmission - replaced rubber fuel lines, filter and electric fuel pump (old one was really noisy) - replaced ss braided brake lines that had frayed on both side in the front with stock rubber lines and completely bleed the brakes (much better now, found out it has mid-'80s Carrera calipers on the front, all calipers recently rebuilt by PMB, and a 19MM Master) - moved up from 6s and 7s x 16 to 7s and 8s x 16 and installed new Continental ExtremeContact DWs - replaced the rear KYBs and springs with Koni yellow sport coil overs with 10" QA1 140-250lb progressive springs (really helped the ride) - removed the rear swaybar (it was really binding up - bent one of the mounting bolts) - backed off one adjustment on the front swaybar - replaced all of the shifter and shifter rod bushings and adjusted the linkage - rebuilt the pedals with new bronze bushings - replaced some bushings in the throttle linkage - balanced the carbs and adjusted the idle - installed a new Momo steering wheel and shift knob - replaced the front spoiler - replaced the exhaust with a 2 in / 2 out sport muffler - installed front and rear euro LED turn and brake lights. I still want to rebuild the front suspension and replace the trailing arm bushings before the trip along with a few other items. |
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