Girl Meets Car, A Love Story Options

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My uncle-in-law decided to give us his '73 Porsche 914 1.7L. He said he just didn't have time to work on it or drive it anymore and wanted to see it go to someone that would drive it and take care of it.

Only problem is it didn't run.

He said it last ran about 2.5 years ago, after a major service overhaul at a local VW shop. He was able to go on a few drives, and let it sit for a bit. When he tried to start it again, it wouldn't turn over.

So I spent Christmas weekend intermittently at their house, wrenching and cursing and bleeding (as is the customary ritual when meeting a new car). After determining the ECU's fuel pump circuit is fried, along with the 2.5-year old fuel pump, I decided to hotwire the fuel pump to one of the switched power circuits so we could get it out of the garage and onto a trailer.

"My Porsche's in the Hangar" is not a phrase I ever imagined being able to say. We've been fighting the city to build a garage for the last year due to some bigoted BS in the neighborhood we live in. The original plan was to have a garage in which to put a Porsche by this time. Since there's no garage, we're renting hangar space from my boss, which sort of puts a damper on my ability to wrench freely.

Right now, the current plan is to give everything a refresh/once over and get accustomed to the car. I'm sure it needs new fluids and consumables. Probably could use a valve adjustment and a rear caliper adjustment (they're sticking). It has a high idle, which I'm used to attributing to vacuum leaks on MAF cars, but I'm under the impression the 1.7L has a MAP sensor. Also the driver's outside door handle broke literally right after I fixed the fuel pump, so I need to fix that now, too.

Long term: paint's rough, body has some dings and rust (and I need to examine the hell hole). It'll need more gofast eventually, but doesn't everything? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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Right Side


Owner's Final Farewell
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[Rand]

He cared for it obviously. Some nice upgrades. The front bumper vent, does it have a front oil cooler? Not sure why, but begs the question.