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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Owner's Final Farewell
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[ClayPerrine]

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There are lots of people with lots of experience on here to help.

And it is not the guys that like 914s.



This is a picture of my wife Betty and I with HER 914 on the Texas hill country tour in 2003. I had to crawl over the shifter and get out on the driver's side because there was a rattle snake in the bluebonnets right outside my door.

She had that car since before I met her in 1985. And it is sill her daily driver, 31 years and 380,000 miles later. It is the first 914 I ever rode in, and the first one I ever drove. She loves that car. She says "If something happens, you better be in my car... that way I don't have to choose who to save!"


She even has a emoji named after her (IMG:style_emoticons/default/betty914.jpg)

[Elliot Cannon]

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There are lots of people with lots of experience on here to help.

And it is not the guys that like 914s.



This is a picture of my wife Betty and I with HER 914 on the Texas hill country tour in 2003. I had to crawl over the shifter and get out on the driver's side because there was a rattle snake in the bluebonnets right outside my door.

She had that car since before I met her in 1985. And it is sill her daily driver, 31 years and 380,000 miles later. It is the first 914 I ever rode in, and the first one I ever drove. She loves that car. She says "If something happens, you better be in my car... that way I don't have to choose who to save!"


She even has a emoji named after her (IMG:style_emoticons/default/betty914.jpg)

Since SLITS is no longer here, I'll have to say it for him. Is it me or does she seem taller than you? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)