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What Have I Gotten Myself Into?, Newb's First Porsche |
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Mar 17 2017, 03:40 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 3-March 17 From: Henderson, KY Member No.: 20,889 Region Association: None |
Hello! Newb, Brad here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)
While searching for a Miata project, a neighbor of my parents called up and offered to sell me his 914 that he had aspirations of restoring, but obviously never got around to. I'm a sucker for neglected classics and couldn't let it continue to rot away. A couple texts of pictures later, and we struck a deal on this crusty 1970 914. Managed to drag the car home a couple weeks later. It's a little rustier than I had originally thought, but it's complete. Being an Alabama car, how bad could it be? Haha. Haven't really had any free time to get started on it, but here's what I'm working with. I know the FI has been replaced with a carb and I couldn't find any of the ID numbers on the engine case. It did turn over with the starter and the fuel pump came to life, but no spark. Before I start tearing into this thing, what have I gotten myself into? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i5.photobucket.com-20889-1489786850.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i5.photobucket.com-20889-1489786851.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i5.photobucket.com-20889-1489786851.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i5.photobucket.com-20889-1489786851.4.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i5.photobucket.com-20889-1489786852.5.jpg) |
JoeDees |
Mar 17 2017, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 10-November 14 From: Northern Kentucky Member No.: 18,106 Region Association: None |
Welcome to the World and the madness. No matter what you think, it will require 3x the work you expect, but that work will be 4x as much fun as on any other car except maybe a VW Bus...IMO. And they're easy to play with.
Start from the bottom up looking for rust, if you see rust try the screwdriver trick. But regardless, if you see rust you can count on it being on both sides of whatever piece you're looking at. By the time you've fixed what the body needs you will either have given up or be so obsessed that 914World is your homepage and will just know what to do next by then. So just start surveying the rust and don't plan tooooooo far ahead just yet. On a side note of no importance, I'm wanting a white 1970 for my next project, so if you give up on it and I'm back in KY... |
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