recommissioned., australian 914 Options

[wonkipop]

after 16 years of storage its back up and running.

had this for 31 years.
picked it up in chicago when i lived there back in late 80s/early 90s.
off the first owner.
brought it back to aus with me.

its largely original. 40k miles.
where its not original is i had to convert it to rhd. did that back in 92-93.
thats another story if anyone is interested.
rest of it is showroom stock and untouched.
just finished doing a clay bar deep clean on the phoenix red.
got to the end of today and i was back in 1974.

got inspired by 50th hoo hah. been at it since october last year.
co-vid lockdown got me some extra "vacation" time on the project.

keep on 914-ing all of you.

don't know if this image will work but giving it a try.

[wonkipop]

gone geek on the tyres too philstek.

wanted the feel back. got another car i regular drive for thrills (rs clio 172).
914 had rock hard sp57s on it when i bought it back in 89. suspect they could have been originals. didn't think to keep them, could have flogged them to concourse crowd for ornamental spares?! have put some xas-es on. they feel great but are still a little waxy. the steering is feather light and wriggly. they feel pretty soft, as were i am told fresh new SP57s back in the day. my tyre man, an old guy, told me the SP57s were the first great tyre to come out of the japanese tyre plants. a really good rally tyre. must have been why so many north american porsches had them fitted at that time.
some 911 boys i know who like to drive hard with purist equipment say the xas are still a good tyre - sticky. mind you i think they run 185s and i have put 165s on. i shall see how it goes.

1/2 a century of michelins. they have come a long way.