Laguna Blue '75 build Options

[andrewck]

Greeting from Denver. I was at a 996 meetup a few weeks ago and started talking to a guy selling his 914 project car. A week later, I am said owner of a 1975 Laguna Blue 914 with two 2.0L motors, a couple of transmissions, and lots of parts to put it together. To top it all off, I made a new friend in the PO and have had a warm welcome into the 914 world.

PO spent a lot of money and effort to addressing rust so I'm starting off with a fantastic chassis. I'm spoiled as I come from the 996 world where I don't have to worry about many of the issues that come with 45+ year old cars. I'm decent with a wrench, though I have no fabricating skills and have never rebuilt a motor, so this is all a learning experience.

The plan is to clean the "complete" motor and redo seals, belts, gaskets, other basic things to get it running and just drive it. Meanwhile I'll explore options on the second block, and am already looking into a 2056 build. Step one of getting the car back on the road looks relatively straightforward, but the catch is I don't have a garage/shop to work on the car, so much of it will be done in my livingroom and parking spot.

Already appreciate all the knowledge posted here and I'm finding inspiration in a lot of your builds. The search function has been my friend, but I'm sure I'll be asking questions going forward.

-Andrew

[andrewck]

So I started the weekend off with an easy project - getting the door cards out of my storage unit and mounted. There are a number of writeups on the topic, but I purchased some 3M double sided tape from Amazon, HDX 2mm drop cloth (had laying around), and the Auto Atlanta door panel hardware kit.

Despite having 15ft of tape, I still ended up about 1.5 feet short on the bottom of the drivers' side door. If I were to do it again, I would left a 9" opening in the middle of both sides.

The AA kit comes with 3 rubber nipples that I assume are supposed to go into some of the holes. I couldn't find a good diagram online or in any writeup as to where to place these, so I ended up leaving them out. The 9 plastic rivets clipped in securely and I regret not ordering more speed clips as some were missing from my door.