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> Mars on a budget, 75 914 field-find into cool driver
Mayne
post Mar 20 2017, 08:39 PM
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I thought I'd formally introduce my 914 project, now that I've been lurking on this great forum for a while.

A little back story: my younger brother and I are car fanatics, especially those of the German variety. He owns multiple BMWs, an early 911 with RS bodywork, and a manual 928, and I own an early Boxster, a 944 Turbo, and now the 914.

Last summer, my brother went to check out an E36 parts car for his M3 in rural New Mexico. Sitting under some trees was this solid but rather forlorn looking 914:
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$1800 later, we towed home a mouse infested ran-when-parked 75 914. The 1.8 FI engine had been swapped out for a 1.7 with 1.8 heads and a single Weber carb, and the impact bumpers had been backdated to chrome bumpers. Mars Red with Mahle gas burners!
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It had been parked because the previous owner thought it had developed a serious front main seal leak. We got it running with a minimum of effort and saw the significant oil leak. We impulsively dropped the motor and resealed the oil pump, suspecting that might solve the problem.
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Motor back in, along with a dual Weber setup we came across, it seemed like the leak was fixed. But it was running so badly, we couldn't really drive it. Since my brother was working part time at a Ferrari shop that primarily builds vintage motors, we were able to get the carbs rebuilt for cheap by the excellent Ferrari mechanic.
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Now with the car running much better, two thing were apparent, 914s are fun (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) and we didn't fix the oil leak. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

About this time, my growing love for this 914 was finally too much to resist. So my brother and I made a trade on his half of the purchase price for a ran-when-parked manual 928 that I had picked up. Still not sure who ended up with the better half of that deal, but we're both happy!

With the car mine now, I started in on some of the needed projects. Thanks to 914World, I solved the major oil leak with a bolt in thermostat pulley hole (quite a bit easier than dropping the motor). With that dealt with, I could see a decent driver on the horizon. More soon!

Cheers,
Jeremy


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This is coming along nicely Jeremy, I’m following your build especially now that your doing the conversion Suby (I got one of them too that I’ll be dealing with eventually) - good work so far (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

A couple things I wanted to ask about - what exactly did you do to the dash? .. and also, I was wondering how much of the original ‘lumpy’ texture from the factory was on your roof when you shot it with the rocker guard? Did you sand it smooth first or go over original texture? Yours looks nice but I’m considering using it over a well aged original texture roof and was hoping for some of the original dimensionality to come thru. Not sure if doing that would produce good results though.


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Mayne   Mars on a budget   Mar 20 2017, 08:39 PM
whitetwinturbo   :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: Go Go Go!   Mar 20 2017, 08:50 PM
Mayne   As mentioned above, I have two other Porsches and ...   Mar 20 2017, 09:13 PM
Frankvw   Great project and good start ! It is actually ...   Mar 21 2017, 03:38 AM
Shadowfax   :wttc: Looks like the car is in good hands.   Mar 21 2017, 06:46 AM
Cairo94507   :wttc: Looks like a good start. You seem realisti...   Mar 21 2017, 06:47 AM
Mayne   Thanks for the encouragement! The car that is ...   Mar 21 2017, 07:46 AM
Eric_Shea   Looking good Zach! :trophy:   Mar 21 2017, 08:03 AM
Mayne   Looking good Zach! :trophy: Thanks Eric. Th...   Mar 21 2017, 09:08 AM
Eric_Shea   Looking good Zach! :trophy: Thanks Eric. T...   Mar 21 2017, 07:57 PM
Mayne   Zach writes articles? I had no idea! :D S...   Mar 22 2017, 08:54 AM
Jeff Bowlsby   What the paint code on this 914? It looks like it...   Mar 21 2017, 09:34 AM
dlkawashima   What the paint code on this 914? It looks like i...   Mar 21 2017, 09:43 AM
Mayne   Color code is L31B, Mars Red. It looks like the ca...   Mar 21 2017, 10:16 AM
iwanta914-6   Color code is L31B, Mars Red. It looks like the c...   Mar 21 2017, 10:26 AM
Jeff Bowlsby   Please post a photo of the chassis plate with the ...   Mar 21 2017, 10:26 AM
Mayne   As for the paint code, I was wrong, it's L 31 ...   Mar 22 2017, 08:58 AM
iwanta914-6   L31M is Scarlet Red http://www.914world.com/bbs2/...   Mar 22 2017, 09:03 AM
Mayne   L31M is Scarlet Red http://www.914world.com/bbs2...   Mar 22 2017, 10:28 AM
3d914   [quote name='iwanta914-6' post='2466912' dat...   Mar 22 2017, 01:32 PM
Jeff Bowlsby   Scarlet Red is extremely rare color for 914s. Hop...   Mar 22 2017, 03:39 PM
Mayne   Wow, it sure has been a while since I updated this...   Sep 4 2019, 11:25 AM
Mayne   Woops, got ahead of myself with the pics of the ho...   Sep 4 2019, 11:28 AM
Mayne   In the time I've owned the car, it's never...   Sep 4 2019, 11:36 AM
ndfrigi   Looking better and better Jeremy!   Sep 4 2019, 11:50 AM
tygaboy   Nice hot rod look! It's turning out great...   Sep 4 2019, 12:29 PM
Mayne   Looking better and better Jeremy! Nice hot r...   Sep 4 2019, 01:08 PM
Mayne   The car came with Mahles, which I like quite a lot...   Sep 4 2019, 01:15 PM
Mayne   The targa top was in pretty solid shape, but faded...   Sep 7 2019, 07:43 AM
Mayne   Overall, the car has very little rust (I know, if ...   Sep 7 2019, 08:11 AM
Tbrown4x4   I never even noticed Scarlet Red in the paint code...   Sep 8 2019, 01:06 AM
Mayne   I never even noticed Scarlet Red in the paint cod...   Sep 8 2019, 09:33 AM
rick 918-S   :smash: :sawzall: :welder:   Sep 8 2019, 05:24 AM
Mayne   When we found the car in the field, the owner had ...   Sep 8 2019, 09:14 AM
johnhora   Jeremy...the top repaint came out nice....looks go...   Sep 8 2019, 02:21 PM
Mayne   Jeremy...the top repaint came out nice....looks g...   Sep 22 2019, 12:18 PM
Mayne   Managed to make it to Cars and Coffee on 9/14: ...   Sep 22 2019, 12:29 PM
Mayne   I also got an awesome 50th anniversary key fob. Th...   Sep 22 2019, 01:11 PM
Mayne   Continuing with my yearly update of my 914 project...   Aug 21 2020, 12:55 PM
Mayne   On one drive, I suddenly lost the ability to shift...   Aug 21 2020, 01:00 PM
ndfrigi   On one drive, I suddenly lost the ability to shif...   Aug 21 2020, 01:31 PM
DRPHIL914   lol i had the same thing happen to my 75 back in f...   Aug 21 2020, 01:06 PM
rjames   Nice job on bringing back this car into the world ...   Aug 21 2020, 01:17 PM
Cairo94507   Jeremy I like your car and that you keep working a...   Aug 21 2020, 01:46 PM
Root_Werks   Drive, enjoy and keep improving over time. It...   Aug 21 2020, 04:34 PM
Mayne   lol i had the same thing happen to my 75 back in ...   Aug 21 2020, 07:41 PM
Mayne   A shot from my most recent drive. The car didn...   Aug 21 2020, 07:44 PM
Mayne   Here are a few updates of some work I've been ...   Apr 1 2021, 04:07 PM
Mayne   I also found a 19mm Weltmeister front sway bar on ...   Apr 1 2021, 04:14 PM
Mayne   PMB five lug conversion complete! The specs ...   Apr 25 2021, 09:37 AM
Mayne   As promised, a video on the five lug install. This...   Apr 26 2021, 08:11 PM
VegasRacer   I normally don't like Cookies on a 914. But th...   Apr 27 2021, 12:48 AM
Mayne   Okay, here's part 2 of the five lug swap video...   May 9 2021, 09:35 AM
Mayne   It was a busy summer getting our house ready for m...   Oct 29 2021, 11:08 AM
Mayne   In other news, I finally got a new radiator...for ...   Oct 29 2021, 11:18 AM
Mayne   Now that I've committed to doing the Subaru EZ...   Dec 1 2021, 07:11 PM
Mayne   The next thing I needed to deal with was the terri...   Dec 1 2021, 07:25 PM
Mayne   Work continues on the frunk-mounted cooling system...   Jan 6 2022, 03:13 PM
brant   Nice Work !! man that Datsun is sure pre...   Jan 6 2022, 03:18 PM
Mayne   Nice Work !! man that Datsun is sure pr...   Jan 6 2022, 03:30 PM
ValcoOscar   Very nice Jeremy- :beer2: I have always admire...   Jan 6 2022, 03:58 PM
Mayne   Very nice Jeremy- :beer2: I have always admir...   Jan 7 2022, 11:41 AM
Mayne   Made a little more progress on the radiator frame ...   Jan 10 2022, 09:11 PM
Mayne   In working on the front of the car so much, I deci...   Jan 25 2022, 03:16 PM
Mayne   I stripped as much of the paint on the nose as I c...   Jan 25 2022, 03:30 PM
Eric_Shea   Did you and Zach ever do that 5-lug video?   Jan 26 2022, 06:27 PM
Mayne   Did you and Zach ever do that 5-lug video? Hey ...   Jan 26 2022, 09:07 PM
tazz9924   I would be worried about cooling with your setup. ...   Jan 26 2022, 07:43 PM
Mayne   I would be worried about cooling with your setup....   Jan 26 2022, 09:12 PM
76-914   He should be OK. Here are both of my Subaru conver...   Jan 26 2022, 10:53 PM
tazz9924   He should be OK. Here are both of my Subaru conve...   Jan 28 2022, 03:42 AM
Mayne   Time for a little update here. Up next was making ...   May 27 2022, 08:41 AM
mepstein   Looking good. :beer2:   May 27 2022, 08:45 AM
Shivers   Nice work   May 27 2022, 08:45 AM
Mayne   At that point, I got a little delivery >:D : ...   May 27 2022, 08:54 AM
Mayne   Next up was getting on to the exit side of the rad...   May 27 2022, 09:05 AM
Literati914   This is coming along nicely Jeremy, I’m followin...   May 27 2022, 08:30 PM
Mayne   This is coming along nicely Jeremy, I’m followi...   May 28 2022, 06:08 AM
Front yard mechanic   Looking good :flag1:   May 28 2022, 06:42 AM
Mayne   Slow but steady progress still being made here. I ...   Jul 2 2022, 12:54 PM
rick_cv   Can I ask what you are going to use for engine man...   Jul 2 2022, 01:53 PM
Mayne   Can I ask what you are going to use for engine ma...   Jul 2 2022, 03:01 PM
rick_cv   Awesome, thanks. I have thought about this swap q...   Jul 2 2022, 03:07 PM
Front yard mechanic   :popcorn:   Jul 2 2022, 08:39 PM
76-914   I've heard that you can use the factory ECU if...   Jul 2 2022, 10:05 PM
euro911   Wow, just getting around to seeing your thread, Je...   Jul 2 2022, 10:58 PM
Mayne   I've heard that you can use the factory ECU i...   Jul 3 2022, 12:14 PM
Mayne   Small update here. I had to remove the nut from ...   Jul 28 2022, 04:33 PM
Mayne   I don't know why my photos freak out sometimes...   Jul 28 2022, 04:35 PM
Mayne   I also don't know why my brain freaks out some...   Jul 28 2022, 04:47 PM
Cairo94507   Congratulations, that is a milestone. :beer2:   Jul 28 2022, 06:19 PM
Front yard mechanic   That transmission cleaned up real nice ! This ...   Jul 28 2022, 07:52 PM
Mayne   Congratulations, that is a milestone. :beer2: T...   Jul 30 2022, 05:49 AM
Mayne   Okay, let me see, where are we? Oh yeah, I'm d...   Dec 16 2022, 12:01 PM
Front yard mechanic   Ow   Dec 16 2022, 07:21 PM
Mayne   Latest update is that the engine bay rust repair a...   Jan 11 2023, 01:45 PM
76-914   Most of us are that PO at one time or another. :l...   Jan 11 2023, 07:49 PM
76-914   I forgot to add this; you may already have this up...   Jan 11 2023, 10:16 PM
914rrr   Thanks for including us on your resto journey...   Jan 11 2023, 10:34 PM
76-914   Thanks for including us on your resto journey...   Jan 12 2023, 09:52 AM
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