Jamie's 914-H6 Subaru Swap, Palm Springs California Options

[jamlip]

### EDIT - for the purposes of not filling this forum with multiple posts about the same car, I'm going to continue the recomissioning of this car in this thread. Details begin on page two. ###

Checking in as the new owner of a 1971 914.

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Dragged out of the desert yesterday. Basically a shell, a steering rack, one wheel and a title.

Appears to be in decent shape. Probably needs a floor (rust penetration), definitely needs a front pan (cut up, no idea why) and some repair to the hellhole (small rust hole, but unsure what lies beneath). Rockers, doors and rear trunk appear to be very nice. There is light crash damage to the front left which has been hammered-out. I can't find bondo on it anywhere.

Kind of hesitant to post this as I've always wanted a 914, but unsure if this is the one. Long-time Porsche fan - owned a '72 911T when I was in my mid-20s, and now have a twin-plugged 912 which I restored (from a shell which wasn't a whole lot nicer than this).

Anyway, I have a rough idea of what I want to do with it. In the time being, I need to start hunting down some parts. Lots of parts.

[jamlip]

The frunk radiator box now has a top cover, and I routed pipes from the engine through to the front.

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Against my better judgement I decided to put the heater pipes inside the cabin, on top of the tunnel - my reasoning being that I do occasionally like a good thrash on some of the dirt roads out here in the desert.

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(Still waiting on Amazon for the connectors to get the hoses to the radiator inlet / outlet)

I've wrapped the pipes with fiberglass pipe wrap to help contain heat and am in the process of building a secondary tunnel structure around them to raise the shifter to around the same height as it would be in the MR2 which it came from. I'll then sheath it with FRP and cover it in charcoal Perlon so it looks somewhat factory.

I'm wondering if I could somehow use the tunnel to stiffen the chassis a touch at the same time, although I'm simultaneously not that keen to add more weight than necessary to this thing.