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]

Latest updates. Progress is molasses-slow.

Made up some new cunifer brake lines.

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Cleaned the front hubs and fitted new bearings.

Fitted new front brakes. They're SC / 3.2 Carrera units, but I wonder now if I should have gone with Boxster calipers.

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Started on the stiffening kit (then ran out of gas halfway through).

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Here's the bracket I made for the clutch slave cylinder...

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... the hardware needed some adaptation to make it fit...

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.... and the through-bolts on the pedal cluster needed lengthening. Because I was out of welding gas, I cut off the old bolts and drilled and tapped them to hold these new bolts in place.

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Here's the pedal cluster in place. I cleaned it up, painted it and fitted new bronze bushings. I've done four of these in my life, and I'm a lot more efficient now than my first attempt.

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Clutch master cylinder bracket in place on the underside.

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Realizing that I won't be able to fit the steering rack because that reservoir is in the way (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

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