1975 Laguna Blue - 1.8, Collection of work on my 1975 914 1.8 Options

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Hello 914 World!

I just picked up my first 914 on Friday, August 8th, 2025. I have wanted a 914 for many years, came close to buying some needy projects in the past, but always seemed to pass for one reason or another. After a ton of looking around I finally found a good candidate for my next project.






The car was being auctioned off on Bring A Trailer but it did not meet reserve. The car was located about 45 minutes from my house so I ended up working out a deal a few days after the auction expired.

Here is how the car looked back in 2019 when it first sold on BAT:


Kind of interesting to see how it changed over the years.

Thanks for tuning in,
Ted

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Thanks @Rob-O!

Last night I broke my own rules and got started on two different projects once. I dove in and started looking at the 'sprung' trunk lid hinge and also remove the BUBs for the bumper backdate.

Fixing the hinge started out okay until I found that the hinge point was completely wasted. I had already ordered the JWest solution as a backup in the event that what was there wasn't salvageable. With the parts already in hand I started to clean the area and prep for the new hinge point. I kind of lost steam trying to determine where to mount the new hinge point. I read a couple of threads which suggested putting the hinge on the trunk, closing the trunk, and aligning everything correctly -- and then locate/mark your hinge point mounting location. Maybe I'm over thinking this but I don't want to drill a bunch of holes in there and completely botch the job.

The BUBs and brackets are all removed, the car looks better already. I will take those and the fiberglass spoiler to a parts recycling place in Redwood City for 'store credit' on a multi-gauge or other items I may need.

I drop the trunk off at the paint shop tomorrow, my painter will start the repair work on the decklid and start the paint match process. I will take him the whole car next week where he will touch up a few dings/scratches and marry the trunk back to the car.

This weekend I will tackle the bumper backdate project so that the bumper areas will be ready for paint next week.

I will update with photos along the way if anyone is interested. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)