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]

Exhaust going in. I am waiting on header stud bolts, so it’s resting on the cradle and sitting a bit low in this photo. Blue cable goes to shifter.

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My shifter design. The off-the-shelf offering looked complicated for what it was trying to achieve and I just couldn’t bring myself to spend the money, so I made this out of scrap aluminum plate. It has fewer moving parts and employs readily-available boat control cables, which are cheaper than custom threaded cables. I made my own cable locks and the lever on the shaft is cut and welded from the original shift bracket + roll pin. It took a long time and multiple iterations to get it right. Still waiting on the 6ft fore-aft shift cable ($18 on Amazon!) but so far the side to side shift feels excellent.

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Added sound deadener. I want the car to be light(-ish), but also, I added this stuff inside the cab of a camper van that I rebuilt last fall and the effect on engine and road noise was amazing. Penalty here is 5-10 lbs and I’ll take it. Chassis stiffening kit is also in. Shifter turret is made from 3/8 hollow tube and is nice and light. The insulation in the passenger footwell is to go inside the centre console tunnel, which is next on the list (I think).

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