1975 Laguna Blue - 1.8, Working on my new project 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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So... today was an interesting morning!

I got up early to check on why my brake lights were 'stuck on' (again). I had fixed this a few weeks back but the issue sprung up again. I took everything apart and found that the little lever was no longer contacting the washer on the brake pedal when the pedal was at rest. I found that there was pretty good side to side play in the lever/arm on the switch. I had an extra on hand so I swapped in the new one (after adjusting the switch).

I put everything back together, got cleaned up, and was about to drive into work. When I went to start the car it took a few more cranks than usual for it to fire up (it usually fires after about a second or maybe two...) Car started up and all seemed good. When I backed out of the garage I noticed a football sized puddle from where the car was parked ... with two wet marks leading to the car.

Looked under the car and saw fuel pouring out from under the car (up by the tank/passenger side).

Turned off the car and after a few minutes the drips stopped. I pushed the car back into the garage and monitored the leak. All good, no more drips.

Good news! I found where the 'fuel smell' was coming from! Now I have a reason to pull the tank to replace the plastic fuel lines that run through the body/replace with stainless steel lines.