 Recommisioning a '73 Driver Project, making another 914 roadworthy again |
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| Literati914 |
 Apr 8 2026, 03:13 PM
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Couple months back I bought a Phoenix Red 1.7L '73 that I planned to do a "quick resto/refresh" on. The idea was to get it back on the road as a very descent driver, no rotisserie work or complete strip down for repaint. Mainly wanted to make it structurally and mechanically sound. I've been working on it and snapping a few pic as I go, so I thought I'd go ahead and post a thread about it here.
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| Literati914 |
Apr 8 2026, 05:42 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,329 Joined: 16-November 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 7,222 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(seanpaulmc @ Apr 8 2026, 06:19 PM)  Good on you for bringing another one back! So good to see. What’s the color? And, what are you using for paint? Cheers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tag on the door post says "L32K" , Phoenix Red. I'm using a Rustoleum spray bomb at the engine compartment, etc., that basically matches to a T, "Fire Orange", only available in Satin which is great for this kind of match up to aged single stage. Here I've cleaned up the rocker/longs on both sides and used the Rustoleum product - Attached thumbnail(s) 
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Literati914 Recommisioning a '73 Driver Project Apr 8 2026, 03:13 PM
Literati914 Basic Appearance:
First of all, it obviously need... Apr 8 2026, 03:33 PM
wonkipop
Basic Appearance:
First of all, it obviously nee... Apr 22 2026, 02:23 PM Literati914 Obvious Issues:
Leaning right rear wheel and a ri... Apr 8 2026, 03:54 PM 930cabman
Obvious Issues:
Leaning right rear wheel and a r... Apr 8 2026, 06:11 PM Literati914 Then it was on to the riveted license late that wa... Apr 8 2026, 03:59 PM Literati914 Repairs Apr 8 2026, 04:06 PM Literati914 Engine Compartment:
The hell-hole is in great cond... Apr 8 2026, 04:14 PM Literati914 ..and the replacement tray Apr 8 2026, 04:16 PM Literati914 I also, weld/reinforced the engine lid brackets un... Apr 8 2026, 04:18 PM Literati914 There was a repair at the lower firewall area at t... Apr 8 2026, 04:24 PM Literati914 Then I turned my attention to the floors:
I remove... Apr 8 2026, 04:33 PM Literati914 more examples - Apr 8 2026, 04:35 PM Literati914 Finally I added two coats of Chassis Saver rust pr... Apr 8 2026, 04:38 PM Literati914 I re-installed the cleaned up and re-sprayed trail... Apr 8 2026, 04:46 PM seanpaulmc Good on you for bringing another one back! So ... Apr 8 2026, 05:19 PM Literati914
New ear is great, how did you manage the "co... Apr 8 2026, 07:30 PM Literati914 Here's the other rocker, I did work on the rec... Apr 8 2026, 07:34 PM Literati914 The car was missing it's trunk torsion rods an... Apr 8 2026, 07:38 PM Literati914 I currently got the nose up to work on fuel tank e... Apr 8 2026, 07:42 PM dtmehall it doesn't look like a creeper would work on t... Apr 8 2026, 07:47 PM Literati914
it doesn't look like a creeper would work on ... Apr 8 2026, 08:29 PM dtmehall :(
use lot's of voltaren! Apr 8 2026, 08:34 PM Literati914 I pulled the old original fuel lines and bent up s... Apr 8 2026, 09:12 PM Literati914 Installed Apr 8 2026, 09:13 PM slowrodent This is clearly much more than a "quick refre... Apr 9 2026, 07:22 AM Literati914 The front areas of this car are pretty nice.. I cl... Apr 9 2026, 09:41 AM friethmiller Nice work, @Literati914 . This thing will be bac... Apr 9 2026, 09:54 AM Literati914 I'd planned to do an internal cleaning of the ... Apr 9 2026, 09:54 AM Literati914 A new mesh screen is going back in too. Apr 9 2026, 09:56 AM Jamie
A new mesh screen is going back in too.
Those in... Apr 9 2026, 10:58 AM Literati914
Those internal screens are so useless! I dest... Apr 9 2026, 11:18 AM Literati914 As mentioned earlier someone had altered the fuse ... Apr 21 2026, 03:01 PM Literati914 Grabbed a spare OEM fuse holder and reinstalled it... Apr 21 2026, 03:02 PM Literati914 The real problem was the unorganized nest of wirin... Apr 21 2026, 03:05 PM Literati914 There were many issues, particularly with the ligh... Apr 21 2026, 03:09 PM Literati914 Now we have this at both sides. Hopefully I can ge... Apr 21 2026, 03:11 PM Literati914 I tested the original speedo cable and it was not ... Apr 21 2026, 03:17 PM Literati914 Speedometer cable installed. Note in this pic, the... Apr 21 2026, 03:20 PM Literati914 Then I moved to the wiring for the brake warning s... Apr 21 2026, 03:22 PM Literati914 Got that repaired, and re-taped the whole area. Apr 21 2026, 03:24 PM Literati914 Next on the agenda - As I had mentioned the heat/d... Apr 21 2026, 03:29 PM bkrantz Great work! I am curious how the suspension e... Apr 21 2026, 07:15 PM Literati914
Great work! I am curious how the suspension ... Apr 21 2026, 10:31 PM wonkipop phoenix red.
what a great color :beer2: .
keep ... Apr 22 2026, 04:12 AM Literati914 Wiring reconnected and put back into place. Apr 22 2026, 01:28 PM Literati914 Slider unit and FSB light back in.. Apr 22 2026, 01:30 PM Literati914 Great. Except after I went through removing the cu... Apr 22 2026, 01:40 PM Literati914 So then I got to do this (fun! :angry: ) Apr 22 2026, 01:41 PM Artfrombama Great restoration thread, thanks for documenting t... Apr 22 2026, 02:46 PM Literati914
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yeah that steering wheel is interesting if it ... Apr 23 2026, 10:35 AM wonkipop @[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showu... Apr 23 2026, 01:24 PM Literati914 I managed to get the defrost unit replaced, cables... Apr 24 2026, 08:47 AM Literati914 Time to re-install the fuel tank… not so fast, b... Apr 24 2026, 08:51 AM Literati914 Tank back in. Apr 24 2026, 08:52 AM Literati914 The harness in the frunk was bothering me with all... Apr 24 2026, 08:53 AM Literati914 So I cleaned it up and re-taped it.
Ps - note in ... Apr 24 2026, 08:58 AM Literati914 Both the areas by the headlight motors looked like... Apr 24 2026, 05:44 PM Literati914 So I cleaned these areas up and probably avoided a... Apr 24 2026, 05:46 PM Literati914 Other side :D Apr 24 2026, 05:47 PM Literati914 Other side :D Apr 24 2026, 05:47 PM Literati914 Moved to the back and cleaned up and installed the... Apr 25 2026, 12:38 PM Literati914 The right side Apr 25 2026, 12:40 PM Literati914 Wires going back to the trunk were in a sorry stat... Apr 25 2026, 12:43 PM Literati914 Cleaned up, re-taped.. and now reinstalled Apr 25 2026, 12:44 PM Literati914 Which leads me to tail lights. The right side tail... Apr 27 2026, 07:31 PM Literati914 The thin seals around the lenses were both deterio... Apr 27 2026, 07:33 PM Literati914 Jumped up to the front and cleaned up the suspensi... Apr 27 2026, 07:41 PM Literati914 The targa top on this car was in bad shape. The fi... May 29 2026, 09:02 PM Literati914 After sanding smooth and some filler, primer to a ... May 29 2026, 09:04 PM Literati914 I picked up a 1 gal. Herculiner roll-on kit, unuse... May 29 2026, 09:10 PM Literati914 The kit came with textured rollers and I did use s... May 29 2026, 09:14 PM |
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