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| tweeter |
 May 22 2007, 06:51 PM
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little history of the car...
the car is a 1973 porsche 914, my dad purchased the car new in 73, he drove the car as a everyday driver for 7 years, got a job in atlantic city and did not want to put miles on it driving it to work so he purchased a nissan stanza to drive everyday, from 1980 to about 1986 the car was started here and there and maybe driven around the block, 1986 was the last time the car was started and it was parked in our garage never to be seen again! 5 years ago at my college graduation the title of the car was turned over to me and it was given to me as a present to do with what i please,... that brings me to about a month ago when i finally had the gonads to pull the cover off her and she what it was all about... (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/jimtweet18/Picture039.jpg) (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/jimtweet18/Picture039.jpg) so i got home from work early one day and decided to head to pep boys and buy a battery and just see if i could get any life at all....to my suprise it almost cranked over,...checked the distributor and there was no spark...replaced distributor, rotor, wires, plugs...tried again and nothing...flue lines where dry, so bad fuel pump, bought a used fuel pump for 150$, installed with two new fuel lines and she fired right up http://media.putfile.com/Picture-29 purchaed a set of new brdigestone tires on ebay for 32$ for all 4, and it just so happened the guy lived like 10 minutes from me, so i picked them up, had them mouted for 30$ and rolled her out of the garage for the first time since 1986... (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/jimtweet18/Picture054.jpg) (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/jimtweet18/Picture050.jpg) decided since she was running i would give a nice exterior detail and she how the paint looks,...after mothers three step and some clay bar and some beers this is how she turned out, and keep in mind this is original 34 year old paint! (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/jimtweet18/Picture005.jpg) (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/jimtweet18/Picture006.jpg) next it was time to gut the interior and see what i find, hahaha, i found about 10 ciggerets, lighters, change, and two vacuum bags of dirt... i also wanted to check for rust, and to my suprise there was absolutly no rust anwhere on the interior of the car, that is always a great thing wtih old cars... before cleaning... (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/jimtweet18/Picture013.jpg) after cleaning... (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/jimtweet18/Picture017.jpg) yesterday a new carpet kit came in the mail and i had a chance to install it today...the interior looks absolutly MINT...seats and back pad and doors will all be recovered in black leather, but for now, they stay, they are in great condition and no need to redo them now...and only one single crack in the dash that is not bad at all... (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/jimtweet18/dddddd.jpg) (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/jimtweet18/dddgertf.jpg) |
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| jonferns |
Jun 15 2007, 04:22 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 29-March 07 From: New Jersey Member No.: 7,631 Region Association: North East States 
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looks good....sent you a PM....--JON
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tweeter New here....here is the full story... May 22 2007, 06:51 PM
tweeter next on the list was to remove the entire front en... May 22 2007, 06:52 PM tweeter shift knob before,...
http://i206.photobucket.com/... May 22 2007, 06:53 PM tweeter here is the drivers side door panel done and with ... May 22 2007, 06:54 PM tweeter its really chrome, hahaha, i started to sand down ... May 22 2007, 06:54 PM rjames Car looks to be in amazing shape! Congrats... May 22 2007, 07:11 PM craig downs :wttc:
WOW thats a beautiful car. Its hard to find... May 22 2007, 07:19 PM orthobiz I think it's fantastic that you've kept it... May 22 2007, 07:20 PM
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I think it's fantastic that you've kept i... May 22 2007, 07:38 PM BMXerror
there is over 35k$ invested into the car and... May 23 2007, 11:51 AM tweeter
there is over 35k$ invested into the car an... May 23 2007, 12:46 PM Headrage I hate you!!! :drooley:
Lemme kn... May 22 2007, 07:24 PM Eric_Shea Kids got talent ;)
After seeing what you did with... May 22 2007, 07:44 PM tweeter
Kids got talent ;)
After seeing what you did wit... May 22 2007, 08:03 PM Midtowner Great story! Sounds a lot like mine. Dad pur... May 22 2007, 08:04 PM Midtowner ...another angle.
May 22 2007, 08:05 PM Midtowner ...and after 8 hours of hand washing, polishing, a... May 22 2007, 08:06 PM tweeter
...and after 8 hours of hand washing, polishing, ... May 22 2007, 08:30 PM ptravnic Big ups Tweeter! There's a good contingen... May 22 2007, 08:35 PM ConeDodger Great color! Great story. Your Dad loves you d... May 22 2007, 08:51 PM smooth_eddy How many miles are on the car?
Eddy May 22 2007, 09:00 PM krazykonrad :wttc: Nice! the 4 lug fuchs are the way to go... May 22 2007, 09:11 PM Eric_Shea
Didn't you guys know this was a West Coast o... May 22 2007, 09:19 PM porschecb Wow!!!!!!!! Better... May 22 2007, 09:20 PM carreraguy Very nice Tweeter, great job of "freshening... May 22 2007, 10:19 PM Gint Great story. And a nice 914! May 22 2007, 10:20 PM Midtowner Hi Tom! I upgraded to an SRT8. :wavebye: May 22 2007, 10:34 PM SirAndy nice score! :thumbsup:
now that everybody ... May 22 2007, 10:58 PM tweeter
nice score! :thumbsup:
now that everybody... May 23 2007, 06:19 AM SirAndy
they are a soft rubber plug that goes into the ho... May 23 2007, 11:45 AM computers4kids :wttc: I love reading about finds like this one...... May 23 2007, 12:12 AM JerryP Nice job on both cars.
I guess I'm the only ... May 23 2007, 07:26 AM tweeter
Nice job on both cars.
I guess I'm the only... May 23 2007, 10:42 AM McMark Where's Brer? He was looking for original own... May 23 2007, 11:09 AM RoninEclipse2G beautiful, looks really good! May 23 2007, 11:28 AM RoninEclipse2G IIRC subaru bellhousings are like chevy's if y... May 23 2007, 01:14 PM mrhurtalot nice car.
i bet the concours guys would freak if ... May 23 2007, 01:33 PM type47 maybe before you do all the body mod stuff you cou... May 23 2007, 02:20 PM tweeter
maybe before you do all the body mod stuff you co... May 23 2007, 03:12 PM RoninEclipse2G
checked all fuel lines and non are leaking as of ... May 23 2007, 03:37 PM aircooledboy All VERY cool stuff. Congrats and welcome. :beer2:... May 23 2007, 03:15 PM sendjonathanmail ...like sitting for how long??? :D --JON May 23 2007, 04:25 PM RoninEclipse2G haha, several years. May 23 2007, 04:38 PM rjames
Why would that be bad? What am I missing on this... May 23 2007, 07:17 PM SirAndy
Why would that be bad? What am I missing on thi... May 23 2007, 09:39 PM drewvw wow...don't find too many 914s in that conditi... May 23 2007, 09:48 PM tweeter
wow...don't find too many 914s in that condit... May 25 2007, 09:02 AM RoninEclipse2G
wow...don't find too many 914s in that condi... May 25 2007, 09:42 AM eric914
[quote name='tweeter' post='904805' date='May 25 ... May 25 2007, 11:56 AM tweeter sorry for the slow updates guys, but funds got a b... Jun 15 2007, 04:18 PM tweeter little update...
had to replace the rear trunk hin... Jul 5 2007, 06:31 PM Scott Schroeder Cool car...
Are you sure the paint is original? Th... Jul 5 2007, 06:45 PM tweeter
Cool car...
Are you sure the paint is original? T... Jul 5 2007, 06:51 PM Scott Schroeder
there is no overspray on the charcole cannister,... Jul 6 2007, 11:03 AM sendjonathanmail maybe an accident within those 5k miles, and they ... Jul 5 2007, 07:41 PM tweeter
maybe an accident within those 5k miles, and they... Jul 5 2007, 07:55 PM i love porsche wow..this car is gorgeous..cant wait to see it on ... Jul 6 2007, 10:28 AM sendjonathanmail still looks good though...i didnt even notice the ... Jul 6 2007, 11:13 AM Toast Wow! Amazing story so far!
Thanks a bunc... Jul 6 2007, 11:19 AM |
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