The Long Road to Recovery :-) Options

[Beamer13]

Alright, I figured that I could start my own little thread documenting my progress on my newest toy. I am hoping to get this together with pics and descriptions of what is going on. Let's start with the before (beginning).
I have a friend that had been trying to sell this Porsche 914 for a while, I was helping him to find a buyer, but we weren't having much luck. He had applied for a job with Homeland Security (Border Patrol) and didn't really want to take it with him ( He had begun a hobby of building custom choppers). Well, at the end of October he got the call that he was hired and that he had to move in a week!!!
So I decided to take him out for a going away party, I got to the local watering hole first. He walks in, sits down, I buy him a drink and we start talking. He then out of nowhere says, " So do you want that Porsche??" I said, " Of course I do, but what's the price sticker on it??" He said, " I gotta get rid of it now, so $100 and it's yours!" Needless to say, I damn near broke my finger reaching into my pocket for the money!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
The rest is History. Now for the pictures..
These first ones are of the vehicle as it was when I bought it. It really hadn't been driven in about 2 years cuz he started to repair the rust. (In case you didn't notice, I live in Wisconsin (Green Bay))

[Beamer13]

Ok, So now I own the Porsche, and I need to get some welding done on it, to get it on the road so that I can drive it home. So I was just going to weld up support under the passenger side, where you can see the cancer in the above pics. So I go over to my buddy's house to weld on it. ( He and his wife had already left for Arizona) So I am about 2 welds and 20 minutes away from actually hearing the engine run, and driving it home, when a F#$%$^G fuel line catches fire, and me without an extinguisher.
Did I mention that they had their regular cars parked right tight to the garage door, and 2 $60,000.00 Custom Harley's in the garage with me. ( And no, they didn't leave the keys to their cars either!!!)
Needless to say, this was the worst day of my life!! The positives: I called 911, I got the Harleys out, I kept the flames under control with a garden hose, I didn't burn anything in the garage (besides my car), I didn't blow up, and I didn't get a single burn! The head of the fire team was so impressed, that after he recapped what happened, he said, " Do you want an application??" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
So here are the pics after the fire:



The Battery

Engine Compartment