Jumping in again, FNG Options

[Reiche]

Greetings all. First post. My story:
I first fell for 914s almost 20 years ago. My best friend bought one and appointed me to be his mechanic after the local VW shop screwed things up one time too many and the local Porsche shop gave him the NARP cold shoulder. I worked at both a Porsche resto shop and a German auto repair shop for a while. At both places I was considered the 914 guy, but only because no one else wanted to be. While at the resto shop my brother and I bought a '75 that had sat under a tree for a few years. The pans were a bit rusty but it had solid longs and was only $600. We were going to restore it, then I got laid off so the bosses' nephew could have a summer job. After that I restricted myself to maintaining my best friend's 914, which I did until I moved. He still has it but I no longer live close enough to him to fix it. My brother picked up a running '71 (now parts) and a bunch of extra parts a few years later. They all currently rest at his house in O-side, CA. I am trying to motivate him to get the '75 done. If I can't I will have to do it myself. Soon....

Though I am technically not an owner, I have spent a lot of time working and thinking on Porsches and 914s. It has been a few years though so I can't say I will bring as much to the forum as I will take, but I will try. I will try to get both my friend and brother on here too. They need motivation.