Dad finally gets his 914, How my brother and I restored a teener Options

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This is how the story goes: Soon after our dad graduated college (1978) he had the opportunity to buy a 914. His dad, however, talked him out of it; saying something about how it wasn't practical, yada, yada, yada. Well as we were growing up, whenever he saw a 914 he would tell us the story (again). "Yeah, dad, you already told us that one."

Well, dad turns 50 this January so my brother and I thought it would be a cool idea to get him a 914. After a little research it became clear that we'd need some time to work on the car to get it ready. We wanted to give him a car, not a project.

We found what we thought was a pretty decent white one in NC (where my brother works). His work is semi-seasonal so he was able to take a couple months off and live with me in Maryland so we could work on the car. We were able to land a garage for free for a couple months to do the work. It worked out that we would be able to have the car ready for Christmas. We would have waited until his birthday but we both have to go back to work this week.

We started right at the begining of November, but had a puase for 10 days while my brother went out west for Thanksgiving. Things went pretty smoothly barring some missing parts, parts shipped to the wrong place, and the whole doing-this-for-the-first-time thing. We didn't actually get her done for Christmas - but the day after. We were going to go up to New Hampshire (where the folks live) to present the car. But we were working pretty hard core the last week and we didn't make it up. So the parents came down and we did it here.

Anyway, what follows directly is a video of us giving the car to dad. I'm the shorter son, in the blue sweatshirt, Jake. And my brother Adam, is the taller guy in the hat. His ID on the forum is Adammtb.
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Video of giving 914 to Dad

I'll post some pictures of the restoration directly on the forum here, but you can find all of the pictures here:
Photos of 914 Restoratoin
As it worked out, they're in roughly reverse chronological order at Photobucket.

I just wanted to thank a few folks before I put the pictures up. Obviously, thanks to our Dad for being so cool, the Forum, Josh (on the forum here, kept us from blowing ourselves up), Peek Performance, Restoration Design, and EBS Racing. Thanks for all your help!